Targeted Racist Messages Reported in U.S. Around Elections
WASHINGTON, DC – Several anonymous racist text messages were reported in multiple states, including New York, Alabama,…
Saga Ends: WikiLeaks Founder, Human Rights Darling Julian Assange Takes Plea Deal/Time-Served
By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief WASHINGTON, DC – In a plea deal with the…
U.S. Lawmakers Attempt to Thwart Effort to Use Comstock Act of 1873 to Ban Abortion Nationwide
By Ebenezer Mamo WASHINGTON, DC – In the U.S. House and Senate last week, lawmakers from both…
DC Area Cop Arrested for Participating in Jan. 6 Insurrection at U.S. Capitol – Hired after Mob Violence
By The Vanguard Staff WASHINGTON, DC – A DC-area cop—hired as a Montgomery County police officer after…
ACLU Praises SCOTUS for Agreeing Not to Criminalize Immigrant Supportive Speech
By The Vanguard Staff WASHINGTON, DC – The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) strongly praised the still-controversial…
Progressive Prosecutor Rollins Resigns as Massachusetts U.S. Attorney After Being Charged with Misconduct by DOJ
By The Vanguard Staff BOSTON, MA – Rachael Rollins, a progressive prosecutor appointed by President Joe Biden…
DC Jury Finds Four More Oath Keepers Guilty of Seditious Conspiracy Charges in Jan. 6 Attack on U.S. Capitol
By Kevin Barragan WASHINGTON, DC – A federal grand jury has found four more Oath Keepers guilty…
AG Selects New Director of Federal Bureau of Prisons – Prosecutors Don’t Oppose the Pick
By Michele Chadwick WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland announced this week he had…
ACLU Commends Biden Administration for Ending Discriminatory ‘China Initiative’ – Calls for More Reforms
By Delilah Hammons and Jaanvi Kaur WASHINGTON, DC – The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) weighed in…
News Media Now Protected by New Restrictions Passed by Attorney General – But There Are Exceptions
By Genesis Guzman and Natalia Claburn WASHINGTON DC – Compulsory legal process is now prohibited to be…
AG Expands Implicit Bias and Procedural Justice Training to the CHP
(From Press Release)– Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced that her office’s first-of-its-kind “Principled Policing: Procedural…
Commentary: President Needs to Go Further on Demilitarizing the Police
The President on Monday took several important steps to both demilitarize the police and also create a…
Sunday Commentary: New AG Doesn’t Seem Likely to Lead Reform Efforts
The political story was a standoff over the nomination of Loretta Lynch to fill longtime Attorney General…
Can Capping Prison Sentences Reduce Mass Incarceration?
Last week, Marc Mauer, executive director of the Sentencing Project, in testimony before the Justice Department’s Charles…
Sunday Commentary: Lack of Trust Fueled the Crisis at Ferguson
Back in December I wrote that the prevailing belief in the black community, especially for those under…
