About The Author
Hi, I'm Desmond.
I split my time between Upstate New York and the Seattle–Tacoma area, two very different places that keep turning up the same problems: who gets protected, who gets policed, and who gets forgotten.
Cult Northwest started because I got tired of watching injustice happen around me and saying nothing about it. I'm a leftist and a socialist, and this blog is where I put my own spin on what I see. That means police accountability, surveillance, the attacks on trans kids and their families, missing and murdered Indigenous people, and the politicians and media figures who profit from keeping people afraid.
Some of how I see things comes from working with the Northwest Tribal Council's crisis team. That work showed me up close how often the systems that are supposed to help people fail them, and how much community care fills the gap when they do.
This blog is not for profit. There are no ads, no sponsors and no paywall. I write it for free, in my spare time, because I think these stories deserve more than a passing headline.
I'm not a journalist and I don't pretend to be neutral. I try to get the facts right, link my sources, and be honest about where I stand. If I get something wrong, tell me and I'll fix it.
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