REPORT: Native People More Incarcerated Than Whites, Statistics Show
NORTHHAMPTON, MASS – A recent analysis of new data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) by…
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Guest Commentary: America’s Foreign Policy Is Broken
Today as we observe Indigenous People’s Day in America, we face some troubling contradictions. How many indigenous…
Glossip v. Oklahoma Serves as Omen for Wrongfully Convicted?
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK — The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) last Wednesday began a new…
Former Dublin Federal Incarcerated Face Challenges at New Prisons
OAKLAND, CA – Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Director Colette S. Peters announced last April the troubled Federal…
Guest Commentary: State Legislatures Need to Block Creation of Nightmarish National Identity System
The ACLU has issued legislative recommendations on protecting privacy and accessibility when creating digital IDs. Around the…
Woman Jailed after Cops Mistake Her SpaghettiOs Pasta for Meth
GAINESVILLE, GA – A Georgia woman was held in jail for one month after officers mistook SpaghettiOs pasta…
San Francisco Public Defenders Tout 25 Years of Clean Slate Expungement Program
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The San Francisco Public Defender’s Office last week touted 25 years of its…
NEXT CITY OP-ED: Trump and Vance Yell Loudest, but Crime Down
PHILADELPHIA, PA – Crime reduction and public safety continue to show signs of improvement in the U.S….
Inner Views: The Deconstruction of Reginald Dwayne Betts
Freedom Reads: The Books That Liberate Reginald Dwayne Betts is a poet, lawyer and the Founder and…
Prop 6 Gains Momentum with Notable Endorsements
On Friday, the “Yes on Prop 6” campaign announced a series of key endorsements for the initiative…
No on Prop 36 TV Campaign Hits Airwaves, Calls CA Measure ‘Smoke and Mirrors’
Vanguard News Desk Editor SACRAMENTO, CA – The No on 36 campaign said this week it has…
REPORT: 4+ Million Americans with Felonies Can’t Vote in 2024
BALTIMORE, MD – More than 4.6 million Americans are expected to be disenfranchised, and not be able…
Beagle Breeder Faces Hearing for Violations of Animal Cruelty Laws
MADISON, WI – A follow-up September report of the conditions at the beagle breeder and experimenter Ridglan…
California Law Signed by Governor to Protect Victims of Prison Sexual Assault
SACRAMENTO, CA – California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed legislation, authored by Sen. Caroline Menjivar (D-Van Nuys),…
Texas Death Appeal Case Challenges Existing Texas DNA Laws
AUSTIN, TX – Although the primary use of DNA evidence in capital cases has been to exonerate…
Guest Commentary: Why the Fight for Trans Rights Never Gets Easier – or Less Vital
For decades the trans community has successfully fought partisan politicians who attempt to discriminate against or endanger…
More Lawmaker Opposition to Billionaires’ Recalls of Oakland Mayor and District Attorney
Vanguard News Desk Editor OAKLAND, CA – There’s more on-the-record opposition to the twin recalls of Oakland…
Los Angeles Police Officer Faces Charges for Assaulting Suspect
LOS ANGELES, CA — District Attorney George Gascón announced this week Los Angeles Police Officer Garo Garabedian…
Student’s Vanguard: Between Is and Was – A.R Rahman and Imitiaz Ali’s Kun-Faya-Kun
It’s going to be nearly three years since I entered the U.S. as an eighteen-year-old undergraduate student,…
Yes on Prop 6 Campaign Rolls Out Key Labor and Newspaper Endorsements
Proposition 6 seeks to improve safety and save taxpayer dollars by prioritizing rehabilitation in California prisons over…
