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jonw2009
- May 12, 2022
- 3 min
South Tacoma businessman says crime is 'a daily thing'
By Jon Williams Dignity City editor Mario Lorenz doesn’t like to complain. It goes against his nature. Known throughout the community for...
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jonw2009
- May 12, 2022
- 6 min
LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS
Crime rates in Tacoma are spiking, and people who live on the streets are more likely to become victims — or catch the blame...
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jonw2009
- Apr 28, 2022
- 5 min
MAY CALENDAR
SCREEDS AND SCRATCHES Things to do and think about in May The Mommy's Curse May 8 | "Mommie Dearest" — On Mother’s Day; Capitol...
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jonw2009
- Apr 18, 2022
- 4 min
One day in Warsaw: A Dignity City photographer captures the faces of those who have fled Ukraine
PHOTO ESSAY / COMMENTARY Photography by Mark White A boy at the Ptak Humanitarian Aid Center southwest of Warsaw shows a shrapnel wound....
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jonw2009
- Apr 18, 2022
- 4 min
'My Broken Language' defines culture, survival and joy, while redefining life
Illustration by Mary Kuzmin BOOK REVIEW "My Broken Language: A Memoir" By Quiara Alegría Hudes | 2021 | Random House | Hardcover ...
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jonw2009
- Mar 28, 2022
- 7 min
Book Review: Earth abides — more than seven decades after George R. Stewart's traumatic novel
“Earth Abides” | By George R. Stewart | First published in 1949 | Del Ray | Paperback | 345 pages Illustration by Jon...
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jonw2009
- Mar 22, 2022
- 4 min
APRIL CALENDAR
Tolstoy in the tropics April 3,10: Anna in the Tropics, By Nilo Cruz; Tacoma Arts Live, 3 to 5 p.m.; $12 to $39; Theater on the Square,...
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jonw2009
- Mar 20, 2022
- 5 min
Olympic National Park is looking for artists to create lasting memories
Photo by Jon Williams, Dignity City The Olympics offer Puget Sound and Olympic Peninsula residents breathtaking views. The National Parks...
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jonw2009
- Mar 11, 2022
- 4 min
SYSTEMIC DYSFUNCTION
BOOK REVIEW 'Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom' | By Derecka Purnell | 2021 | Astra House | ...
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jonw2009
- Mar 8, 2022
- 6 min
Olympia's Poet Laureate Ashly McBunch reaches out with healing verse
Photo by George P. Hickey, Dignity City Ashly McBunch is focusing on healing and bringing art into some of the city of Olympia's ...
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jonw2009
- Mar 8, 2022
- 13 min
Tacoma Poet Laureate Lydia K. Valentine says 'this is my town'
Photo by Mark White, Dignity City Lydia K. Valentine directs a rehearsal for the upcoming production of “Luck of the Irish” LYDIA K....
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jonw2009
- Feb 25, 2022
- 4 min
MARCH CALENDAR
March 8: International Women’s Day United Nation’s International Women’s Day is celebrated in places all around the world. If, for some...
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jonw2009
- Jan 30, 2022
- 4 min
The high cost of racism
Heather McGhee's 'The Sum of Us' strikes the economics of bias BOOK REVIEW: “The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can...
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jonw2009
- Jan 29, 2022
- 3 min
Against dehumanization
Tacoma’s Business Summit seeks solutions over division Photo by Timothy Harris Teryn Reche of RAIN Incubator asks us to listen more and...
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jonw2009
- Jan 27, 2022
- 5 min
FEBRUARY CALENDAR
Illustrations by Jon Williams Black History Month | Plant Your Family Tree The origins of Black History Month date back to 1915 when...
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jonw2009
- Jan 25, 2022
- 6 min
In Nhatt Nichols' world, we are all chickens, crows and squirrels
A Port Townsend cartoonist takes on housing insecurity, mental health and community policing in an anthropomorphic style Photo by Andrew...
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jonw2009
- Jan 10, 2022
- 4 min
Housing Pierce County's unsheltered shouldn't be so complicated
By Maureen Howard Dignity City columnist My grandfather followed his older brothers from Ontario, Canada to northeastern Minnesota and...
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jonw2009
- Jan 4, 2022
- 9 min
Tale of the future past
Sinclair Lewis’ 1935 novel foresees a fascist takeover of the US spearheaded by a shallow-minded, self-absorbed bigmouth with a capacity...
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jonw2009
- Dec 30, 2021
- 3 min
JANUARY CALENDAR
National Holiday Jan. 17: Martin Luther King Jr. Day In his 1963 “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” Martin Luther King Jr. confronted the...
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