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In Seattle city attorney race, beware of ‘rising crime’ alarmism
Critics of Nicole Thomas-Kennedy will invoke a rise in crime to thwart her transformative candidacy. Don’t buy it.
Dan Berger
Dan Berger is an associate professor of comparative ethnic studies at UW Bothell and a coordinator of the Washington Prison History Project. He has written or edited six books, including the
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The critical, overlooked history of WA's prison abolition movement
In Washington state, abolitionists have succeeded in shrinking the scope of state punishment and making prisons more humane. But their work is far from done.