People victimized by the police have demonstrated higher-than-usual rates of depression...
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DA Charges LA County Sheriff’s Deputy with Perjury for lying in court
LA County District Attorney George Gascón announced on Thursday that his office had charged...
Despite Extravagant Attacks by Republican Senators, Kristen Clarke confirmed as first woman & first Black woman to head up DOJ’s Civil Rights Division
“I see the future of America through the eyes of my son. And honestly, at times I am worried,”...
Innovative childcare providers use “radically different” approach to help preschoolers from being expelled
Preschoolers are three times more likely to be expelled than children in elementary, middle and...
New CA OIG report shows CDCR’s investigation of employee misconduct “Poor, ” including in case where 2 officers failed to notice a beheading
In one case, two correctional officers falsely reported that a man who had been decapitated by his...
LA County to Explore Free Phone Calls and At-Cost Commissary Items for Incarcerated Kids and Adults and Their Families
In 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill by then-Senator Holly Mitchell that would...
District Attorney George Gascón is not an outlier say AGs and DAs around the nation. He is the popularly elected wave of the future
Last Friday, May 14, nearly 70 current and former elected prosecutors and Attorneys General filed...
Taking a Stand: How Teens Are Working to End Relationship Violence
By Claudia Boyd-Barrett Relationship violence is a public health crisis. An estimated 15.5...
Can Racial Bias Be Corrected in the Child Welfare System?
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is Part Two of a two-part series in the “Our Kids” reporting project. Our...
CA Bill Could Bring Freedom to Cross the Street Without Fear of Criminalization for “Jaywalking”
Black Californians are up to 4.5 times more likely to be stopped for jaywalking than their white...