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Local BLM activists, police chief respond to memo about march for racial equality
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Support the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act
Washington's wildlife will benefit immensely By Dan Curtis Evergreen columnist
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The Palouse in Solidarity with Black Lives Matter organized a protest on June 12. The Pullman Police Chief issued a memo about the demonstration.
Group says memo discouraged clarifying any misunderstandings the were preparing to protect city hall, the memo created. Pullman Police Department and the people from attending march, “We have written correspondence downtown area, according to the memo. weakened organization’s credibility
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By Loren Negron Evergreen reporter
local Black Lives Matter group criticized a memo by Pullman Police Chief Gary Jenkins, stating it mischaracterized the organization and discouraged people from attending its march on June 12. The Palouse in Solidarity with Black Lives Matter sent a letter to the Moscow-Pullman Daily News on June 18
from constituents verifying that this memo created unfounded fear in the general public, discouraged many peaceful protesters from attending the event, and weakened our credibility,” PSBLM wrote in the letter. Jenkins said he released the memo the day before the march to inform the public about the event. In the memo, Jenkins recommended that Pullman City Hall employees leave the area by 5 p.m. on the day of the march. Police
“Initially, protest leadership was working with us to facilitate a peaceful event,” Jenkins wrote in the memo. In their letter, PSBLM said the memo implied the group was coordinating with Pullman PD. The group only informed the police about the march and declined their offer of an escort, according to the letter. Ivy Ndambuki, PSBLM co-organizer, said the group declined Pullman PD’s Read online HERE
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WSU students react to US Supreme Court’s DACA ruling
Mint Book Club: July
Mint Book Club is jacking your July with some fantas-tic recommendations By Zach Goff Evergreen columnist
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Program has been frozen since 2017; Court to block the repeal of the Deferred allows children of undocumented immigrants to apply for a temporary two-year Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Undocumented Initiatives at WSU “There was an immediate feeling of deferral of deportation, which also proprovides workshops for applicants
Linda Vargas was shocked by the texts she saw on her phone when she woke up on June 18. “My friend … she messaged me, ‘They blocked it,’” Vargas said. “I couldn’t believe it.” Vargas, senior environmental sciences major, said she did not expect the Supreme
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vides work authorization. It was rescinded in 2017, according to the Supreme Court ruling. The program has been frozen since 2017 and new applications have not been accepted, Vargas said. The Supreme Court’s June 18 ruling means the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services should temporarily accept renewal applications from current
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relief, because for so long we have been thinking it wasn’t going to be approved,” Vargas said. Mayra, sophomore elementary education major, said she cried with happiness when she heard the news because two of her brothers are DACA recipients, though she is not. Mayra requested her last name not be used for personal safety concerns. DACA, which began in 2012 under the Obama administration, is a program that
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I have always been a fantasy lover. It’s easy for me to get lost in a world that is so vastly different from the one we currently live in. Plus, who didn’t want to have superpowers as a kid? One thing I should explain is the difference between high fantasy and low fantasy as I use the terms several times. Low fantasy would be like Harry Potter — the magical world is incorporated with or hidden from the society we currently know. Just like when Potter goes back to the Dursley’s at the end of each book and can no longer do magic for the summer, low fantasy is usually hidden from the ‘muggle’ world. High fantasy is typically the opposite. It’s usually an entirely different world with different government structures (usually centered around the type of magic). Some are based on the elements while others are based on ingesting different metals that give you abilities. “The Aeronaut’s Windlass”
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled to block termination of DACA on June 18. The Trump administration halted the program in 2017.
By Emma Ledbetter Evergreen reporter
Right now, hunter- and angler-led activist groups are driving the meteoric path of the Great American Outdoors Act. If enough people call their house representatives, then the Great American Outdoors Act could pass the House and be signed by the POTUS. As big a win as that would be, it would only allocate federal money to be spent generally, on national priorities, leaving some voids at the state level. On the other hand, a separate act called the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act would allow state and tribal agencies to apply for grants specifically designated for the wildlife and habitat in greatest need within our state. Jason Wettstein, community relations and social media manager for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, wrote in an email that under RAWA, Washington would receive $21.8 million