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More to Do? Legacy of the Rumford Fair Housing Act in California

Posted by Julie McCaffrey
|Date: September 18, 2023
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More to Do? Legacy of the Rumford Fair Housing Act in California

By Julie McCaffrey SACRAMENTO, CA - This September marks the 60th anniversary of the passage of the Rumfo ...

By Julie McCaffrey SACRAMENTO, CA - This September marks the 60th anniversary of the passage of the Rumford Fair Housing Act, a groundbreaking piece of legislation that banned homeowners and landlords ...

September 18, 2023
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Black Colorado Ranchers Claim ‘Modern Day KKK Assault,’ but Sheriff Arrests Them – NAACP and ACLU Providing Support

Posted by Audrey Sawyer
|Date: February 18, 2023
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Black Colorado Ranchers Claim ‘Modern Day KKK Assault,’ but Sheriff Arrests Them – NAACP and ACLU Providing Support

By Audrey Sawyer YODER, COLORADO - Two married Black ranchers in rural Colorado who go by Nicole and Cou ...

By Audrey Sawyer YODER, COLORADO - Two married Black ranchers in rural Colorado who go by Nicole and Courtney “CW” Mallery are claiming “a modern-day KKK assault” against them by neighbors, according ...

February 18, 2023
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Berkeley Councilmember Proposes Ordinance that Would Outlaw Discriminatory 911 Calls

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: November 03, 2022
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Berkeley Councilmember Proposes Ordinance that Would Outlaw Discriminatory 911 Calls

By Gibran Khalil BERKELEY, CA – On October 11, 2022, Berkeley Councilmember Kate Harrison proposed ...

By Gibran Khalil BERKELEY, CA – On October 11, 2022, Berkeley Councilmember Kate Harrison proposed an ordinance at the Berkeley City Council meeting to prohibit discriminatory calls to law enfo ...

November 03, 2022
| by The Vanguard at Berkeley

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Two Capital Cases in Riverside County Challenged under CA Racial Justice Act

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: November 02, 2022
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Two Capital Cases in Riverside County Challenged under CA Racial Justice Act

By Alyssa Eng RIVERSIDE, CA – Two individuals in Riverside County are challenging prosecutors’ decisions ...

By Alyssa Eng RIVERSIDE, CA – Two individuals in Riverside County are challenging prosecutors’ decisions to seek the death penalty, using the California Racial Justice Act. As of 2020, the CRJA allows ...

November 02, 2022
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Racial Justice Act for All Passes California Legislature

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 01, 2022
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Racial Justice Act for All Passes California Legislature

Bill Closes Loophole from Previous Legislation and Allows Those with Prior, Racially-Biased Convictions t ...

Bill Closes Loophole from Previous Legislation and Allows Those with Prior, Racially-Biased Convictions to Seek Justice By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – In 2020, the seminal Rac ...

September 01, 2022
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Guest Commentary: White Privilege

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 06, 2022
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Guest Commentary: White Privilege

Written by: Anonymous Throughout my incarceration in the Yolo County Jail I have witnessed case after cas ...

Written by: Anonymous Throughout my incarceration in the Yolo County Jail I have witnessed case after case of unfair treatment towards Hispanics & African Americans via the Yolo County District At ...

June 06, 2022
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Slavery and ‘System Discrimination’ Highlighted in Report by CA Reparations Task Force

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 02, 2022
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Slavery and ‘System Discrimination’ Highlighted in Report by CA Reparations Task Force

By The Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO, CA –The California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals ...

By The Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO, CA –The California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans (Reparations Task Force) Wednesday released an interim report “providing ...

June 02, 2022
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Long Battle for Police Traffic Stop Reform

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: May 11, 2022
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Long Battle for Police Traffic Stop Reform

By Ayal Aglugub SAN FRANCISCO, CA – San Francisco Standard writer Michael Barba recently wrote about the ...

By Ayal Aglugub SAN FRANCISCO, CA – San Francisco Standard writer Michael Barba recently wrote about the long journey to end racial discrimination in traffic stops, and how preventing police from pull ...

May 11, 2022
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ACLU Urges Attorney General to Investigate Oakland’s Racially Discriminatory School Closure Plan

Posted by Alice Yang
|Date: April 14, 2022
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ACLU Urges Attorney General to Investigate Oakland’s Racially Discriminatory School Closure Plan

By Haoming Yang OAKLAND, CA - The ACLU of Northern California filed a complaint with the California Depar ...

By Haoming Yang OAKLAND, CA - The ACLU of Northern California filed a complaint with the California Department of Justice this week, urging Attorney General Rob Bonta to investigate the Oakland Unifie ...

April 14, 2022
| by Alice Yang

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Former Employee files lawsuit against Tesla for racial discrimination

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: April 12, 2022
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Former Employee files lawsuit against Tesla for racial discrimination

By Kate Anstett ALAMEDA, CA – Tesla fired a former Construction Project Manager after he reported mentall ...

By Kate Anstett ALAMEDA, CA – Tesla fired a former Construction Project Manager after he reported mentally and physically unsafe working conditions. Marc Cage, who is African-American, alleges that th ...

