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The views expressed here DO NOT reflect the newsroom.
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· Nov 24
Change Begins With Community
A Winter Fund Drive for Real Change❄️💙
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Our Winter Fund Drive starts TODAY! We’re rallying our community to help us raise $200K by Dec. 31st. 💙❄️
In times of uncertainty, community can make all the difference. Change begins with community!
Join us today:
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➡️ Share our campaign with friends & family. 💕
In times of uncertainty, community can make all the difference. Change begins with community!
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If you haven’t yet, help us ring in 2026 strong by donating NOW: tinyurl.com/rcwfd25
Your generosity sparks ripple effects that transform lives, inspire others and strengthen our shared city. 🌟
Thank you all!
Your generosity sparks ripple effects that transform lives, inspire others and strengthen our shared city. 🌟
Thank you all!
Change Begins With Community
A Winter Fund Drive for Real Change❄️💙
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December 31, 2025 at 8:01 PM
If you haven’t yet, help us ring in 2026 strong by donating NOW: tinyurl.com/rcwfd25
Your generosity sparks ripple effects that transform lives, inspire others and strengthen our shared city. 🌟
Thank you all!
Your generosity sparks ripple effects that transform lives, inspire others and strengthen our shared city. 🌟
Thank you all!
In 2025:
- Hundreds of vendors earned over $1M selling the newspaper.
- We proved our collective power in the face of federal attacks on our community.
- And we gathered to celebrate 31 years of low-barrier jobs & independent journalism!
We’re grateful to have had you by our side during it all!
- Hundreds of vendors earned over $1M selling the newspaper.
- We proved our collective power in the face of federal attacks on our community.
- And we gathered to celebrate 31 years of low-barrier jobs & independent journalism!
We’re grateful to have had you by our side during it all!
December 31, 2025 at 8:01 PM
In 2025:
- Hundreds of vendors earned over $1M selling the newspaper.
- We proved our collective power in the face of federal attacks on our community.
- And we gathered to celebrate 31 years of low-barrier jobs & independent journalism!
We’re grateful to have had you by our side during it all!
- Hundreds of vendors earned over $1M selling the newspaper.
- We proved our collective power in the face of federal attacks on our community.
- And we gathered to celebrate 31 years of low-barrier jobs & independent journalism!
We’re grateful to have had you by our side during it all!
There are 12 hours left in the year. Donate now to help us reach our $200K end-of-year fundraising goal!
2025 has been a BIG YEAR for Real Change – one of celebration, grief and action.
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2025 has been a BIG YEAR for Real Change – one of celebration, grief and action.
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December 31, 2025 at 8:01 PM
There are 12 hours left in the year. Donate now to help us reach our $200K end-of-year fundraising goal!
2025 has been a BIG YEAR for Real Change – one of celebration, grief and action.
🧵 ⬇️
2025 has been a BIG YEAR for Real Change – one of celebration, grief and action.
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Happy Holidays from all of us here at Real Change!🎄☃️
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For hundreds, our Vendor Center means possibility, hope and community. Your donation keeps this space open for our neighbors who need it most!
➡️ During this season of giving, please consider making a gift to Real Change tinyurl.com/rcwfd25
For hundreds, our Vendor Center means possibility, hope and community. Your donation keeps this space open for our neighbors who need it most!
December 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Happy Holidays from all of us here at Real Change!🎄☃️
➡️ During this season of giving, please consider making a gift to Real Change tinyurl.com/rcwfd25
For hundreds, our Vendor Center means possibility, hope and community. Your donation keeps this space open for our neighbors who need it most!
➡️ During this season of giving, please consider making a gift to Real Change tinyurl.com/rcwfd25
For hundreds, our Vendor Center means possibility, hope and community. Your donation keeps this space open for our neighbors who need it most!
There are TWO WEEKS left in our Winter Fund Drive! 💙❄️ If you haven’t yet, give now to help us raise $200K by Dec. 31: tinyurl.com/rcwfd25
For 31 years, Real Change’s Vendor Program has provided our neighbors with the resources and care they need to THRIVE.
