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California Legislative Black Caucus Reacts to George Floyd’s Death

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 03, 2020
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California Legislative Black Caucus Reacts to George Floyd’s Death

The California Legislative Black Caucus offered sobering words for Californians on Tuesday during a press ...

The California Legislative Black Caucus offered sobering words for Californians on Tuesday during a press conference, but also the hope of change for the future. “When you have spent the vast majority ...

June 03, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: Condemning Floyd’s Death, Reisig Forgets about the Galvan Brothers

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 31, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: Condemning Floyd’s Death, Reisig Forgets about the Galvan Brothers

Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig last night put out a statement by the California District Attorneys Associatio ...

Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig last night put out a statement by the California District Attorneys Association condemning racism and bigotry—in so doing he conveniently forgot his own role in perpetuating ...

May 31, 2020
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Guest Commentary: End the Dying of Black America

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|Date: May 30, 2020
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Guest Commentary: End the Dying of Black America

By Gloria Partida As we hunker down in our Covid-19 mandated shelter in place, we have the false sense th ...

By Gloria Partida As we hunker down in our Covid-19 mandated shelter in place, we have the false sense that the world has slowed, become safer, more sustainable. While we look for ways to maintain ord ...

May 30, 2020
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Death of George Floyd Sparks Public Outcry, Call to End Institutionalized Racism and Police Brutality

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|Date: May 29, 2020
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Death of George Floyd Sparks Public Outcry, Call to End Institutionalized Racism and Police Brutality

By Linh Nguyen Following the killing of George Floyd by an officer of the Minneapolis Police Department, ...

By Linh Nguyen Following the killing of George Floyd by an officer of the Minneapolis Police Department, the National Black Police Association issued a statement seeking justice by calling for immedia ...

May 29, 2020
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The Supreme Court Declines to Hear Texas Man’s Appeal Claiming Biased Trial

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|Date: April 09, 2020
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The Supreme Court Declines to Hear Texas Man’s Appeal Claiming Biased Trial

By Juan Garcia Urrutia DALLAS, Texas - On April 6, the Supreme Court denied a writ of certiorari to one o ...

By Juan Garcia Urrutia DALLAS, Texas - On April 6, the Supreme Court denied a writ of certiorari to one of the Texas Seven who claims an unfair trial after discovering that the judge who sentenced him ...

April 09, 2020
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Commentary: Racism and Zoom Bombing Is an Unfortunate New Thing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 01, 2020
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Commentary: Racism and Zoom Bombing Is an Unfortunate New Thing

As we race to accommodate a hopefully temporary shift in society from in-person to video meetings, one of ...

As we race to accommodate a hopefully temporary shift in society from in-person to video meetings, one of the platforms that has exploded is Zoom. There are a lot of advantages to the platform and, i ...

April 01, 2020
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My View: Discrimination Incidents Rise Against Asian Americans Due to COVID-19 Outbreak

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 28, 2020
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My View: Discrimination Incidents Rise Against Asian Americans Due to COVID-19 Outbreak

There have been debates all over the internet as to why it was inadvisable for President Trump to refer t ...

There have been debates all over the internet as to why it was inadvisable for President Trump to refer to coronavirus as “Chinese” or “Wuhan” virus. On Thursday, the President told a briefing he woul ...

March 28, 2020
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Fired Louisiana Prosecutor Had ‘Whites Only’ Sign in Property He Owned

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|Date: March 27, 2020
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Fired Louisiana Prosecutor Had ‘Whites Only’ Sign in Property He Owned

Jason Brown, who has worked in several parish DA's offices, was accused of using illegal tactics to win a ...

Jason Brown, who has worked in several parish DA's offices, was accused of using illegal tactics to win at least one case before arriving in Calcasieu Parish, where he was terminated over alleged dish ...

March 27, 2020
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White Supremacist Violence Is on the Rise

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|Date: September 28, 2019
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White Supremacist Violence Is on the Rise

By Hina Shamsi In response to the increase in white supremacist violence, Congress has been holding heari ...

By Hina Shamsi In response to the increase in white supremacist violence, Congress has been holding hearings — including one today — on the urgent need to address it. But, rather than getting to the b ...

September 28, 2019
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The Death Penalty and Racism

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|Date: August 26, 2019
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The Death Penalty and Racism

By Jeffery Robinson In 2009, North Carolina passed the Racial Justice Act (RJA), which allowed defendants ...

By Jeffery Robinson In 2009, North Carolina passed the Racial Justice Act (RJA), which allowed defendants to strike the death penalty from their cases if they could show that racial discrimination was ...

