The Cascadia Advocate is written by the staff, board, and contributors of the Northwest Progressive Institute, a regionally focused nonprofit working from Washington, Oregon, & Idaho to constructively transform our world through insightful research and imaginative advocacy.
NPI was founded in August 2003 and is based in Redmond, Washington.
| Excerpt: | Urging people advance racial equity now with real solutions, the 2nd Juneteenth Freedom March and Celebration took place across Seattle's Central District. |
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| Published at: | 9:47 PM on Saturday, June 19th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Bobby Aiyer |
| Categories: | Civil Liberties, Holidays |
| Other Tags: | Juneteenth |
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| Excerpt: | At the White House, Floyd's family called for the evenly divided United States Senate to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 PM on Tuesday, May 25th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Other Tags: | Criminal Justice |
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| Excerpt: | Read David A. Johnson's review of Economist journalist Jon Fasman's new book exploring elements of technology and practices in modern policing in the United States. |
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| Published at: | 3:00 PM on Sunday, May 16th, 2021 |
| Written by: | David A Johnson |
| Categories: | Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics, Media & Culture |
| Other Tags: | Books, Criminal Justice |
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| Excerpt: | It's not often that the President of the United States issues a statement weighing in on the passage of a law at the state level. As Biden's comments make clear, this issue is really, really important to him. |
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| Published at: | 2:50 PM on Tuesday, May 11th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Economic Security |
| Other Tags: | Fair Wages & Leave |
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| Excerpt: | Watch a video highlight from NPI's 2020 Spring Fundraising Gala featuring Toshiko Hasegawa, Executive Director of the Washington State Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs. |
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| Published at: | 8:21 PM on Friday, March 19th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Other Tags: | Criminal Justice |
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| Excerpt: | The Republican Party has become a cult that adores an unaccountable sociopath. Perhaps the time has come for a new center-right political party rooted in conservative values. |
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| Published at: | 4:00 PM on Monday, March 8th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Categories: | Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections, Party Politics |
| Other Tags: | Fair Elections |
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| Excerpt: | Senate Bill 5066 would require officers to intervene when they see a fellow offer engaging in excessive force. It would also require officers to report wrongdoing to their superiors. |
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| Published at: | 10:10 AM on Friday, February 26th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Ruairi Vaughan |
| Categories: | Civil Liberties, Legislative Advocacy |
| Other Tags: | Criminal Justice |
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| Excerpt: | Take a few moments to read this excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King's Letter From Birmingham Jail. |
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| Published at: | 8:30 AM on Monday, January 18th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics, Holidays |
| Other Tags: | Martin Luther King Jr. Day |
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| Excerpt: | For more than half a century, the police have treated right wing demonstrators and even terrorists differently than left wing demonstrators, a distinction that was again apparent on January 6th, 2021. |
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| Published at: | 7:27 PM on Thursday, January 7th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Categories: | Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics, Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | Safe Neighborhoods |
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| Excerpt: | As of December 12th, the the Trump regime had, in a few short weeks, executed ten people via lethal injection in Terre Haute. Sickeningly, the regime has even more executions planned before January 20th, 2021, when Trump's term ends. |
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| Published at: | 3:30 PM on Sunday, December 13th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Other Tags: | Criminal Justice |
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| Excerpt: | Attorneys general Phil Weiser, Xavier Becerra, Keith Ellison, and Maura Healey helped kickstart the conference with a substantive panel discussion. |
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| Published at: | 1:00 PM on Thursday, August 13th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Rich Erwin |
| Categories: | Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics, Economic Security, Events |
| Other Tags: | Consumer Protection, Criminal Justice, Netroots Nation |
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| Excerpt: | An overview of late July 2020 developments on the front lines of protests against police brutality in Portland and Seattle, which have drawn a federal response. |
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| Published at: | 10:30 PM on Wednesday, July 29th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Rich Erwin |
| Categories: | Civil Liberties |
| Other Tags: | Criminal Justice |
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| Excerpt: | Portland and Seattle are seen as places where they can use federal law enforcement personnel to instigate conflicts that will be helpful in riling up their base and spreading fear. |
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| Published at: | 11:00 PM on Thursday, July 23rd, 2020 |
| Written by: | Rich Erwin |
| Categories: | Civil Liberties |
| Other Tags: | Criminal Justice |
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| Excerpt: | The people's right to peaceably assemble has been repeatedly infringed upon by federal authorities operating in the Rose City on Donald Trump's orders. |
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| Published at: | 10:30 PM on Monday, July 20th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Rich Erwin |
| Categories: | Civil Liberties |
| Other Tags: | Criminal Justice |
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