Donations of every size power this work!
For 31 years, Real Change’s Vendor Program has provided our neighbors with the resources and care they need to THRIVE.
Donations of every size power this work!
December 17, 2025 at 11:01 PM
There are TWO WEEKS left in our Winter Fund Drive! 💙❄️ If you haven’t yet, give now to help us raise $200K by Dec. 31: tinyurl.com/rcwfd25
For 31 years, Real Change’s Vendor Program has provided our neighbors with the resources and care they need to THRIVE.
Donations of every size power this work!
For 31 years, Real Change’s Vendor Program has provided our neighbors with the resources and care they need to THRIVE.
Donations of every size power this work!
Every Winter Solstice, WHEEL stands vigil to honor the homeless people who’ve died outside, in public or by violence in #KingCounty that year.
Please join Homeless Remembrance Project in remembering, grieving and honoring our community on Sunday, Dec. 21. #WithoutShelterPeopleDie
Please join Homeless Remembrance Project in remembering, grieving and honoring our community on Sunday, Dec. 21. #WithoutShelterPeopleDie
December 16, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Every Winter Solstice, WHEEL stands vigil to honor the homeless people who’ve died outside, in public or by violence in #KingCounty that year.
Please join Homeless Remembrance Project in remembering, grieving and honoring our community on Sunday, Dec. 21. #WithoutShelterPeopleDie
Please join Homeless Remembrance Project in remembering, grieving and honoring our community on Sunday, Dec. 21. #WithoutShelterPeopleDie
The action was coordinated to disrupt Starbucks’ “red cup” holiday winter seasonal promotion, which is typically the most profitable time for the company.
It also attracted notable supporters like Seattle mayor-elect Katie Wilson, who joined hundreds outside the shuttered Seattle Reserve Roastery.
It also attracted notable supporters like Seattle mayor-elect Katie Wilson, who joined hundreds outside the shuttered Seattle Reserve Roastery.
Starbucks baristas go on nationwide strike as bargaining stalls
Starbucks baristas go on nationwide strike as bargaining stalls
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December 6, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The action was coordinated to disrupt Starbucks’ “red cup” holiday winter seasonal promotion, which is typically the most profitable time for the company.
It also attracted notable supporters like Seattle mayor-elect Katie Wilson, who joined hundreds outside the shuttered Seattle Reserve Roastery.
It also attracted notable supporters like Seattle mayor-elect Katie Wilson, who joined hundreds outside the shuttered Seattle Reserve Roastery.
As a result, workers have decided to play one final card: A national, open-ended strike. Starting on Nov. 13, baristas in more than 40 cities went on strike, picketing outside their stores and shutting them down.
December 6, 2025 at 12:53 AM
As a result, workers have decided to play one final card: A national, open-ended strike. Starting on Nov. 13, baristas in more than 40 cities went on strike, picketing outside their stores and shutting them down.
Now workers are on the verge of a big breakthrough — negotiating their first national labor contract.
But since the union’s member-led bargaining team rejected an offer back in April, the process has stalled. The key sticking points remain compensation and health benefits.
But since the union’s member-led bargaining team rejected an offer back in April, the process has stalled. The key sticking points remain compensation and health benefits.
“We’re stronger organized, no matter what happens”: Starbucks workers continue union drive under Trump
“We’re stronger organized, no matter what happens”: Starbucks workers continue union drive under Trump
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December 6, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Now workers are on the verge of a big breakthrough — negotiating their first national labor contract.
But since the union’s member-led bargaining team rejected an offer back in April, the process has stalled. The key sticking points remain compensation and health benefits.
But since the union’s member-led bargaining team rejected an offer back in April, the process has stalled. The key sticking points remain compensation and health benefits.
It’s been four years since the
NLRB certified the petition by Starbucks baristas in Buffalo, NY to unionize the first store in the country.
