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Republicans who will retire
by Jaxon
There’s no place for racism in this day and age — especially not in our State Capitol.
Yet on Februrary 26th, at a meeting of the Senate Ways and Means Committee, State Senator Jim Honeyford of Sunnyside said: “The poor are more likely to commit crimes, and colored most likely to be poor.”
Later he doubled down on his offensive language, clarifying “that’s not just the negro.”1
Can you believe it? Not only is this language incredibly offensive, it’s spreading the worst stereotypes about people of color.
And here’s the irony: People of color make up the majority of Jim Honeyford’s district. With attitudes like these, how can he truly understand and fight for the people he’s supposed to represent?
While voters across the state immediately demanded that Honeyford leave office, his Republican leadership remained silent. Not a peep.
Even worse, instead of proving that there is no room for the attitudes of Jim Honeyford in their party, Republicans turned and blocked a vote on the state Voting Rights Act THE VERY NEXT DAY. This simple bill is targeted to address unfair aspects of our elections system — breaking the stereotypes and ignorance perpetuated by people like Jim Honeyford.
Republicans need to understand that it’s 2015, not 1965, and they cannot condone this behavior within their party.
These students were in Olympia on Friday to call for Jim Honeyford to resign
Saturday was the 50th anniversary of the Selma march, where 600 brave souls risked their lives and marched for the right to vote.
While we celebrate how far we’ve come, we are reminded by Republican leaders how far we still have to go.
The Yakima Valley – and our state – deserve better. It’s time to open the door to a new generation of leadership.
In solidarity,
Jaxon
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Tuition- Free Community College
 In this week’s address, the Vice President laid out his and the President’s plan to make two years of community college free for responsible students.Access to higher education has a tangible impact on a student’s success: Those with an associate’s degree earn 25% more than folks who graduated high school, and those with a four-year degree make 70% more. Not only that, but a better educated citizenry is necessary to ensure that the United States continues to out-compete the rest of the world.
Making two years of community college free is good for workers, good for companies, and good for our economy. And this proposal is part of the President’s broader vision for middle-class economics: that everybody who works hard deserves their fair shot and the chance to get ahead. Watch the Vice President’s Weekly Address here.
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| Why We Support Banning Conversion TherapyMore than 120,000 people signed a petition calling for a ban on the dangerous and unacceptable practice of conversion therapy — and on Wednesday, we responded. The overwhelming scientific evidence demonstrates that conversion therapy is neither medically or ethically appropriate and can cause substantial harm. That’s why the Obama administration supports efforts to ban the use of conversion therapy for minors.
President Obama headed to Kingston, Jamaica on Thursday, meeting with Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller, as well as other Caribbean leaders on the importance of improving energy security and fighting climate change. He also held a town hall with the Young Leaders of the Americas — and swung by a museum dedicated to Bob Marley.
The 137th-Annual White House Easter Egg Roll On Monday, President Obama and the First Lady welcomed more than 35,000 guests to the South Lawn for the 137th-annual White House Easter Egg Roll. This year’s theme was #GimmeFive to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the First Lady’s Let’s Move! initiative.
To see more from the past week, watch the latest edition of West Wing Week here. |
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First Americans were Black Aborigines
Racism Is Real- Real Story Behind Baltimore
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| To be a person of color in 2015 comes with shocking racial bias and discrimination in many aspects of your everyday life. Study after study has proved this through facts on hiring, criminal justice and more*.How to take those facts and reach an audience that would rather have a root canal than read a study was the task at hand for us at Brave New Films.And so we created, Racism is Real- the #BaltimoreUprising is a symptom of a much larger problem.
From understanding that reality, change can happen.  This video has already reached over 29 million people on Facebook and YouTube! Major press outlets like the Washington Post, Time Magazine, Huffington Post, and BuzzFeed have featured it. And now we need you to share it with even more people! Join us. Fight back against racism. Robert Greenwald, President *Read more about the studies used in this piece here. |
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