Racial INequities Archives

By Vanguard AdministratorFebruary 20, 20230 comments

The year 2023 marks the 50th year since the US prison population began its unprecedented surge. The…

By Vanguard Court Watch InternsSeptember 4, 20220 comments

By Talia Kruger SACRAMENTO, CA – California Attorney General Rob Bonta last week launched an inquiry regarding…

By Vanguard AdministratorAugust 22, 20220 comments

This week on Everyday Injustice we talk with Kanya Bennett of the Leadership Conference on Civil and…

By Vanguard AdministratorMarch 17, 20224 comments

By Vanguard Staff BALTIMORE, MD – Despite the racial demographics of Baltimore, Blacks are overrepresented in arrests…

By Sophia BarberiniOctober 6, 20214 comments

By Sophia Barberini SAN FRANCISCO, CA – In a working paper, University of California, Berkeley law students…

By Vanguard AdministratorSeptember 19, 202133 comments

By Cynthia Rodriguez Racial bias in charging and sentencing criminal defendants in Yolo County is an acknowledged…

By Vanguard AdministratorAugust 23, 20211 comments

One of the biggest problems in the criminal legal system is that the notion of being tried…

By Vanguard AdministratorJanuary 6, 20210 comments

Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby joined the Everyday Injustice podcast to discuss her office’s new sentencing…

By Vanguard Court Watch InternsOctober 23, 20200 comments

By Ariel Abdallah and Dylan Ferguson Fifty-three Black McDonald’s franchisees have filed a major civil rights lawsuit…

By David GreenwaldOctober 9, 20200 comments

By David M. Greenwald Earlier this week in a commentary, I heavily criticized Joe Biden’s criminal justice…

By Vanguard AdministratorJuly 3, 20200 comments

By Scott Colom and Miriam Aroni Krinsky As countless Americans take to the streets in defense of…

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