Since then, more than 550 stores and 11,000 workers have joined the union @sbworkersunited.org including dozens of locations in the Seattle area.
NLRB certified the petition by Starbucks baristas in Buffalo, NY to unionize the first store in the country.
Since then, more than 550 stores and 11,000 workers have joined the union @sbworkersunited.org including dozens of locations in the Seattle area.
From Starbucks to Amazon, workers are unionizing
In the wake of the devastating COVID-19 pandemic, more and more people have been paying attention to the needs of essential workers. Now in spring 2022, an increasingly large number of workers are turning to unionization as a solution to achieve better wages and conditions.
www.realchangenews.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:53 AM
It’s been four years since the
NLRB certified the petition by Starbucks baristas in Buffalo, NY to unionize the first store in the country.
Since then, more than 550 stores and 11,000 workers have joined the union @sbworkersunited.org including dozens of locations in the Seattle area.
NLRB certified the petition by Starbucks baristas in Buffalo, NY to unionize the first store in the country.
Since then, more than 550 stores and 11,000 workers have joined the union @sbworkersunited.org including dozens of locations in the Seattle area.
Seattle Starbucks workers are once again on the picket line. This time they’re digging in for the long-term, nationwide strike.
@guyoron.net reports.
@guyoron.net reports.
Starbucks baristas go on nationwide strike as bargaining stalls
Starbucks baristas go on nationwide strike as bargaining stalls
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December 6, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Seattle Starbucks workers are once again on the picket line. This time they’re digging in for the long-term, nationwide strike.
@guyoron.net reports.
@guyoron.net reports.
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I’m proud to join my colleagues @realchangenews.org in taking a stand on AI, making it clear that we do not and will not use any generative AI software in our journalism. www.realchangenews.org/news/2025/12...
Real Change introduces robust generative AI policy
Real Change introduces robust generative AI policy
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December 4, 2025 at 12:38 AM
I’m proud to join my colleagues @realchangenews.org in taking a stand on AI, making it clear that we do not and will not use any generative AI software in our journalism. www.realchangenews.org/news/2025/12...
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Dawn (badge #13757) has made a living as a vendor since 2017. She typically sells outside the Lake City Post Office. Next time you’re in the area, stop by to say hi & grab a paper! 📰💕
Dawn (badge #13757) has made a living as a vendor since 2017. She typically sells outside the Lake City Post Office. Next time you’re in the area, stop by to say hi & grab a paper! 📰💕
December 4, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Want to read all this in print AND support essential Seattle workers? Buy a copy from Real Change vendor Dawn!
Dawn (badge #13757) has made a living as a vendor since 2017. She typically sells outside the Lake City Post Office. Next time you’re in the area, stop by to say hi & grab a paper! 📰💕
Dawn (badge #13757) has made a living as a vendor since 2017. She typically sells outside the Lake City Post Office. Next time you’re in the area, stop by to say hi & grab a paper! 📰💕
A new issue has hit the #Seattle streets!
In this week's paper:
- @guyoron.net covers @sbworkersunited.org's nationwide strike.
- Our newsroom announces our new generative AI policy.
- Dev Manager Kelly Nguyen writes about the power of community.
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In this week's paper:
- @guyoron.net covers @sbworkersunited.org's nationwide strike.
- Our newsroom announces our new generative AI policy.
- Dev Manager Kelly Nguyen writes about the power of community.
📍Find a vendor now: tinyurl.com/find-a-vendor
December 4, 2025 at 12:06 AM
A new issue has hit the #Seattle streets!
In this week's paper:
- @guyoron.net covers @sbworkersunited.org's nationwide strike.
- Our newsroom announces our new generative AI policy.
- Dev Manager Kelly Nguyen writes about the power of community.
📍Find a vendor now: tinyurl.com/find-a-vendor
In this week's paper:
- @guyoron.net covers @sbworkersunited.org's nationwide strike.
