Tim Wheeler
LATEST ARTICLES BY Tim Wheeler
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Jim Baldridge, 71; life devoted to labor movement
December 27, 2017Jim Baldridge, who devoted his life to the labor movement, to the fight for equality and world peace, died at his home December 20.
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Rural America fights back against Obamacare repeal
July 14, 2017Clallam County is a rural community and like rural America, is the hardest hit by the Republican drive to repeal Obamacare.
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Seeing Guernica with clear eyes
April 26, 2017Picasso’s painting became a symbol of the struggle against fascism and imperialist war.
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GOP lawmaker booed, jeered at town hall
April 6, 2017"Respect the people,” yelled one man in the crowd. Another shouted, “Answer our questions.”
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Clean water movement hails Maryland fracking ban
April 3, 2017Fracking contaminates water, soil, and air in vast regions where the technology is allowed.
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Baltimore mayor’s veto of $15 minimum wage stirs outrage
March 28, 2017“An act of treason against the poor!” That is how one civil rights leader reacted to Baltimore Mayor, Catherine Pugh’s, veto Mar. 24 of a bill that would have raised the minimum wage here to $15...
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A greeting to Maryland visitors: “Welcome to Harriet Tubman country”
March 27, 2017The visitor center opened three weeks ago and has become a magnet drawing people from Baltimore, Washington, DC., Philadelphia and even from abroad.
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No farms, no food: Washington’s Ward-Wheeler Farm preserved
March 8, 2017Activists and farmers in Washington state have scored a victory for farmland conservation. 40 acres have been saved from the onslaught of real estate developers.
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