The City of Davis is proposing an ordinance amendment that would require developers who dedicate land for affordable housing to also provide financial resources to ensure the homes are actually constructed.
A national Jewish nonprofit law organization has filed a lawsuit against the California Department of Education and state officials for their failure to stem antisemitism in California schools, citing numerous state anti-discrimination laws and the California Constitution’s guarantee of equal opportunity in education.
The government is building permanent facilities for what they call “temporary” deportation holdings, with a budget of $45 billion, designed to warehouse human beings for the long term and profit from detention.
The ‘Protect Our Children’ protest in Davis is a peaceful, family-centered gathering aimed at teaching children how to use their voices to protect themselves and each other, and to make a statement against the psychological violence of a broken public square.
Trans Liberty PAC has issued an evacuation warning for transgender residents of Kansas following the Legislature’s override of Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of Senate Bill 244, which could expose individuals to civil lawsuits, criminal penalties and the invalidation of previously issued identity documents.
Two Fordham Law School leaders have described troubling conditions inside the nation’s largest immigrant detention center, highlighting the dire circumstances of detainees and the need for Congress to take action.
Amnesty International has criticized ICE for detaining a Columbia University student inside a campus residential building, calling for reforms to protect students from immigration enforcement on campus and urging Congress to cut funding to ICE and Border Patrol.
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey is being urged to grant clemency to 75-year-old death row inmate Charles “Sonny” Burton, who did not kill anyone, before his scheduled March 12 execution, as the victim’s daughter and a majority of the still-living jurors have spoken out against the execution.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta co-led a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship, with the case now before the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press has raised concerns about the federal government’s compliance with the Privacy Protection Act of 1980 after a search warrant targeting Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson was unsealed, revealing that it ignored the law’s protections for journalists.
UC Davis has been accused of providing inconsistent, misleading, and fabricated data to justify its decision to downgrade its NCAA Division I women’s equestrian team to club status, prompting parents, athletes, and advocates to call for an independent investigation into the financial discrepancies and gender equity concerns.
Community violence prevention leaders in Washington, D.C. argue that the decline in crime rates in the city is due to public health strategies, local leadership, and federal investment, rather than President Trump’s tough-on-crime approach and expanded federal presence.
Students across California have organized anti-immigration enforcement walkouts since January, with the latest statewide walkout planned for Friday, to protest ICE’s mass deportation campaign and to advocate for the rights of immigrants and the protection of their First Amendment rights.
California’s criminal justice system has seen a shift towards rehabilitation, with fewer prisons and more resources directed to rehabilitation programs, and the next governor will need to decide whether to continue this trend or take a different approach.
The United States has strayed far from President Harry S. Truman’s vision of the United Nations, as evidenced by its support of Israel’s war effort in Gaza, which has resulted in devastation and suffering for the Palestinian people.
Punching a Nazi is a moral imperative to reject the failure of systems to protect us and to recognize that Nazism is a virus that seeks to destroy the host, not an idea to be debated.
The Supreme Court of California has approved a class-action settlement barring Bad Boys Bail Bonds from coercing low-income families to cosign bail agreements for their imprisoned loved ones, formally closing litigation that spanned from 2019 to 2022.
Frisco’s Got Talent is a cultural intervention competition that will take place at the San Francisco African American Art & Culture Complex in the Fillmore District, with the winner performing at the Fillmore Juneteenth Festival.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ordered a new penalty-phase hearing in the case of Wayne A. Smith, after finding that his resentencing counsel was ineffective in failing to object to evidence and arguments portraying him as a “serial killer”, which was deemed to have minimal probative value but substantial prejudicial impact.
A Sacramento County Superior Court judge declined to modify bail for a woman accused of domestic violence, despite her financial hardship and loss of housing, and set a formal bail hearing for March 2026.