- Our newsroom announces our new generative AI policy.
- Dev Manager Kelly Nguyen writes about the power of community.
📍Find a vendor now: tinyurl.com/find-a-vendor
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Seattle needs more news outlets like @realchangenews.org.
"Local news is under threat." - @typewriteralley.bsky.social
There’s still time to support Real Change’s independent journalism this #GivingTuesday!
➡️ Donate now to power our newsroom – and help us get closer to our critical end-of-year fundraising goal: tinyurl.com/give4change25
There’s still time to support Real Change’s independent journalism this #GivingTuesday!
➡️ Donate now to power our newsroom – and help us get closer to our critical end-of-year fundraising goal: tinyurl.com/give4change25
December 3, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Seattle needs more news outlets like @realchangenews.org.
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Keep local news thriving in Seattle!
"Local news is under threat." - @typewriteralley.bsky.social
There’s still time to support Real Change’s independent journalism this #GivingTuesday!
➡️ Donate now to power our newsroom – and help us get closer to our critical end-of-year fundraising goal: tinyurl.com/give4change25
There’s still time to support Real Change’s independent journalism this #GivingTuesday!
➡️ Donate now to power our newsroom – and help us get closer to our critical end-of-year fundraising goal: tinyurl.com/give4change25
December 3, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Keep local news thriving in Seattle!
"Local news is under threat." - @typewriteralley.bsky.social
There’s still time to support Real Change’s independent journalism this #GivingTuesday!
➡️ Donate now to power our newsroom – and help us get closer to our critical end-of-year fundraising goal: tinyurl.com/give4change25
There’s still time to support Real Change’s independent journalism this #GivingTuesday!
➡️ Donate now to power our newsroom – and help us get closer to our critical end-of-year fundraising goal: tinyurl.com/give4change25
December 3, 2025 at 3:18 AM
"Local news is under threat." - @typewriteralley.bsky.social
There’s still time to support Real Change’s independent journalism this #GivingTuesday!
➡️ Donate now to power our newsroom – and help us get closer to our critical end-of-year fundraising goal: tinyurl.com/give4change25
There’s still time to support Real Change’s independent journalism this #GivingTuesday!
➡️ Donate now to power our newsroom – and help us get closer to our critical end-of-year fundraising goal: tinyurl.com/give4change25
There are 12 hours left in #GivingTuesday. So far, 20 generous community members have donated to our campaign. Can we DOUBLE that by the end of the day? 💙✨
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December 2, 2025 at 8:44 PM
There are 12 hours left in #GivingTuesday. So far, 20 generous community members have donated to our campaign. Can we DOUBLE that by the end of the day? 💙✨
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🌟 Not able to give? 🌟
Share this post with 5 friends to help us get the word out about our campaign!
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Share this post with 5 friends to help us get the word out about our campaign!
#GivingTuesday is tomorrow. Help us raise $50K during this radical day of giving! 💕
@nerd4cities.bsky.social is one of thousands of readers who knows how vital Real Change is.
➡️ Join us in our fight for a future where EVERYONE can live & thrive in Seattle now: tinyurl.com/give4change25
@nerd4cities.bsky.social is one of thousands of readers who knows how vital Real Change is.
➡️ Join us in our fight for a future where EVERYONE can live & thrive in Seattle now: tinyurl.com/give4change25
December 2, 2025 at 2:36 AM
#GivingTuesday is tomorrow. Help us raise $50K during this radical day of giving! 💕
@nerd4cities.bsky.social is one of thousands of readers who knows how vital Real Change is.
➡️ Join us in our fight for a future where EVERYONE can live & thrive in Seattle now: tinyurl.com/give4change25
@nerd4cities.bsky.social is one of thousands of readers who knows how vital Real Change is.
➡️ Join us in our fight for a future where EVERYONE can live & thrive in Seattle now: tinyurl.com/give4change25
On Nov. 8, dozens gathered on the small lawn of Urban Triangle Park to call attention to an issue seldom-discussed in Seattle: the ongoing civil war in Sudan.
