Guest Commentary: Police Unions Are Losing the War on Criminal Justice Reform
Law enforcement organizations have long treated mass incarceration as a job creation program. In 2020, the tide…
Guest Commentary: Criminal Justice Reform Takes Another Big, Messy Step Forward in 2020 Elections
By Taylor Pendergrass Criminal justice reform was a key issue in Tuesday night’s elections, from the presidential…
Election Results Illustrate Voter Support of ‘Path of Meaningful Criminal Justice Reform,’ Declares SF Public Defender
SAN FRANCISCO – Declaring that although 2020 has been a year of “divisive politics and national reckoning…
Evaluating Criminal Justice Reform and Inclusion Propositions
By Dylan Ferguson and Anika Khubchandani SACRAMENTO – Propositions 17, 20, and 25 on the ballot Tuesday…
Guest Commentary: Amy Coney Barrett’s Record on Criminal Justice Is ‘Deeply Troubling,’ Reform Advocates Say
In the midst of a national debate about changing the criminal legal system, Barrett is set to…
Guest Commentary: Prop 20 Would Roll Back Years of Criminal Justice Reform
The ballot initiative, supported by police, corporations, and even big grocery chains, would use more taxpayer money…
San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin Talks Criminal Justice Reform (Podcast)
Elected in November 2019 in San Francisco as a reformer, Chesa Boudin has been on the job…
LA Times Urges Voters to Choose Gascón for D.A. for Positive Reform to Criminal Justice System
By Anika Khubchandani LOS ANGELES – The LA Times Editorial Board believes the “next wave of reinvention…
Guest Commentary: Communities Need and Deserve a Reset of Policing and the Justice System
Under the guise of restoring public confidence in law enforcement, President Trump’s secretive and regressive Commission on…
RBG Recognized, Criminal Justice Reform Focus of Justice Event
By Fiona Deane-Grundman Kerry Abrams, the dean of Duke Law School, introduced the celebration of the renaming…
Candidate Survey – Yolo People Power – Part 4
(Editor’s note: this is the third of six candidate surveys of the Davis City Council, Yolo Supervisor,…
As Covid-19 Continues to Impact Criminal Legal System, Advocates Discuss Radical Alternatives
By Tiffany Devlin As the Covid-19 pandemic heavily impacted jails, prisons, and courts across the United…
Candidate Survey – Yolo People Power – Part 3
(Editor’s note: this is the third of six candidate surveys of the Davis City Council, Yolo Supervisor,…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 72 – Alameda Public Defender Brendon Woods
Everyday Injustice speaks to Brendon Woods, the chief Public Defender in Alameda County, the only Black Chief…
DA Jackie Lacey Announces Opposition to Proposition 20; Opponent Incredulous
By Julietta Bisharyan LOS ANGELES – With election day looming, longtime, “tough-on-crime” District Attorney Jackie Lacey announced…
Guest Commentary: Bad Law and Failed Order
by Miriam Aroni Krinsky and Roy L. Austin, Jr As the Republican National Convention plays out this…
Conover Becomes Latest Progressive Prosecutor to Win As She Overwhelms Traditional Foe
Pima County, AZ – After 40 years of the prosecutor’s office in Pima County being under the…
Reimagining LA County: Taking $$ from Police to Transform Low-Income Communities
By Jess Taylor LOS ANGELES – Tensions have drastically risen in the U.S. since the killing of…
Ex-LA DA Candidate Pushes to Shift Funding from Incarceration to Community Engagement
by Kelsea Valerio SACRAMENTO- Former Public Defender and DA Candidate Rachal Rossi was hard hitting on Tuesday…
Progressive Candidates in Wisconsin Focus on State’s Prison System
By Jaden Jarmel-Schneider MADISON—Nine candidates running for two Wisconsin State Senate seats took part in a forum…
