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Jean Godden

Jean Godden wrote columns first for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and late for the Seattle Times. In 2002, she quit to run for City Council where she served for 12 years. Since then she published a book of city stories titled “Citizen Jean.” She is now co-host of The Bridge aired on community station KMGP at 101.1 FM. You can email tips and comments to Jean at jgodden@blarg.net.
Politics

Once More, to the Barricades for Abortion Rights

For those with long memories, it is incredible to believe that we are still discussing women's reproductive rights nearly half a century after the U. S. Supreme Court decided Roe v. Wade by a 7-2 majority.
Politics

The Good and Bad (So Far) Of Seattle’s Pioneering Democracy Voucher Program

One adverse consequence of democracy vouchers in Seattle elections has been the increasing clout of independent-expenditure PACs. So much for getting big wealth out of our elections.
Books

How a Dogged Miami Reporter Bagged Her Big Story on Jeffrey Epstein

Without Julie Brown's reporting and without her painstaking reexamination of justice gone astray, Jeffrey Epstein might still be flying high, consorting with the elite, and abusing young women.
blog

Power Grab: Seattle City Council Engineers Moves Against a Lame Duck Mayor

A new laws create a new budget office to prepare forecasts, duplicating an office that already exists. In a comic twist, the law says if the council dislikes the economic forecasts, it can ignore them.
Health

Are We Headed Back to the Dark-Alley Days for Abortions?

I'm sharing a personal story. I'm hoping it will serve as a reminder of the risks that anti-choice activists would have us face.
Journalism

When Journalists Run…

From one who has been there -- I can report that, if Kristof does choose to run for Oregon's governor, the journalist will face multiple hurdles.
blog

Game Changer: Aid to Families

In Washington alone, it's estimated tax credits could provide help for 60,000 children, with checks averaging $423 per family each month.
blog

Does Ranked-Choice Voting Boost Women and Minority Candidates?

The preferential-voting method has long been used in Australia, Ireland and parts of the United Kingdom. Nationally, two states -- Maine and soon Alaska -- and numbers of cities and counties employ the method.
People

Eulogy: Rev. Jean Kim, “Mother of Seattle’s Homeless”

It's easy to make light of the Church of the Good Bra, but it is simply impossible not to stand in awe of the incredible work that Rev. Kim did to nurture the homeless and unsheltered, especially over the years of her several unsuccessful attempts at "retirement."
People

Goodbye to the Germy Handshake

Folklore has it that extending an empty hand was a sign of trust, showing that one's hand was free of weapons. The gesture of "shaking" hands did double duty, serving to dislodge knives or other objects concealed in a sleeve.
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