‘ForWArd’ plan details how state will ‘coexist’ with COVID
State officials have a new, long-term game plan as Washington transitions to a phase of the pandemic that feels more normal. A roadmap released Thursday, formally titled ForWArd, plots out how the state wants to prevent, monitor and react to any future waves of infection. Continue reading at Everett Herald. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, file)
WA must stand ready as abortion rights fall under siege in states near and far
It’s like a scene out of a movie. Activists and volunteers ferry a group across the border, organizing transportation and offering them shelter, while the travelers — some coming from 1,000 miles away and risking legal peril back home — await to get medical attention. This is not some far off dystopian future. This could be America if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade this summer, making safe, legal abortion no longer a constitutional right across the nation. Continue reading at Seattle Times. (AP Photo/Stephen Spillman, File)
Lummi matriarchs say healing the Salish Sea begins with bringing home their orca relation
Sacred Sea, led by enrolled Lummi Tribal members Raynell Morris and Ellie Kinley, continues to advocate for the repatriation of the orca Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut from her concrete tank in the Miami sun back to her cool, dark home waters of the Salish Sea. “Now that she’s not performing three times a day, not having to do tricks for food, she can get the best care and be her best self,” said Morris, vice president of the Sacred Lands Conservancy known as Sacred Sea. Continue reading at Bellingham Herald. (Miami Herald)
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