Theo Whitcomb

Filmmaker and writer | @highcountrynews, @undark, @theBafflermag etc.

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Back in 2021, @theo_whitcomb explained how Grants Pass criminalizes homelessness, and described the real estate and business interests that blocked the creation of low-barrier emergency shelters. https://t.co/WqBflDP4U1

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@dogdad406 🔥

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@LonMabon wow, good twitter sleuthing... thank you!

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“We usually would have like 70 wage claims a year,” says Kathy Keese of Unete. “Last year, just in the last quarter of 2021, there were like 200 wage claims. All of them were from the cannabis industry.”

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Four Asian American plaintiffs are leading a class-action lawsuit against Siskiyou County and its Sheriff alleging a “system of racial profiling and unlawful vehicle stops" that is "designed to drive a disfavored racial minority from the County.”

https://t.co/YVjcyZiIu0

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“Here, they have tried to take instances where they believe people of a particular racial group are violating the law, and then take enforcement against the entire group on that basis. That is not something that the law allows,” said attorney Emi Young of the ACLU Northern CA

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Four Asian American plaintiffs are leading a class-action lawsuit against Siskiyou County and its Sheriff alleging a “system of racial profiling and unlawful vehicle stops" that is "designed to drive a disfavored racial minority from the County.”

https://t.co/YVjcyZiIu0

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The complaint singles out two high-ranking sheriff’s office personnel, noting that more than 70% percent of their stops involved Asian American drivers.

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@PaigeBlank @highcountrynews Wow!!! Great news & congrats Paige, HCN is so lucky to have you.

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@throwin_shadows @highcountrynews Thanks Jennifer! It was a fantastic year, loved working with you. I'm very excited to see all the great work to come.

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@jkutzie @highcountrynews Thanks so much, @jkutzie! It was always so great to work together when we did, and ill look forward to staying in touch!!

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@ruxguidi @highcountrynews thanks @ruxguidi, such a pleasure to work together. I 100% will!

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@blondealex @highcountrynews @blondealex taking a break from writing to work on a short documentary film, beyond that tbd!

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@gbtking @highcountrynews Aw thanks @gbtking ! the feeling is very mutual!

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@PaigeBlank @PaigeBlank thanks so much Paige, I am so, so happy to have worked together for the year. It was an excellent and extremely interesting run, indeed!

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@highcountrynews aww thanks so much for this! So sweet to reflect on, and I feel so incredibly lucky to have gotten to work with such fantastic colleagues.

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Yakama Nation’s board representative seeks coming together with other tribes to “untangle these Christmas lights together” and restore access to Willamette Falls. Infrastructure around the falls has recently come under ownership by the Grand Ronde tribe.
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@dowfordays 😂

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@PaigeBlank @highcountrynews thanks Paige!