August 26, 2019
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Vanguard Court Watch Podcast Episode 4 – Attica Uprising – Heather Ann Thompson

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 05, 2019
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Vanguard Court Watch Podcast Episode 4 – Attica Uprising – Heather Ann Thompson

The Attica Uprising is an overlooked attrocity in American History - comparable to perhaps Mai Lai, Abu G ...

The Attica Uprising is an overlooked attrocity in American History - comparable to perhaps Mai Lai, Abu Ghraib, and the Battle of Wounded Knee. Historian Heather Ann Thompson, won the Pulitzer Prize f ...

August 05, 2019
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Denying Compensation Funds for Black Victims

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|Date: August 03, 2019
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Denying Compensation Funds for Black Victims

By Jill Webb Tiras Johnson, age 23, was unarmed when he was shot and killed in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His famil ...

By Jill Webb Tiras Johnson, age 23, was unarmed when he was shot and killed in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His family was devastated by his death, and they were struggling to pay for Tiras’ funeral. Like many vi ...

August 03, 2019
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Tim Wise – Checking White Privilege (video)

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|Date: July 30, 2019
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Tim Wise – Checking White Privilege (video)

Tim Wise came to speak in Davis on Friday at the Senior Center before a packed house. The evening began w ...

Tim Wise came to speak in Davis on Friday at the Senior Center before a packed house. The evening began with a partial viewing of his video, “White Like Me,” where he talked about his unusual upbringi ...

July 30, 2019
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Commentary: Trump’s Rally Evokes Images None of Us Want

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 19, 2019
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Commentary: Trump’s Rally Evokes Images None of Us Want

Over the last month, Jews and Japanese have taken the lead in pushing back against the treatment of refug ...

Over the last month, Jews and Japanese have taken the lead in pushing back against the treatment of refugees in detention camps. But there has been a debate over the use of the term concentration cam ...

July 19, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Racism, Extremism, and Policing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 16, 2019
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Commentary: Racism, Extremism, and Policing

It was only a few years ago when the San Francisco Police Department was embroiled in a scandal – a numbe ...

It was only a few years ago when the San Francisco Police Department was embroiled in a scandal – a number of officers got caught up sending not only racist jokes, but making derogatory statements abo ...

July 16, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Reparations Not a Symbolic Act, It’s a Path to Restorative Justice

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|Date: June 23, 2019
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Guest Commentary: Reparations Not a Symbolic Act, It’s a Path to Restorative Justice

By Sheila Jackson Lee For nearly three decades, my former colleague Rep. John Conyers of Michigan would i ...

By Sheila Jackson Lee For nearly three decades, my former colleague Rep. John Conyers of Michigan would introduce H.R. 40, legislation seeking to establish a commission to study and develop reparation ...

June 23, 2019
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Lessons from Juneteenth, Our Continued Fight for Freedom

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|Date: June 21, 2019
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Lessons from Juneteenth, Our Continued Fight for Freedom

By Abre' Conner Two and a half years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, Black ...

By Abre' Conner Two and a half years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, Black people in Galveston, Texas, were told that they were free. Juneteenth is widely celebrated as “ ...

June 21, 2019
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Commentary: Racism Continues to Lie Just Below the Surface

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 21, 2019
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Commentary: Racism Continues to Lie Just Below the Surface

"There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe nor politic nor popular, but he mu ...

"There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe nor politic nor popular, but he must take it because his conscience tells him it is right.” - Martin Luther King The comments ma ...

January 21, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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10 Things Starbucks Could Do to Combat Racism

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|Date: April 18, 2018
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10 Things Starbucks Could Do to Combat Racism

By Jeff Adachi Since a video depicting the arrest of two black men at a Starbucks went viral, Starbucks h ...

By Jeff Adachi Since a video depicting the arrest of two black men at a Starbucks went viral, Starbucks has issued a written apology, CEO Kevin Johnson has met with the men, the store manager who call ...

April 18, 2018
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Racist Sheriffs Are Reapplying to Be Part of Trump’s Deportation Force

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|Date: November 19, 2017
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Racist Sheriffs Are Reapplying to Be Part of Trump’s Deportation Force

By Sarah Gillooly The federal program that delegates immigration enforcement duties to local police is ab ...

By Sarah Gillooly The federal program that delegates immigration enforcement duties to local police is about to expand to as many as 24 additional jurisdictions across the country. The program, known ...

November 19, 2017
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