by Guy Oron
(This article was originally published on Real Change and has been reprinted under an agreement.)
Housing justice advocates warn that the Tacoma City Council may be trying to subvert an ambitious package of renter protections that voters will weigh in on during the November general election.
Continue reading Tacoma City Council Introduces Competing Proposal Against Bold Renters’ Rights Initiativeby Luna Reyna
Twenty years ago, the Tacoma City Council unanimously approved the creation of a federal detention center on Tacoma’s tideflats without the slightest objection from community members. What nobody anticipated at the time was that this federal detention center would become a focal point for detention abolitionists and human rights activists across the nation. This facility is now known as the Northwest ICE Processing Center (NWIPC) and it is run by GEO Group, the largest private prison company in the country. Accusations of human rights violations, followed by countless lawsuits, have remained constant since the facility was built.
Continue reading Movement to Shut Down Northwest ICE Processing Center Finds a New Ally in the Tacoma City Council
