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How the State with the Most Regressive Police Accountability Laws in the Country Paved the Way for Nation-wide Police Reform

Reading Time: 10 minutes Heroes come in unexpected forms. This group of unexpected heroes did something that had never been done before. They put police accountability laws in the hands of the people and won. They laid down a map for other states to do the same.

Nothing will bring their families back. However, they took their power back and empowered not just the people of Washington State, but the entire nation in the process.

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Why Does She Stay? Domestic Abuse Looks Very Different from the Inside

Reading Time: 6 minutes It’s been said that pornography is very hard to define, but you know it when you see it. Domestic abuse is a lot like that. Sometimes, especially in the fray of survival, it’s hard to define, but you know it when you’re experiencing it, and it’s for the victim, and only the victim to make that definition. The fact that it’s confusing might be the first clue you’re in trouble. You don’t need an “approved” excuse to get out of a relationship. If you’re wondering if you’re being abused, the semantics don’t even matter anymore. Something is going on and whatever that something is, it’s not good, and it’s enough.

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