Man Files Suit, Claiming More Than 100 Police Encounters in 10 Years
By The Vanguard Staff DULUTH, MN – In a lawsuit filed this past week, Aaron Kirk and…
Youth-Led, First-Ever ‘Climate Trial’ Ongoing in Fossil-Fuel State of Montana
By The Vanguard Staff HELENA, MT – The first-ever U.S. “climate trial” proceeded here last week after…
‘TigerSwan’ Private Security Hired by Oil Company Played Leading Role in ‘Vicious Assaults’ Against Standing Rock Sioux-Led Pipeline Protests
By The Vanguard Staff CANNON BALL, ND – “When the Standing Rock Sioux led protests against the…
Post George Floyd Death, U.S. Justice Department Announces Major Civil Rights Violations by Minneapolis Police Department, City of Minneapolis – Other Police Departments Targeted
By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau MINNEAPOLIS, MN – The Minneapolis Police Department and the City…
U.S. Senate Confirms ACLU Illinois Legal Director as 1st Muslim Woman, 1st Bangladeshi-American Federal Judge
By The Vanguard Staff WASHINGTON, DC – The legal director of the ACLU of Illinois—Nusrat Choudhury—was confirmed…
Man Released After 29 Years on Death Row by Arizona State Court, Despite U.S. Supreme Court Refusing to Free Him
By The Vanguard Staff TUCSON, AZ – A federal district court judge five years ago ordered Barry…
ACLU Calls SCOTUS Ruling Upholding Indian Child Welfare Act ‘Landmark Victory’
By The Vanguard Staff WASHINGTON, DC – A “landmark victory for tribal sovereignty” was issued by the…
$45 Million Settlement in Police Misconduct Case Announced in Connecticut – Largest Ever of Its Kind
By The Vanguard Staff NEW HAVEN, CT – Taxpayers here will foot the $45 million settlement –…
Expansion of Pell Grant Could Broaden Education Opportunities for Incarcerated People, but with Some Exceptions
By Cheyenne Galloway WASHINGTON, DC – Incarcerated people may be eligible for a federal Pell Grant to…
Judge Charges Worsening Conditions at New York’s Rikers Island Jail Could Mean Federal Takeover
By The Vanguard Staff NEW YORK CITY, NY – A federal takeover of New York City’s Rikers…
‘First of Its Kind’ Trial Pits Young Environmental Plaintiffs against Fossil Fuel Pursued by State of Montana
By The Vanguard Staff HELENA, MO – In a trial starting Monday, 16 young plaintiffs, in a…
Student Opinion: Unpacking the Colorado River Water Usage Agreement
By Milo Feldman On May 22nd, California, Nevada, and Arizona, and the Mohave, Chemehuevi, Hopi, and…
NY Traffic Cop Blows Whistle on ‘Get-out-of-Jail-Free’ Courtesy Cards, Sues after Superiors Retaliate
By The Vanguard Staff NEW YORK, NY – A New York Police Dept. cop, according to the…
U.S. Supreme Court Decision Ends Nonunanimous Jury Convictions, Vestige of Post Civil War ‘Jim Crow’ Era Designed to Make Conviction of Blacks Easier
By The Vanguard Staff NEW ORLEANS, LA – Evangelisto Ramos was free here after a 2020 “landmark…
Civil Rights Lawyer Still in Jail for Recording Traffic Stop by Cops She’s Already Suing
By The Vanguard JACKSON, MS – A Mississippi civil rights lawyer was arrested Saturday after filming a…
Justice, Faith Organizations Urge Biden to Grant Clemency for People Sentenced Under Discriminatory ‘Punitive Crack Cocaine Sentencing Guidelines’
By Kristin Trent and Sunny Zhou WASHINGTON, DC – In a letter addressed to President Joe Biden…
Young Black Adults Face Greater Risk of Being Sentenced to Life Without Parole
By Jonathan Lewis and Paige Barrella WASHINGTON, DC – The Sentencing Project released results Thursday from a…
‘Criminal Conduct’ by 22 Former NY Cops Leads to 316 Convictions Overturned – 188 Vacated Previously
By The Vanguard Staff MANHATTAN, NY – Criminal conduct by the New York Police Dept. has been…
Clemency Petition Denied in Oklahoma for Man Claiming Self-Defense; New Defense Team Calls Original Trial ‘Drive-by Defense’
By Fanelisa Leconte, Alphaeus Bey and Sophia Barberini OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Jemaine Cannon, an inmate on…
U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Black Voters in Alabama’s Congressional Map
By Leslie Garcia WASHINGTON, DC – In the case Allen v. Milligan, the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday…
