Amicus Brief Opposes Police Qualified Immunity for Wrongful Arrest of Citizen Journalists
By Kevin Barragan NEW ORLEANS, LA – An amicus brief filed here this week in the Fifth…
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- Opinion: This Is the Housing CrisisThe housing crisis is a growing problem in the US, with millions of middle-class people struggling to afford homes, and it is not just a free market issue, but a systemic one caused by decades of artificial scarcity and artificial barriers to home ownership.
- Op-Ed | Myths, Misconceptions, and Misinformation Used to Push the Poor Choices We’re Handed by Measure J/R/DMeasure J/R/D is a simple voting system that has led to poor choices, while a community-driven amendment could provide a better solution to addressing the housing shortage in Davis.
- Mahmoud Khalil to Be Freed from Detention, Reunited with Wife and Son as Case ProceedsMahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate student and lawful permanent resident, has been granted bail by a federal court and is now allowed to return home to reunite with his wife and newborn son, after being detained for three months in a remote ICE facility in Louisiana.
- Op-Ed | Mass Incarceration Is a Public Health CrisisMass incarceration is a public health crisis that harms the health and well-being of incarcerated people, corrections staff, families, and communities, and is disproportionately detrimental to Black people, with the impact of immigration detention only exacerbating the problem.
- California Court Rules Newport Beach Can Implement Housing without VoteCalifornia Attorney General Rob Bonta and Governor Gavin Newsom celebrated a court ruling that allows Newport Beach to implement its housing element without a public vote, rejecting a legal challenge based on a local charter provision.