This Alien World
[ed. note: we ran this in our first issue, and it's still a good summary of what Eat The State! is about.] Welcome to this, an initial issue of what...

Corporate Welfare in Tacoma
The City of Tacoma decided to make a low-interest $1.5 million loan to Pickering, Inc., a local laminate factory that makes "flooring products." The...

Creativity in the CIA
The CIA is going through an identity crisis. Their new director, George Tenet, has defined a new mission for the agency: to focus on "hard targets"...

Media Watch: Crime and TV News
Drug Use and TV News Here at Mediawatch, one of our main goals is to point out instances of bias in newspaper and television media sources. One of...

A Show of Force
Seafair, Seattle's annual festival of rude clowns, nighttime parades, and big boats, has long been a propaganda event for the military to show off...

Strip-mining The Galaxy
How do you get millions of Americans to watch with baited breath as the U.S. government spends millions of dollars on exploration for the mining...

Texas Sheriff Exploits Prison Labor
Lubbock County Sheriff Sonny Keesee runs an auto repair shop with a twist. Most of its customers are sheriff's deputies. The mechanics are...