South Carolina Death Row Prisoner Seeks Stay of Execution, Citing Botched Lethal Injections
COLUMBIA, SC – With just nine days until his scheduled execution, Brad Sigmon has filed an urgent…
DOJ Cites Atlanta Jail Horrors, Reveals Probes of Jails, Prisons Across U.S.
Vanguard News Desk Editor WASHINGTON, DC – Conditions at Atlanta’s Fulton County Jail violate the 8th and…
REPORT: Two Years After End of Roe v. Wade, Most Women on Probation and Parole Must Ask Permission to Travel for Abortion Care
By Ella Rindt EASTHAMPTON, MASS – In a briefing published Tuesday by Prison Policy Initiative, it was…
Supreme Court Allows South Carolina’s Racially Discriminatory Congressional Map to Stand
Special to the Vanguard Washington – In a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court today issued a decision…
U.S. Senate Confirms ACLU Illinois Legal Director as 1st Muslim Woman, 1st Bangladeshi-American Federal Judge
By The Vanguard Staff WASHINGTON, DC – The legal director of the ACLU of Illinois—Nusrat Choudhury—was confirmed…
Abortion Bans Blocked in Conservative States – Pitched Battles Continue
By Julie McCaffrey NEBRASKA AND SOUTH CAROLINA – Abortion bans in Nebraska and South Carolina failed to…
Commentary: SC Student Case Is Egregious, but School Discipline Policies Need More Scrutiny
The video is shocking and horrifying. Whatever the student did to earn the attention of a police…
Analysis: Charleston Church Shooting Triggers A Variety of Different Reactions
The tragic shooting that killed nine people in a church in Charleston, South Carolina, has brought a…