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Commentary: Our Great Davis Schools Are in Trouble
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – For a number of years I have been…
Peet’s Coffee Workers File for Historic Union Election
If victorious, the workers will be the first locations of over 200 corporate cafes to successfully…
SF Supervisor Decries Police Militarization and Killer Robots
By Dean Preston Today’s vote approving the San Francisco Police Department’s dystopian military equipment policy—which will allow…
O’Malley Offers Congrats to Price in Alameda DA Transition
Pamela Price was elected DA in Alameda County in an historic election this month. Outgoing DA Nancy…
Guest Commentary: Reform Prosecutors Won Big in Midterms by Rejecting Scare Tactics
By Sam McCann Between Labor Day and the November 8th midterm elections, voters were bombarded with at…
Commentary: The Long Walk Home – Where Windows Cry
By Ricky Ortega Life without parole; free falling into the black hole of prison life. It’s where…
Progressive Group Touts Big Election Wins for Working Class, Immigrant, Black and Brown Oaklanders – from District Attorney and Mayor to Ballot Measures
By The Vanguard Staff OAKLAND, CA – Progressive, community-led Oakland Rising Action applauded a successful election season…
Man Wrongfully Imprisoned Receives $45 Million from the State of Ohio
By Jack Sandmeyer CINCINNATI, OH – A jury in the state of Ohio awarded $45 million to…
Washington Post Editorial: Impeachment of Philadelphia’s DA Misguided and Bad Precedent
By Kevin Barragan and Michael McCutcheon PHILADELPHIA, PA – Philly District Attorney Larry Krasner has been impeached by…
Man Granted No Bail Release for Road Rage Felony Battery, Despite Prosecution’s Warning about Past Crime, Warrant
By Tommy Nguyen VENTURA, CA – Earlier this week, Ventura County Superior Court Judge Patricia Murphy granted…
Downtown Specific Plan Goes to Planning Commission Tonight
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA -After long delays, the CEQA approval will go before…
UC Davis Law Withdraws from U.S. News Rankings
Editor’s note: On Nov. 28, Dean Kevin R. Johnson announced that the law school would no longer…
Guest Commentary: Warrantless Pole-Camera Surveillance by Police Is Dangerous
We’re calling on the court to clarify that long-term police use of a surveillance camera targeted at…
Reunification Camp Survivors Expose For-Profit Industry’s Relationship with Family Courts
by Robert J. Hansen Ally Cable (Sacramento, Calif.) When Ally Cable was 16, she and her younger…
Commentary: The Long Walk Home, Shadows of Our Past
By Ricky Ortega Sentenced to life without parole, I was given a one-way ticket to Folsom prison….
Criminal Justice Reform Groups Release Report Condemning Proposed Sacramento Jail Expansion, Urge Law Enforcement ‘Hiring Freeze,’ Investment in ‘Youth’ and ‘Neighborhoods’
By Cres Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – Criminal justice reform groups here have released…
Decline of Public Defenders Sparks Concern from Oregon District Attorney; Hundreds of Cases Dismissed
By Naya Wiezel PORTLAND, OR – The District Attorney from Multnomah County here made public his urgent…
Not Sure of Housing for Recently Released Man, Judges Doubles Bail for Vietnam Vet to $50,000
By Audrey Sawyer SACRAMENTO, CA – In an arraignment hearing here in Sacramento County Superior Court a…
Student Opinion: How Else Can Wealthier Nations Compensate Developing Nations for Climate Change?
By Rodrigo Villegas Held in Egypt, the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27) took place between…
