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Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Storms addressed attendees of the Legal Foundation of Washington's annual luncheon.
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Monday, February 6, 2023
One parent recounted their son saying that he couldn’t breathe, and that he thought he was going to die. Another described how her kindergartener was placed in isolation, often for “cussing,“ many times a week for months. A survivor described witnessing restraint at a non-public agency as “an everyday thing” in all classrooms. 
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Friday, February 3, 2023
Maintaining or increasing penalties for drug possession and relying on jails and prosecution as a pathway to treatment would be repeating the mistakes of the past and continuing the failed legacy and racially inequitable outcomes of the War on Drugs. 
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Wednesday, February 1, 2023
Focusing on Black Futures allows us to hold what we know about Black history and weave that knowledge into our plans for action.
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Friday, January 13, 2023
A note on MLK day 2023 by ACLU-WA Executive Director Michele Storms
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Wednesday, January 11, 2023
Imagine if government agents came to your home with little or no warning and carted away everything you own, throwing away most or all of it, and providing only a phone number you can call to see if you can get back whatever the government agents didn’t throw out.
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Monday, December 26, 2022
Automated decision systems, technologies that make or help make decisions about people, can have life or death impacts especially when used in the context of policing.
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Thursday, December 22, 2022
When the state Legislature convenes on Jan. 9, lawmakers will have the opportunity to address the racially biased practices and devastating consequences of the failed War on Drugs by replacing a system that stigmatizes and criminalizes people with substance use disorders with one that treats drug use with a public health approach. 
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Wednesday, December 21, 2022
The end of the year is a natural moment for reflection. At the ACLU of Washington, it is a time to take stock of how our organization showed up – for and beside communities impacted by systemic oppression and consistent with our mission, vision and values.
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Tuesday, November 15, 2022
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Monday, November 7, 2022
Washington legislators should not reignite the War on Drugs in the 2023 session 

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