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Decolonizing Thanksgiving

This month, learn more about the relationship between Native Americans and food.

ACLU-WA Files Suit to Stop License Suspensions for People Who Can't Afford to Pay

"I can’t afford to get my license back, but need it to go to my job and take my daughter to school"

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Report: How Life and Long Sentences Fuel Mass Incarceration

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