Guest Commentary: Challenging Police Brutality in Louisiana
By Johanna Silver Police violence is a pervasive issue across the country that has led to harassment,…
By Johanna Silver Police violence is a pervasive issue across the country that has led to harassment,…
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor When Prop. 209 passed in 1996 ending affirmative action in California,…
By Nkechi Taifa Once dismissed by many as impractical, the quest for reparations for the descendants of…
By The Vanguard Staff NEW ORLEANS, LA – Evangelisto Ramos was free here after a 2020 “landmark…
By Vaiva Utaraite SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The San Francisco NAACP last week urged the SF Board…
In 2021, Professor Daniel Medwed published an article in the Brooklyn Law Review: “Black Deaths Matter: the…
Recently a Texas judge delayed the execution of Andre Thomas—a man who is so severely mentally ill,…
By Gracy Joslin LOUISVILLE, KY – The U.S. Dept. of Justice’s Office released a statement Wednesday confirming…
Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – Bench warrants deepen existing racial and economic disparities in California…
By Cynthia Hoang-Duong SACRAMENTO, CA – In a press conference at the State Capitol Tuesday, Assemblymember Dr….
By Kevin Barragan WICHITA, KS – The Kansas death penalty statutes are being challenged this week by…
Marc Bookman is the co-founder of the nonprofit Atlantic Center for Capital Representation in Philadelphia and author…
The landmark California Racial Justice Act is allowing our clients to challenge their death penalty prosecutions in…
By Perla Brito and Paloma Sifuentes SACRAMENTO, CA — Black drivers and pedestrians in 2021 continued to…
By Taylor Smith and Alyssa Eng BONNE TERRE, MO – U.S. Rep. Cori Bush (MO) has released…
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor St. Louis, MO – Despite a finding by a special…
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The rise of antisemitism coincides with the rise of Trumpism and…
A few weeks ago Jarrett Adams received the Vanguard Justice Award going to a person wrongly convicted. …
By The Vanguard Staff LOS ANGELES, CA – An independent investigation into the City of Los Angeles…
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Los Angeles, CA – A year ago in a behind-closed-doors conversation,…