The California Racial Justice Act (RJA) is a meaningful step toward addressing racial discrimination in the criminal legal system, but remains inadequate as a tool for confronting deeply rooted structural inequities, according to Alex Frank, Race Forward’s Director of Root Solutions for Public Safety.
A multi-state poll of 5,000 Black adults revealed that economic instability and limited access to health care are the most pressing issues facing Black families in 2025, with 90% of respondents stating Medicaid has been important to them and/or their families.
By The Vanguard AUGUSTA, GA – In 2020, a Black lawyer named Jared Williams upset a conservative,…
By Cheyenne Galloway SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Despite California’s unprecedented report announcing reparations for descendants of enslaved…
By Alexis Rios-Jimenez WASHINGTON, DC – The ACLU published an online article agreeing with a report released…
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Jose, CA – The three candidates for Santa Clara DA…
By Ava Schwartzapfel and Matthew Torres NEW YORK, NY – NBC news released a report this week…
By Amy Berberyan and Alex Jimenez MINNEAPOLIS – Three former police officers—J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane, and…
By David M. Greenwald Catching up on the news this weekend, I caught NY Times columnist Nicholas…
A robust international accountability mechanism would further support and complement, not undermine, efforts to dismantle systemic racism…
By David M. Greenwald The consensus this week seems to be the verdict in the Derek Chauvin…
By David M. Greenwald I have been struck by some of the comments and discussions this week. …
By ReNika Moore and Rakim Brooks Over the past four years, we grew accustomed to a regular…
By David M. Greenwald Earlier this week in a commentary, I heavily criticized Joe Biden’s criminal justice…
By Mano Raju “In the midst of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, a shortened legislative session, and a…
By Tiffany Devlin As the Covid-19 pandemic heavily impacted jails, prisons, and courts across the United…
(Editor’s note: this is the second of six candidate surveys of the Davis City Council, Yolo Supervisor,…
When Public Defender Tracie Olson pointed out, quite correctly, that in the Yolo County Jail on April…