April 12, 2022
| by The Vanguard at Berkeley

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California Civil Rights Regulator Sues Tesla for Discrimination against Factory Employees

Posted by Neha Malhi
|Date: February 14, 2022
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California Civil Rights Regulator Sues Tesla for Discrimination against Factory Employees

By Neha Malhi and Sahaily Zazueta ALAMEDA, CA – California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing ha ...

By Neha Malhi and Sahaily Zazueta ALAMEDA, CA – California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing has filed a civil lawsuit against Tesla for racial discrimination and harassment, according to Ti ...

February 14, 2022
| by Neha Malhi

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Following Racial Discrimination Lawsuit, NFL Urged by Civil Rights Leaders to Change Now

Posted by Paulina Buelna
|Date: February 12, 2022
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Following Racial Discrimination Lawsuit, NFL Urged by Civil Rights Leaders to Change Now

Photo: John McCall/Sun Sentinel/TNS By Paulina Buelna NEW YORK, NY – Civil rights leaders joined together ...

Photo: John McCall/Sun Sentinel/TNS By Paulina Buelna NEW YORK, NY – Civil rights leaders joined together this week to discuss the future hiring procedures of candidates of color in the National Footb ...

February 12, 2022
| by Paulina Buelna

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53 Black Former McDonald’s Owners Sue, Charge Corporate Discrimination

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: October 23, 2020
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53 Black Former McDonald’s Owners Sue, Charge Corporate Discrimination

By Ariel Abdallah and Dylan Ferguson Fifty-three Black McDonald’s franchisees have filed a major civil r ...

By Ariel Abdallah and Dylan Ferguson Fifty-three Black McDonald’s franchisees have filed a major civil rights lawsuit against McDonald’s, charging they have been the victims of the discriminatory nat ...

October 23, 2020
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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ACLU Lawsuit Uncovers Discriminatory Practices in Maricopa County (AZ) Attorney’s Office

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: August 31, 2020
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ACLU Lawsuit Uncovers Discriminatory Practices in Maricopa County (AZ) Attorney’s Office

By Cailin Garcia MARICOPA COUNTY, AZ — In 2018, Maricopa County Attorney’s Office (MCAO) was given a si ...

By Cailin Garcia MARICOPA COUNTY, AZ — In 2018, Maricopa County Attorney’s Office (MCAO) was given a simple request by the ACLU—to be transparent with the public about how it operates. Now, two year ...

August 31, 2020
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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Racial Discrimination Plagues Jury Selection – Blacks ‘Struck’ Much, Much More than Whites

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: August 30, 2020
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Racial Discrimination Plagues Jury Selection – Blacks ‘Struck’ Much, Much More than Whites

By Linh Nguyen Decades of studies show that racial discrimination during jury selection is very much pres ...

By Linh Nguyen Decades of studies show that racial discrimination during jury selection is very much present on both the prosecution and defense sides, which can harm the defendant and the excluded ju ...

August 30, 2020
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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Fair Juries Act Reflects Community Diversity, Now One Step Closer to Becoming Law

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: August 14, 2020
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Fair Juries Act Reflects Community Diversity, Now One Step Closer to Becoming Law

By Josué Monroy SACRAMENTO – The Fair Juries Act continues to move through the California Legislature, th ...

By Josué Monroy SACRAMENTO – The Fair Juries Act continues to move through the California Legislature, this week passing Assembly Judiciary Committee in an 8-0 vote on its way to the Senate. Senator S ...

August 14, 2020
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 59 – The Wrongful Conviction of Anand Jon Alexander

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 10, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 59 – The Wrongful Conviction of Anand Jon Alexander

Anand Jon Alexander was a rising star in the fashion industry in 2007 when he was arrested and ultimately ...

Anand Jon Alexander was a rising star in the fashion industry in 2007 when he was arrested and ultimately convicted of one count of rape and many counts of lesser sexual offenses. Although there were ...

April 10, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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North Carolina Supreme Court to Decide Whether to Address Racial Discrimination in Jury Selection

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: February 12, 2020
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North Carolina Supreme Court to Decide Whether to Address Racial Discrimination in Jury Selection

By Linh Nguyen Notorious among southern states for failing to recognize racial discrimination during jury ...

By Linh Nguyen Notorious among southern states for failing to recognize racial discrimination during jury selection, the North Carolina Supreme Court must now decide whether to acknowledge racial disc ...

February 12, 2020
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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Can Prosecutors Dismiss Jurors for Agreeing with the O.J. Simpson Verdict?

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 19, 2019
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Can Prosecutors Dismiss Jurors for Agreeing with the O.J. Simpson Verdict?

By Cassandra Stubbs Gov. Gavin Newsom’s moratorium on executions in California has highlighted the pernic ...

By Cassandra Stubbs Gov. Gavin Newsom’s moratorium on executions in California has highlighted the pernicious role race has played in who gets the death penalty in that state. In a case now awaiting r ...

March 19, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Trump Administration Recommends Slashing Civil Rights Protections for Students of Color

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 20, 2018
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Trump Administration Recommends Slashing Civil Rights Protections for Students of Color

By Sarah Hinger & Jennifer Bellamy On Tuesday, the Federal Commission on School Safety issued recomme ...

By Sarah Hinger & Jennifer Bellamy On Tuesday, the Federal Commission on School Safety issued recommendations that it claims will help makes schools safer following the mass shooting in Parkland, ...

December 20, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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