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: | In this essay, guest contributor Erin Jones discusses the three postures she uses for combating racism and hate in schools and other places where many people are together: Gratitude, brave spaces, and pause. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Wednesday, September 6th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Erin Jones |
| Categories: | Civil Liberties, Education, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Nondiscrimination |
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| Excerpt: | A right wing effort to force a statewide vote on a new Washington State law supporting youth and young adults seeking protected health care services has failed, which means that the law can go into effect as scheduled. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 PM on Saturday, July 22nd, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | WA-Ballot |
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| Excerpt: | 52% of 773 likely 2024 general election voters surveyed by Public Policy Polling earlier this month said they supported increasing the size of the Court to make it a more diverse and representative body, while 40% were opposed and 8% were not sure. |
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| Published at: | 10:37 AM on Friday, June 30th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Civil Liberties, Legislative Advocacy, Litigation, Policy Topics |
| Other Tags: | Research Poll Findings, U.S. Supreme Court Expansion |
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| Excerpt: | Though Washington has historically been one of the safer states to be queer, the LGBTQ+ experience east of the Cascades is a very different one due to the Republican-leaning local governments. After all, it wasn't that long ago that it wasn't very safe to be out in Spokane, the biggest city in the region. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Monday, May 22nd, 2023 |
| Written by: | Caya Berndt |
| Categories: | Civil Liberties, Events, Policy Topics |
| Other Tags: | Young Democrats of Washington Convention |
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| Excerpt: | A bipartisan majority of the Washington State House has endorsed updates to the law governing police pursuits, lowering the standard for police officers to instigate a chase from probable cause to reasonable suspicion while attaching a number of new conditions to police departments’ use of that pursuit authority. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Tuesday, April 11th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Civil Liberties, Legislative Advocacy, Policy Topics |
| Other Tags: | Criminal Justice |
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| Excerpt: | Idaho Republicans are most definitely not trying to change their state's laws to abolish executions. They could be, but they are choosing not to be. It's a choice. |
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| Published at: | 4:30 PM on Saturday, March 25th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Civil Liberties, Policy Topics |
| Other Tags: | Criminal Justice |
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| Excerpt: | 67% of 874 likely voters interviewed in March of 2023 by Public Policy Polling voiced support for prohibiting people or businesses "from charging different prices for two substantially similar goods based on the gender of the persons to whom the goods are marketed," which is what Senate Bill 5171 would do if enacted. 59% were strongly supportive and another 8% were somewhat supportive. |
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| Published at: | 2:14 PM on Tuesday, March 21st, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Civil Liberties, Economic Security, Policy Topics |
| Other Tags: | Consumer Protection, Research Poll Findings |
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| Excerpt: | SB 5171 is youth-inspired legislation that Dhingra, a Northwest Progressive Foundation boardmember, introduced in partnership with civically-oriented students from Lake Washington High School in Kirkland. If passed, it will stop retailers from charging Washingtonians (especially those who identify as female) extra for products merely because they are marketed to a particular gender. |
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| Published at: | 4:18 PM on Tuesday, March 7th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Civil Liberties, Economic Security, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Nondiscrimination |
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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: | 9:30 AM on Monday, January 16th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Civil Liberties, Holidays, Policy Topics |
| Other Tags: | Martin Luther King Jr. Day |
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| Excerpt: | In this fifth installment of NPI@NN (2022), NPI's Caya Berndt spoke with Nicole Porter, Senior Director of Advocacy for The Sentencing Project, about restoring fundamental liberties to those with felony convictions. |
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| Published at: | 8:22 PM on Thursday, August 25th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Caya Berndt |
| Categories: | Civil Liberties, Events, Series & Special Reports |
| Other Tags: | Netroots Nation, NPI@NN |
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| Excerpt: | In this second installment of NPI@NN, NPI's Caya Berndt spoke with the Executive Director at the Pittsburgh Center for Autistic Advocacy, Cori Frazer, about the intersections of abortion rights and disability. |
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| Published at: | 8:22 PM on Monday, August 22nd, 2022 |
| Written by: | Caya Berndt |
| Categories: | Civil Liberties, Events, Policy Topics |
| Other Tags: | Netroots Nation, NPI@NN |
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| Excerpt: | Last week, Congress approved an omnibus budget bill, long-overdue legislation to rescue the Postal Service, and a reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). |
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| Published at: | 4:28 PM on Monday, March 21st, 2022 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Categories: | Civil Liberties, Legislative Advocacy, Policy Topics |
| Other Tags: | Budgeting, Fiscal Responsibility, United States Postal Service |
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| Excerpt: | 50% of 700 likely 2022 voters surveyed last month for NPI by Public Policy Polling said they strongly or somewhat supported passing legislation to expand the Court, while 41% were strongly or somewhat opposed. 8% were not sure. |
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| Published at: | 1:33 PM on Wednesday, March 9th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Civil Liberties, Policy Topics |
| Other Tags: | Research Poll Findings, U.S. Supreme Court Expansion |
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| Excerpt: | In our fear, may we find purpose. May we leverage our collective pain and struggle to make ourselves and our communities better, Erin Jones writes. |
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| Published at: | 2:18 PM on Thursday, February 10th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Erin Jones |
| Categories: | Civil Liberties, Education, Guest Posts, Holidays, Policy Topics |
| Other Tags: | Black History Month |
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