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School Board Sees Disproportionality in Montgomery Program

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 02, 2018
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School Board Sees Disproportionality in Montgomery Program

“This is about race, this is about opting out of a school, and this is about segregation.” The DJUSD Scho ...

“This is about race, this is about opting out of a school, and this is about segregation.” The DJUSD School Board on Thursday heard a presentation that highlighted the disproportionality in the Englis ...

March 02, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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New Data Reveals Police Stops Are About Race and Ethnicity

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 24, 2018
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New Data Reveals Police Stops Are About Race and Ethnicity

By Nusrat Choudhury For years, Black and Latino residents of Milwaukee have protested the fact that they ...

By Nusrat Choudhury For years, Black and Latino residents of Milwaukee have protested the fact that they and their neighborhoods have been consistently and unfairly targeted for overzealous police sto ...

February 24, 2018
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Report on Marijuana Shows Why War on Drugs Targets People of Color

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 23, 2017
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Report on Marijuana Shows Why War on Drugs Targets People of Color

By Andy Hoover The war on marijuana continues to rage in Pennsylvania. Despite slow progress in loosening ...

By Andy Hoover The war on marijuana continues to rage in Pennsylvania. Despite slow progress in loosening the commonwealth’s laws on the devil’s lettuce — including a new medical cannabis products law ...

October 23, 2017
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Justice Watch: Racial Disparities Are Driving Turmoil in the System

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 07, 2016
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Justice Watch: Racial Disparities Are Driving Turmoil in the System

It is appropriate that after two years of renewed questions – following Ferguson - about the role of race ...

It is appropriate that after two years of renewed questions – following Ferguson - about the role of race in the criminal justice system, on the eve of one of the most polarized elections, we are fina ...

November 07, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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NEW REPORT: State Prisons Holding Black Prisoners at Far Greater Rates Than Whites

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 14, 2016
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NEW REPORT: State Prisons Holding Black Prisoners at Far Greater Rates Than Whites

(Press Release by the Sentencing Project)— In 11 states, 1 in 20 black men is in prison States with lowes ...

(Press Release by the Sentencing Project)— In 11 states, 1 in 20 black men is in prison States with lowest black incarceration rates still higher than white rates in any state African Americans are in ...

June 14, 2016
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Sunday Commentary: Why Don’t We Have a Sentence Review Unit?

ARC Affordable Housing Proposal Comes to Social Services Commission

ICE and CBP Are Secretly Tracking Us Using Stingrays

My View: Parking Issues Should Be Re-Examined in Light of Data on Student Driving Patterns

Judge in Yolo Rules 1437 Constitutional, DA’s Office May Still Challenge

The Death Penalty in 2019: A Year of Incredible Progress, Marred by Unconscionable Executions

Council Looks to Finalize Respite Center Despite Pushback

Learning From the Past: Work in the 40s and 50s Should Have Taught about Wrongful Convictions

Militant Anti-Vaccination Activists Make Headlines, Face Criminal Charges – Lawmakers Seek Restraining Orders

Reducing and Preventing Homelessness

School Board Sees Disproportionality in Montgomery Program

School Board Sees Disproportionality in Montgomery Program

New Data Reveals Police Stops Are About Race and Ethnicity

New Data Reveals Police Stops Are About Race and Ethnicity

Report on Marijuana Shows Why War on Drugs Targets People of Color

Report on Marijuana Shows Why War on Drugs Targets People of Color

Justice Watch: Racial Disparities Are Driving Turmoil in the System

Justice Watch: Racial Disparities Are Driving Turmoil in the System

NEW REPORT: State Prisons Holding Black Prisoners at Far Greater Rates Than Whites

NEW REPORT: State Prisons Holding Black Prisoners at Far Greater Rates Than Whites

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