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A Time for Nostalgia
Rusty Nelson: On Peace & War There was never time for nostalgia, here, even when I wrote this column every month. Just as PJALS was so often derailed from local projects by global violence and the siren call of war,…
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Support Refugees & Civilians — Say NO to US Escalation in Iraq & Syria!
Secretary Ash Carter has revealed that the U.S. will openly begin “direct action on the ground” and “strikes from the air” against ISIS forces in Iraq and Syria and now President Obama has announced he’s deploying Special Forces. As our…
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Smart Justice Spokane calls for investigation in jail deaths
Smart Justice Spokane has sent a letter about the five in-custody deaths of Peter O’Brien, John Everitt, Lorenzo Haynes, Scott Stevens, and Tammy Sue Hienen that have occurred this year. The letter, to the Spokane Board of County Commissioners, Spokane…
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Civil rights groups rally for more law enforcement oversight
Author: Jeff Humphrey, KXLY4 Reporter , jeffhu@kxly.com Published On: Sep 02 2015 06:57:32 PM PDT SPOKANE, Wash. -A national trend toward more police accountability has now caught up with the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office.On Wednesday, several civil rights groups, including…
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Petition for sheriff’s office independent review is a political move, Knezovich says
September 2, 2015 Petition for sheriff’s office independent review is a political move, Knezovich says Kip Hill The Spokesman-Review http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2015/sep/02/petition-for-sheriffs-office-independent-review/?print-friendly Calling the process of selecting an ombudsman for the Spokane Police Department “a political nightmare,” Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich on Tuesday…
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Handful of Salt for Sept-Oct-Nov 2015
Click here to view or download a pdf of our newsletter. You can also read all the content in our blog. Click below to view or download current fliers: Gratitude Potluck on Sept 10 and “Race: The Power of an…
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Rusty Nelson on Peace and War
Losing WWII   We did it, again. We observed the anniversaries of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. A few of us gathered by the river and recalled the 70-year-old tragedy that still casts a pall upon the entire…
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The death penalty is at the tipping point
By Shar Lichty, Organizer   PJALS has worked for over 30 years to end the death penalty in Washington and we are finally nearing the finish line. During the last legislative session our local group, Inland NW Death Penalty Abolition…
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Respect Immigrants
By Adrian Murillo, PJALS Steering Committee   I moved to Spokane a year ago. When I first learned of the city’s “sanctuary” ordinance as it now stands, I thought to myself: I’ve landed in a city with a social conscience.…
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