• Do you want paper or plastic? Last night, the Edmonds City Council made history, becoming the first city in Washington to place a ban on plastic bags at grocery and retail stores.
• Expecting hot heat and hot beats, the non-profit music do-gooder group Hip Hop Congress kicks off their week-long National Conference today in the Central District.

We've been following the Dead Prez/Evergreen State College story here, here, and definitely here in our search to understand what actually happened after that hip hop concert. It certainly was not the beginning of a revolution, as Evergreen students have been protesting anything and everything since time began; it also wasn't The Man reenacting Tien'anmen Square. more ›