While blockchain has found great use in storing and facilitating financial transactions, it is increasingly proving to be valuable in facilitating any data transmission. Voting technologies powered by blockchain technology are increasingly cropping up at a time when people are calling for a secure and easier way of completing this civic duty.

Instead of picking up seats, Democrats have lost them in the US House. Yes, gerrymandering plays a role, but it isn't the whole story. Many democrats made messaging mistakes across the board, underspent on digital, ignored field, and far too often failed to understand the diverse Latino vote and other BIPOC.

To win up and down the ballot, Democrats must fix these 6 issues going into the 2022 mid-terms: here's how they can.

Like many white people, I am behind the curve in true understanding of the subtle and overt forms of prejudice and racism that exist today. As I get older it also means I have a difference in understanding from a generational standpoint that I need to keep in mind. How do I get out of myself enough to understand the perspective a 25-30 year old woman who is a person of color? How about a guy the same age?

What’s good for our forests and planet can also be good for our jobs, communities, and economy. That’s why we’re writing this together—an ex-Democratic political operative and an ex-Republican staff member who want to see mass timber flourish.

Something is wrong. Mass media and social media are increasingly polarized, and the problem of fake news is becoming worse. Our elections were disrupted in 2016 by a foreign adversary using social media misinformation tools and today the facts of a debate are different depending on who you talk to, what media they listen to, and what party they’re in. We need to change our media paradigm.

How do we find political common ground, in a fractured environment, in order to move forward knowing that the structure of our government and lawmaking requires it?

Governor Jay Inslee should embrace this opportunity for Washington to be at the forefront of the green job’s revolution by including CLT in the state’s green building standards and providing further tax incentives for the use of sustainable building materials created within Washington State.

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