Seattle venture capitalist Nick Hanauer has become a national leader in advocating for adopting a higher minimum wage, reducing inequality, taxing the wealthy more heavily and supporting a stronger middle class.
Hanauer will be quizzed by journalists and audience members at the June edition of Civic Cocktail, sponsored by the Seattle City Club, Crosscut and the Seattle Channel.
Veteran journalist Joni Balter will lead the discussion and a panel of other journalists, including C.R. Douglas, Q13 Fox News political analyst; Maria La Ganga, The Los Angeles Times' Seattle bureau chief; and Knute Berger of Crosscut will chime in. During the second half of the event, the journalists will take center stage to talk about the big local and state stories that they will be following over the summer.
Note that this is the last edition of Civic Cocktail, which will return in October after its summer break.
We hope you will join us for the event on Wednesday, June 4 at Tom Douglas' Palace Ballroom, 2100 Fifth Ave. The doors open at 5:30 p.m and the program begins at 6. Admission is $12; Crosscut and City Club members pay only $10. The cost covers light appetizers; a no-host bar is also available. Register here.
And whether or not you attend, here are some stories to make you the true class smartypants on inequality.
"Why a $15 minimum wage will make Seattle stronger," by Nick Hanauer," Crosscut op-ed.
"$15 minimum wage support, sticking points on display at inequality symposium," by Bill Lucia, Crosscut.
"Seattle 1-percenter a leader in push for $15 minimum wage," by Jim Brunner, Seattle Times.
"The Machine and the Garden," by Eric Liu and Nick Hanauer, New York Times op-ed.
"President Adopts Catchphrase to Describe Proposed Recipe for Economic Revival," New York Times.
