Sheriff ‘Lying’ about Sacramento Jail Conditions and COVID-19, Charge Inmates and Prisoner Advocates Sunday at ‘Die-In’
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – If comments here Sunday by medical professionals, community…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Is Density Our Destiny?
The University Commons Redevelopment Project is headed to the Planning Commission this week for potential recommendation that…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Local Education Then and Now
With the resignation of Cindy Pickett announced effective July 1, when the board meeting again, next week,…
Community Leaders Ask District Attorney Candidates Their Visions for Public Safety Beyond Mass Incarceration
By Dominique Kato On May 22, Working Families, a progressive grassroots political party working to build a…
West Sacramento Man Allegedly Beats Wife with Baseball Bat
By Julietta Bisharyan DAVIS, CA – A West Sacramento man faced a preliminary hearing on five felony…
Sunday Commentary: We Could Re-Open and Be Relatively Safe – but We Won’t Be, the Way People Are Acting
Anyone else feel you are watching a slow moving train wreck unfold before your eyes? Hands covering…
City and County Must Leave Homeless Alone, Orders County Health Officer – Homeless Union Doesn’t ‘Trust’ Officials, Still Plans to File Lawsuit
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – Homeless advocates hailed the Sacramento County Health Officer’s…
Guest Commentary: Woodland Police Killed My Brother and I Will Not Be Silenced
Michael Barrera was in handcuffs when he was brutally assaulted, tased, suffocated, and killed by Woodland police…
Guest Commentary: When a Two-Year Sentence Becomes a Death Sentence
The refusal to let pregnant people out of prison shows just how deep our mass incarceration obsession…
Planning Commission to Examine Measure J Renewal
The Measure J renewal process will continue this week as the issue comes before the Planning Commission. …
My View: “I, Walter ‘Arkie’ Barton, am innocent and they are executing an innocent man!”
The question out of Missouri this is week is one of the most fundamental we can ask…
Guest Commentary: H.R. 40 (Reparations) Is Not a Symbolic Act. It’s a Path to Restorative Justice
The conversation surrounding reparations is underway and the U.S. government must take a leading role. By Sheila…
Oklahoma Becomes Third in the Nation to Require Statewide Tracking of Jailhouse Informants
When Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt signed a new law cracking down on unreliable jailhouse informants— incarcerated witnesses…
Commentary: Why Davis Needs Some Jobs in Davis Itself
The point of yesterday’s commentary was to show data to the community about just how few jobs…
Commentary: Another Example of the Media Failing to Do Its Job
One of the continuing themes that has been ramped up in California and indeed across the…
Guest Commentary: Portland, Oregon’s Seismic DA Result Demands Our Attention
by Rory Fleming With the election of Mike Schmidt as Multnomah County District Attorney confirmed on May…
Guest Commentary: Jewish-Americans Support Model Ethnic Studies Curriculum
Jewish Voice for Peace-Bay Area responds to accusations of antisemitism in the curriculum. Jewish Voice for Peace…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 68: Melissa Mark-Viverito Runs for Congress in the Bronx
Melissa Mark-Viverito, born in Puerto Rico, has been a councilmember in New York City, representing areas of…
Assembly Committee on Labor and Employment Passes AB 2992, Expanding Protections for Victims of Violent Crime
By Dominique Kato Sacramento, CA – In Assemblymember Shirley Weber’s latest press release, the Assembly Committee on…
Yolo Court Whips through Cases in Thursday Zoom Hearings
By Armando Alonzo WOODLAND, CA – It was largely a lot of shuffling paperwork here Thursday in…