Protesters condemned how the United Arab Emirates has backed the Rapid Support Forces, which has been accused of war crimes.
Protesters condemned how the United Arab Emirates has backed the Rapid Support Forces, which has been accused of war crimes.
Seattleites demand end to Sudan civil war
Seattleites demand end to Sudan civil war
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December 2, 2025 at 2:30 AM
On Nov. 8, dozens gathered on the small lawn of Urban Triangle Park to call attention to an issue seldom-discussed in Seattle: the ongoing civil war in Sudan.
Protesters condemned how the United Arab Emirates has backed the Rapid Support Forces, which has been accused of war crimes.
Protesters condemned how the United Arab Emirates has backed the Rapid Support Forces, which has been accused of war crimes.
"Government-owned public housing has been one of the most significant lifelines of deep affordability for the lowest-income families. But due to decades of defunding and neglect, public housing has gone into disrepair and tenants are left to live with mold, leaks, broken appliances and more."
Seattle Housing Authority residents need repairs now
Seattle Housing Authority residents need repairs now
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November 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
"Government-owned public housing has been one of the most significant lifelines of deep affordability for the lowest-income families. But due to decades of defunding and neglect, public housing has gone into disrepair and tenants are left to live with mold, leaks, broken appliances and more."
#GivingTuesday is coming up on Dec. 2, and we're choosing to kick things off early!
Last #GivingTuesday, our community raised over $70K. ✨ This year, we hope to raise $50K by Dec. 2 to fund our programs and bring us closer to our major Winter Fund Drive goal.
➡️ Join us: tinyurl.com/give4change25
Last #GivingTuesday, our community raised over $70K. ✨ This year, we hope to raise $50K by Dec. 2 to fund our programs and bring us closer to our major Winter Fund Drive goal.
➡️ Join us: tinyurl.com/give4change25
November 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM
#GivingTuesday is coming up on Dec. 2, and we're choosing to kick things off early!
Last #GivingTuesday, our community raised over $70K. ✨ This year, we hope to raise $50K by Dec. 2 to fund our programs and bring us closer to our major Winter Fund Drive goal.
➡️ Join us: tinyurl.com/give4change25
Last #GivingTuesday, our community raised over $70K. ✨ This year, we hope to raise $50K by Dec. 2 to fund our programs and bring us closer to our major Winter Fund Drive goal.
➡️ Join us: tinyurl.com/give4change25
A new issue of Real Change has hit the streets! 📰 💕
In this week's paper, we're covering Seattle protests calling for an end to the civil war in Sudan, a campaign calling for Seattle Housing Authority to repair its housing & more.
📍 Find a Real Change vendor near you: tinyurl.com/find-a-vendor
In this week's paper, we're covering Seattle protests calling for an end to the civil war in Sudan, a campaign calling for Seattle Housing Authority to repair its housing & more.
📍 Find a Real Change vendor near you: tinyurl.com/find-a-vendor
November 27, 2025 at 2:47 AM
A new issue of Real Change has hit the streets! 📰 💕
In this week's paper, we're covering Seattle protests calling for an end to the civil war in Sudan, a campaign calling for Seattle Housing Authority to repair its housing & more.
📍 Find a Real Change vendor near you: tinyurl.com/find-a-vendor
In this week's paper, we're covering Seattle protests calling for an end to the civil war in Sudan, a campaign calling for Seattle Housing Authority to repair its housing & more.
📍 Find a Real Change vendor near you: tinyurl.com/find-a-vendor
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My new comic for @realchangenews.org! I made a comic about this 15 years ago and I’m revamping it with the things I’ve learned since. If you’re in the dark parts of the world, hang in there 🖤
November 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM
My new comic for @realchangenews.org! I made a comic about this 15 years ago and I’m revamping it with the things I’ve learned since. If you’re in the dark parts of the world, hang in there 🖤