Tagged: civil rights

03 Aug

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Why King County doesn’t need a new juvenile hall

by · August 3, 2012 · 2 Comments

King County's current juvenile detention facility, on 12th Ave and Alder St, has fallen into disrepair. Prop 1 would expand property taxes to build a new facility. (Photo by Matthew Rutledge via Flickr)

You might have guessed from the green King County elections envelope sitting on your table that there’s an election coming up on Tuesday. In the midst of a lot of local races that won’t really get decided until November, there’s a pressing item on the ballot. It’s King County Proposition 1, which would create a nine-year, [...]

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22 Jun

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Globalists get primed for Pride Weekend with Aleksa Manila

by · June 22, 2012 · 0 Comments

Filipina queen Aleksa Manila (photo by Adam Bouska).

You can tell it’s Pride Month when all the storefronts on Capitol Hill put out their rainbow flags and your newsfeed fills up with invites to parades and dance parties. With Marriage Equality on the ballot and the first ever Pride ASIA event in the International District, it’s like everyone is feeling us queers. But [...]

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