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National ‘988’ Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Launched

Art Shotwell Jul. 19 2022 2 minutes read
A new suicide and crisis lifeline number, 988, launched last weekend, will now route people to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and serve as a universal entry point so that, no matter where you live, you can easily reach a trained crisis counselor who can help.

What really drives anti-abortion beliefs?

Art Shotwell Jul. 19 2022 6 minutes read
Research suggests it’s a matter of sexual strategies. People vary in how opposed they are to casual sex. 

Conservative Blocs Unleash Litigation to Curb Public Health Powers

Art Shotwell Jul. 18 2022 14 minutes read
Spurred on by opposition to pandemic-related health mandates, a coalition of religious liberty groups, conservative think tanks, and Republican state attorneys general has filed a cascade of litigation seeking to rein in the powers of public health authorities.

The Supreme Court’s ideological rulings are roiling US politics – just as when Lincoln and his Republicans remade the court to fit their agenda

Art Shotwell Jul. 18 2022 8 minutes read
The conflict over the court and its politics may be making headlines now. But history shows that political contests over the ideological slant of the court are nothing new.

Community Picnic at Deception Pass Park set

Art Shotwell Jul. 16 2022 2 minutes read
Dust off your picnic blanket and beach chairs and join the park Saturday, July 23 from 1:00 – 9:00 PM at East Cranberry Lake for the Community Picnic in the Park!

More young voters could come out to vote in November, sparked by abortion and other hot political issues

Art Shotwell Jul. 16 2022 5 minutes read
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the constitutional right to abortion has far-reaching personal and political implications and may help decide the midterm elections in November 2022.

Her Ex-Husband Is Suing a Clinic Over the Abortion She Had Four Years Ago

Art Shotwell Jul. 16 2022 12 minutes read
Nearly four years after a woman ended an unwanted pregnancy with abortion pills obtained at a Phoenix clinic, she finds herself mired in an ongoing lawsuit over that decision.

Police Blotter, July 1- 7, 2022

Anacortes Police Jul. 12 2022 7 minutes read
Anacortes Police cited a woman in connection with spray-painting the words “CHILD MOLESTER” and pointing to a nearby home.

Militant white identity politics on full display in GOP political ads featuring high-powered weapons

Art Shotwell Jul. 11 2022 7 minutes read
Republican Eric Greitens, a candidate for Missouri’s open U.S. Senate seat, shocked viewers with a new online political ad in June 2022 that encouraged his supporters to go “RINO hunting.”

A 63-Year-Old Transgender Woman Is Caught in Montana’s Birth Certificate Dispute

Art Shotwell Jul. 11 2022 7 minutes read
Montana is one of a handful of states that bar transgender people from changing the sex on their birth certificates. Health professionals say that gender marker should be erased completely.

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