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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 188: Ashley Nellis Talks about 50 Years of Mass Incarceration

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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 188: Ashley Nellis Talks about 50 Years of Mass Incarceration

https://youtu.be/Wu-6DXxem5s The year 2023 marks the 50th year since the US prison population began its u ...

https://youtu.be/Wu-6DXxem5s The year 2023 marks the 50th year since the US prison population began its unprecedented surge. The Sentencing Project is marking this year with a series of reports on Ma ...

February 20, 2023
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CA Attorney General Addresses Racial and Ethnic Bias in Algorithms Used in Healthcare, Launches Investigation

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|Date: September 04, 2022
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CA Attorney General Addresses Racial and Ethnic Bias in Algorithms Used in Healthcare, Launches Investigation

By Talia Kruger SACRAMENTO, CA - California Attorney General Rob Bonta last week launched an inquiry rega ...

By Talia Kruger SACRAMENTO, CA - California Attorney General Rob Bonta last week launched an inquiry regarding the prevalence of racial and ethnic bias in healthcare algorithms. According to a stateme ...

September 04, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Episode 163: Kanya Bennett and Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights

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|Date: August 22, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Episode 163: Kanya Bennett and Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights

This week on Everyday Injustice we talk with Kanya Bennett of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Huma ...

This week on Everyday Injustice we talk with Kanya Bennett of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. The Vision for Justice 2020 focused on core principles of decarceration, police refo ...

August 22, 2022
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Racial Justice in Prosecution Report Show Blacks Overrepresented in Arrests, Felonies

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|Date: March 17, 2022
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Racial Justice in Prosecution Report Show Blacks Overrepresented in Arrests, Felonies

By Vanguard Staff BALTIMORE, MD - Despite the racial demographics of Baltimore, Blacks are overrepresente ...

By Vanguard Staff BALTIMORE, MD - Despite the racial demographics of Baltimore, Blacks are overrepresented in arrests and Circuit Court felony cases, according to a report released this week—commissio ...

March 17, 2022
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Berkeley Law Students Highlight Racial Disparities in San Francisco Policing

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|Date: October 06, 2021
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Berkeley Law Students Highlight Racial Disparities in San Francisco Policing

By Sophia Barberini SAN FRANCISCO, CA – In a working paper, University of California, Berkeley law studen ...

By Sophia Barberini SAN FRANCISCO, CA – In a working paper, University of California, Berkeley law students are evaluating how biased policing, ineffective legal standards, and unjust institutions hav ...

October 06, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Closing Our Eyes Will Not Address Systemic Racial Bias

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|Date: September 19, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Closing Our Eyes Will Not Address Systemic Racial Bias

By Cynthia Rodriguez Racial bias in charging and sentencing criminal defendants in Yolo County is an ackn ...

By Cynthia Rodriguez Racial bias in charging and sentencing criminal defendants in Yolo County is an acknowledged problem that we must address head-on. A year ago Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Re ...

September 19, 2021
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 121: Be the Jury – Pilot Would Pay Jurors $100 a Day to Serve

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|Date: August 23, 2021
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 121: Be the Jury – Pilot Would Pay Jurors $100 a Day to Serve

One of the biggest problems in the criminal legal system is that the notion of being tried by a jury of o ...

One of the biggest problems in the criminal legal system is that the notion of being tried by a jury of one’s peers has been discarded. A large number of people of color await trial in the system onl ...

August 23, 2021
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 86: Baltimore Prosecutor Marilyn Mosby

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|Date: January 06, 2021
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 86: Baltimore Prosecutor Marilyn Mosby

Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby joined the Everyday Injustice podcast to discuss her office ...

Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby joined the Everyday Injustice podcast to discuss her office's new sentencing review unit. The unit will review cases of certain incarcerated people to de ...

January 06, 2021
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53 Black Former McDonald’s Owners Sue, Charge Corporate Discrimination

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|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
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Commentary: Pence Says ‘I Trust Our Justice System’

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|Date: October 09, 2020
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Commentary: Pence Says ‘I Trust Our Justice System’

By David M. Greenwald Earlier this week in a commentary, I heavily criticized Joe Biden’s criminal justic ...

By David M. Greenwald Earlier this week in a commentary, I heavily criticized Joe Biden’s criminal justice platform as well as his record supporting the 1994 Crime Bill. But the reality is that Trump ...

October 09, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Tragedy of COVID-19 in Prisons Shows Need for Decarceration

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|Date: July 03, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Tragedy of COVID-19 in Prisons Shows Need for Decarceration

By Scott Colom and Miriam Aroni Krinsky As countless Americans take to the streets in defense of Black li ...

By Scott Colom and Miriam Aroni Krinsky As countless Americans take to the streets in defense of Black lives and call for the transformation of policing, we must not neglect the threat that COVID-19 c ...

July 03, 2020
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Guest Commentary: The Impact of Recent Happenings on a Transgender Adult Living in Davis

Statement by Moms for Liberty on the Bomb Threats

Guest Commentary: As a New Term Begins, Where Does the Supreme Court Stand on Criminal Justice?

Civil Rights Orgs Ask Louisiana Governor, Pardon Board to Reduce Death Sentences, End ‘Systemic Racism’ in State’s Use of Death Penalty

LA TIMES: Los Angeles Police Chief Moore, Other Bail Reform Critics Wrong – Bail Should Not Be Form of Punishment.

COURT WATCH: Jury Trial Date Confirmed for Gonzalez Murder Case in Yolo County

Commentary: Moms for Liberty, What Have You Gained Through All of This?

Senator Wiener, Housing Advocates, Labor Leaders Highlight Expansion of Landmark Housing Law

Breed’s Drug Testing Press Conference – Dangerous Headline Chasing That Will Increase Crime

VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: In the Dark

Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 188: Ashley Nellis Talks about 50 Years of Mass Incarceration

Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 188: Ashley Nellis Talks about 50 Years of Mass Incarceration

CA Attorney General Addresses Racial and Ethnic Bias in Algorithms Used in Healthcare, Launches Investigation

CA Attorney General Addresses Racial and Ethnic Bias in Algorithms Used in Healthcare, Launches Investigation

Everyday Injustice Episode 163: Kanya Bennett and Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights

Everyday Injustice Episode 163: Kanya Bennett and Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights

Racial Justice in Prosecution Report Show Blacks Overrepresented in Arrests, Felonies

Racial Justice in Prosecution Report Show Blacks Overrepresented in Arrests, Felonies

Berkeley Law Students Highlight Racial Disparities in San Francisco Policing

Berkeley Law Students Highlight Racial Disparities in San Francisco Policing

Guest Commentary: Closing Our Eyes Will Not Address Systemic Racial Bias

Guest Commentary: Closing Our Eyes Will Not Address Systemic Racial Bias

Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 121: Be the Jury – Pilot Would Pay Jurors $100 a Day to Serve

Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 121: Be the Jury – Pilot Would Pay Jurors $100 a Day to Serve

Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 86: Baltimore Prosecutor Marilyn Mosby

Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 86: Baltimore Prosecutor Marilyn Mosby

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

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

Commentary: Pence Says ‘I Trust Our Justice System’

Commentary: Pence Says ‘I Trust Our Justice System’

Guest Commentary: Tragedy of COVID-19 in Prisons Shows Need for Decarceration

Guest Commentary: Tragedy of COVID-19 in Prisons Shows Need for Decarceration

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