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Progressive taxation can advance gender equity

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Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: We Demand More

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Cash assistance for families has plummeted in WA, even as poverty remains high

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Three takeaways from the House and Senate budget proposals

Proposals are a good start, but lawmakers must invest more in communities of color and create new tax revenue

By Margaret Babayan, policy analyst, and Liz Olson, policy analyst - February 26, 2020

The revenue forecast explained in GIFs (and one chart)

By Margaret Babayan, policy analyst, and Misha Werschkul, executive director - February 18, 2020

Kids and parents deserve a stronger WorkFirst/Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program

By Liz Olson - February 13, 2020

Stronger local tools are needed to address homelessness

By Andy Nicholas - February 13, 2020

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