Washington Update

July 16, 2019

'I Tell My Story, Because It's the Best Weapon I Have'

"It never gets easier to tell your story. Each time you speak it, you relive it. When I tell someone about the checkpoint where the men raped me, or the feeling of Hajji Salman's whip across the blanket as I lay under it, or the darkening Mosul sky while I searched the neighborhood for some sign of help, I am transported back to those moments and all their terror." --Nadia Murad, Survivor

Welcome to Mineral Wells, Population: Growing

Mineral Wells, Texas doesn't have an abortion clinic. And they'd like to keep it that way. Mayor Chris Perricone knows he can't control what's happening in New York or Illinois -- or even the rest of his state. But, with the city's help, he can control what happens in his community. And making Mineral Wells a place that welcomes life should be a part of that.

Washington's New Four-Letter Word: F-L-A-G

A lot of the residents in Mullis Senior Center survived Korea and Vietnam. Now they're facing a new enemy: political correctness. When the seniors found out that the Pledge of Allegiance had been banned, they fought back. If the board of directors at the Washington State facility wants to deprive them of the freedom they sacrificed for, they'll have to try harder.