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Jailing Kids? We can do better

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Wednesday, November 18, 2015
On any given day, more than 60,000 children are locked up in our nation’s juvenile facilities. Whether it’s an urban jail or a rural boot camp, the results are the same. Youth locked up in secure facilities experience more mental problems, achieve a lower level of education, and make less money over their lifetimes. Research also indicates that the detention experience may increase the chances of re-offending.
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How to communicate securely with the ACLU of Washington using SecureDrop

Published: 
Thursday, November 12, 2015
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ACLU of Washington’s SecureDrop Risk Analysis

Published: 
Thursday, November 12, 2015
Not everyone is Edward Snowden and needs to go to extraordinary lengths to anonymously provide documents. However, if the Snowden revelations have shown us anything, it is that we face an extraordinary amount of surveillance with all forms of communication technologies. It is important to consider this in light of your own risk assessment when using the ACLU of Washington’s SecureDrop server.
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Trumbo Shines Light on Life of Blacklisted Screenwriter

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Monday, November 9, 2015
The ACLU-WA and SIFF Cinema Uptown present a special advance screening of Trumbo on Tuesday, November 10 at 7 p.m. ACLU-WA Communications Director Doug Honig will moderate a post-screening discussion with Nikki Trumbo, daughter of Dalton Trumbo.
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ACLU Honors NW Immigrant Rights Project, Pasco Activists, Student Poet

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Thursday, November 5, 2015
The ACLU-WA is honoring those who have made outstanding contributions to civil liberties: the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project for its long history of defending civil liberties; Consejo Latino and Tri-Cities Community Solutions, which have mobilized community response to the police killing of a Mexican man in Pasco; and student activist Acacia Salisbury, who has used poetry to speak out against injustice. (Above: Comedian Larry Wilmore at the ACLU Bill of Rights Dinner, where the awards were presented.)
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Cash Bail Reserves Freedom for Those Who Can Pay for It

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Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Everyone is presumed innocent until proven guilty. But those who can’t afford cash bail must forfeit their freedom while awaiting trial. ACLU-WA asserts this unequal treatment—freedom for those with money, jail for those without— is neither fair nor effective.
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Latino Voters Make History in Yakima

News Release, Published: 
Thursday, October 29, 2015
An historic advance for Latino voters in Yakima has taken place in the wake of an ACLU-WA legal victory
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Lobbying for Affordable and Safe Abortion Care for All Women

Published: 
Friday, October 23, 2015
This week ACLU was part of a five-person Washington state delegation from pro-choice organizations that lobbied to get rid of bans that deny abortion coverage.
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State Agency Compliance with “Motor Voter” Law Improves Access to Voting in WA

News Release, Published: 
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Individuals now have a much improved opportunity to register to vote when they sign up for public benefits, thanks to efforts made by the state to improve compliance with the Ntl. Voter Registration Act.
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Seattle’s New Crime Analytics Program Threatens to Perpetuate Racism in Policing

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Tuesday, October 20, 2015
The Seattle Police Department (SPD) has announced a new “Real Time Crime Center” that would use historical crime data in decisions about deploying police officers. Although this may sound like a smart move to incorporate analytics technology in law enforcement, in practice it would perpetuate existing institutional racism in policing.
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