Black Americans Disproportionately Represented on Alabama’s Death Row
MONTGOMERY, AL– Black Americans are serving death row sentences on a greater scale than white or other…
Black Community Forms Armed Watch after Police Fail to Respond to Neo-Nazi
LINCOLN HEIGHTS, OH – Residents here are taking advantage of the state’s open-carry law to begin an…
Report: Racial Discrimination Still Remains Prevalent Among Jury Selections
MONTGOMERY, AL- The Equal Justice Initiative’s report, Unreliable Verdicts: Racial Bias and Wrongful Convictions, details the ongoing…
Alameda County Prosecutors Found to Systematically Discriminate against Jurors
ALAMEDA COUNTY, CA– Prosecutors in Alameda County were found to have illegally excluded potential jurors in the…
ACLU: ICE Considers Expanding Immigration Detention Nationwide
NEW YORK, NY – Newly obtained documents from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) reveal Immigration and…
Sacramento Sanitation Worker Settles Racial Discrimination Lawsuit for $430,000
SACRAMENTO, CA– In a settlement announced earlier this month, the City of Sacramento agreed to pay $430,000…
Judge Greenlights $10 Billion McDonald’s Discrimination Lawsuit to Proceed
LOS ANGELES, CA – Media entrepreneur Byron Allen’s $10 billion racial discrimination case against McDonald’s will go…
Los Angeles Suit Charges Designer Louis Vuitton Bans Black People for ‘Shopping While Black’
Vanguard News Desk Editor LOS ANGELES, CA – The Vanguard has learned a lawsuit has been filed…
VANGUARD WEBINAR: Civil Rights and Legal Organizations Challenge California’s Death Penalty Statute in Writ Petition
By Kali Chittapuram and Sofia Hosseinzadeh DAVIS, CA- In California, civil rights and legal organizations filed an…
Prosecutor Group Demands California Supreme Court Review State’s Death Penalty System, Charging It ‘Exhibits Troubling Signs of Racial Discrimination’
By Maeve Haggerty, Bryan Miller and Leela Bronner SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Prosecutors Alliance of California (PAC)…
Report Finds More Mistakes Made Executing Black People Than Other Races
By Julie McCaffrey NEW ORLEANS, LA — Significantly more mistakes were made during the execution of Black…
Editors of Scientific American Journal Call for End of Death Penalty, Charge It’s ‘Racially-Biased’
By Praniti Gulyani NEW YORK, NY – In a recent op-ed published by the Scientific American Journal,…
Preeminent Law Professor Exposes Racist Death Sentence Jury Selection Process in Georgia
By Charlie Simmons WASHINGTON, DC – Law professor Stephen Bright published an op-ed in the Washington Post…
Black Sacramento Deputies Win $255,000 Settlement after Claiming Elk Grove School District, Sacramento County Engaged in Racism
By The Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO, CA – At least four Black Sacramento Sheriff’s deputies received a combined…
More to Do? Legacy of the Rumford Fair Housing Act in California
By Julie McCaffrey SACRAMENTO, CA – This September marks the 60th anniversary of the passage of the…
Black Colorado Ranchers Claim ‘Modern Day KKK Assault,’ but Sheriff Arrests Them – NAACP and ACLU Providing Support
By Audrey Sawyer YODER, COLORADO – Two married Black ranchers in rural Colorado who go by Nicole…
Berkeley Councilmember Proposes Ordinance that Would Outlaw Discriminatory 911 Calls
By Gibran Khalil BERKELEY, CA – On October 11, 2022, Berkeley Councilmember Kate Harrison proposed an…
Two Capital Cases in Riverside County Challenged under CA Racial Justice Act
By Alyssa Eng RIVERSIDE, CA – Two individuals in Riverside County are challenging prosecutors’ decisions to seek…
Racial Justice Act for All Passes California Legislature
Bill Closes Loophole from Previous Legislation and Allows Those with Prior, Racially-Biased Convictions to Seek Justice By David…
Guest Commentary: White Privilege
Written by: Anonymous Throughout my incarceration in the Yolo County Jail I have witnessed case after case…