Take a few moments to read this excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King’s Letter From Birmingham Jail.
Tag: Nondiscrimination
Posted inPolicy Topics
Try these three effective strategies for countering racism and hate in public spaces
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.
Posted inElections
Referendum 101 kaput: Right wing effort to overturn new law protecting trans youth fails
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.
Posted inLegislative Advocacy
Support for increasing the size of the U.S. Supreme Court inches upward in Washington
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.
Posted inCivil Liberties, Events, Policy Topics
Issues facing LGBTQ+ community take center stage at 2023 YDWA Convention in Spokane
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.
Posted inLegislative Advocacy
Washington State House of Representatives amends and approves police pursuit bill
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.
Posted inPolicy Topics
“Pro-life” Idaho Republican Governor Brad Little just signed a firing squad execution bill
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.
Posted inPolicy Topics
Two-thirds of Washington voters support barring gender-based price discrimination
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.
Posted inCivil Liberties
Manka Dhingra’s youth-inspired bill to ban gender-based price discrimination advances
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.
Posted inPolicy Topics
Martin Luther King, Jr.: We will reach the goal of freedom because that is America’s goal
Take a few moments to read this excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King’s Letter From Birmingham Jail.
Posted inEvents
NPI at Netroots Nation 2022: Talking ending felony disenfranchisement with Nicole Porter
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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NPI at Netroots Nation 2022: Talking abortion rights and disability justice with Cori Frazer
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.
Posted inPolicy Topics
A late winter thaw in Congress yields another long-haul win for Senator Patty Murray
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).
Posted inPolicy Topics
A majority of Washington State voters favor expanding the size of the U.S. Supreme Court
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.