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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
Two months after peaceful protests turned destructive downtown, Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich wanted to remind everyone who he said was to blame. Outside agitators. Socialists and antifa warriors. All funded and organized by some shadowy sponsor, sending teams of violent agitators into cities across the country. Knezovich remains devoted to this explanation though it has not, so far, been buttressed by the public evidence. It has prompted a measure of skepticism and scoffing that was ramped up during a recent dispute over his agency’s arrest, at a Black Lives Matter demonstration, of a local Democratic Socialist activist on a seven-year-old warrant from another county.
Our hearts go out to the residents of Malden, Pine City and other communities devastated by the wildfires sweeping the West. The grief and sorrow seem beyond words. The loss in human lives includes a 1-year-old boy killed in the Cold Springs Fire near Omak, along with dozens of people missing or deceased in other states.
This week, the National Guard recognized Pullman as one of Washington’s most dire coronavirus hot spots, moving in to conduct mass testing at rotating sites near the Washington State University campus there. Pullman, home to WSU’s main campus, ranked third on the New York Times’ list of U.S. cities with the most new cases relative to population Friday. On Monday, Pullman ranked first.
Last spring, adults suddenly working from home full-time received a lesson in ergonomics the hard way. This fall, make certain your kids don’t have to, as well. To ensure learning from home isn’t a pain in the neck (or strain on the eyes), we turned to experts in ergonomics and children’s health. They prioritize two conditions for healthy learning: frequent movement throughout the day and a screen at eye level.
The truth is that there are real victims of human trafficking in our Inland Northwest Community, in the United States, and around the world. What that trafficking looks and feels like is different for each individual survivor and of course their loved ones. It’s not hype, it’s not a movie, it’s not black and white. It’s complicated. To truly address human trafficking, we’re called to confront our attitudes, beliefs and biases about race, sex, culture, labor, sex work, addiction, the criminal legal system, child welfare, fair trade goods, the juvenile justice system and our own grocery lists.
A whistleblower’s allegation that he was pressured to suppress intelligence about Russian election interference is the latest in a series of similar accounts involving former Trump administration officials, raising concerns the White House risks undercutting efforts to stop such intrusions if it plays down the seriousness of the problem. There is no question the administration has taken actions to counter Russian interference, including sanctions and criminal charges on Thursday designed to call out foreign influence campaigns aimed at American voters. But Trump’s resistance to embracing the gravity of the threat could leave the administration without a consistent and powerful voice of deterrence at the top of the government heading into an election that U.S. officials say is again being targeted by Russia.
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