The Cascadia Advocate is written by the staff, board, and contributors of the Northwest Progressive Institute, a netroots powered strategy center working to raise America's quality of life through insightful research and imaginative advocacy.
NPI was founded in August 2003 and is based in Redmond, Washington.
| Excerpt: | Police say they have taken into custody a suspect who allegedly murdered two men who tried to stand up for two young women who were being verbally abused on a MAX train. |
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| Published at: | 11:03 PM on Friday, May 26th, 2017 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Other Tags: | First Freedoms |
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| Excerpt: | Today at noon, over one hundred people being detained in the West Coast’s largest immigration prison in Tacoma — the Northwest Detention Center — launched a hunger strike in response to inhumane living conditions at the prison. Detainees refusing their lunches circulated a letter of demand regarding violations of what most Washington residents would consider […] |
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| Published at: | 5:42 PM on Monday, April 10th, 2017 |
| Written by: | Kaylinne Shaffer |
| Categories: | Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Other Tags: | Naturalization |
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| Excerpt: | Flanked by former Attorney General Rob McKenna and Governor Jay Inslee, current Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced a major new effort to abolish the barbaric practice of state-sponsored executions in Washington, supported by a bipartisan group of legislators from each house. Declaring that it is the responsibility of leaders to lead, Ferguson said the […] |
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| Published at: | 3:08 PM on Monday, January 16th, 2017 |
| Written by: | Christian Cahua |
| Categories: | Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Other Tags: | Nondiscrimination |
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| Excerpt: | A significant victory for human rights has been won today: The Delaware Supreme Court has ruled the state’s death penalty law is unconstitutional – and the only chance at fixing it is to punt the issue to the already-divided General Assembly. The top court released its ruling Tuesday that said Delaware’s current capital punishment statute violates the U.S. Constitution by […] |
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| Published at: | 4:52 PM on Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics, World Commmunity |
| Other Tags: | Human Rights |
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| Excerpt: | This is a great victory for human rights that deserves to be celebrated: After a sweeping two-year review, the state Supreme Court outlawed capital punishment in Connecticut, saying the state’s death penalty no longer comports with evolved societal values and serves no valid purpose as punishment. The 4-3 decision would remove 11 convicts from Connecticut’s […] |
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| Published at: | 11:21 AM on Thursday, August 13th, 2015 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics, World Commmunity |
| Other Tags: | Human Rights |
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| Excerpt: | Joyous news to report on today. Lawmakers in the reliably conservative state of Nebraska today took a courageous stand for human rights and dignity by overriding Republican Governor Pete Ricketts’ veto of legislation that would permanently abolish executions. With no votes to spare, the unicameral Nebraska Legislature voted to make the Cornhusker State the nineteenth […] |
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| Published at: | 4:16 PM on Wednesday, May 27th, 2015 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Breaking News, Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics, World Commmunity |
| Other Tags: | Human Rights |
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| Excerpt: | Well, it’s finally happened. After many contemptible delays, the United States Senate finally took up Loretta Lynch’s nomination today and voted to confirm her as the nation’s next Attorney General, which means that incumbent Eric Holder can finally pack his bags and leave office, as he has wanted to do for many months. A relieved […] |
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| Published at: | 8:15 PM on Thursday, April 23rd, 2015 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics, Public Service |
| Other Tags: | Confirmation Votes, Federal Executive Appointments |
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| Excerpt: | State Auditor Troy Kelley has been indicted by a federal grand jury for filing false tax returns, making false declarations, obstructing justice, and possessing stolen property, the United States Attorney for Western Washington announced today. The ten count indictment was returned by a jury in the U.S. District Court in Seattle. Kelley is due to […] |
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| Published at: | 12:39 PM on Thursday, April 16th, 2015 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections, Open Government |
| Other Tags: | Accountable Leaders, WA-Auditor |
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