On this first Juneteenth since it officially became a federal holiday, we chose the irreplaceable...
Op-Ed: The Case for Defunding the Police & What That Really Means
Crisis responders use de-escalation tactics and peer support to resolve conflict, instead of guns...
Op-Ed: She Reached Out for Help and Got Her Kids Taken Away
She told the officers the truth. Yes, she had survived multiple instances of domestic violence from...
AG Merrick Garland Restores Asylum for Women, Families, and others Facing Domestic Violence, Gangs, & Similar Threats
On Wednesday, June 16, Attorney General Merrick Garland took what justice advocates are calling...
Closing CA’s youth prisons the right way means adequately funding oversight of youth justice “realignment” to the counties
Last fall, when Governor Newsom signed SB 823 into law in order to gradually close...
Justice Wins Big at the Pulitzers
The Pulitzer Prizes were announced on Friday, June 11, at 1 p.m. Eastern, and for those who were...
“Racially Charged: America’s Misdemeanor Problem,” a new film on the damage done by the nation’s lowest level criminal charges
The U.S. has a misdemeanor problem. Misdemeanor charges make up over 80 percent of the criminal...
CA’s Jail & Prison populations went down during COVID, but now the jail numbers have crept back up
When the COVID-19 pandemic began its frightening rise in the United States, justice advocates were...
An important new study looks at the relationship between prosecutors & politics, including the actions of California’s lobbyist district attorneys
A new study looks at the role of prosecutors in the various state criminal justice systems, with a...
More states expand the right to vote to previously incarcerated, while 11 states still permanently disenfranchise
“There was this restoration of who I was as a whole human being,” said Gibson, who lives in Los...
Op-Ed: A Case for Better Funding of California’s Community Alternatives to Juvenile Detention and Probation
There is ample evidence, found through lived experiences and empirical research, that...
U.S. Supremes unanimously reject “racist precedents” in ruling that tribes can police non-Indians who are suspected of crimes on tribal lands
In a critical ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, SCOTUS addressed the issue of whether...
Much Watched Bill to Decertify Police for Misconduct and Killings Makes it Out of the Suspense File and is Passed in the Senate
On May 26, the California Senate passed SB 2, a bill intended to keep officers found to have...
Memorial Day: With Deep Gratitude, Sorrow, & Love: For Our Fallen Sons And Daughters, Mothers, Fathers, Wives, Husbands, Brothers And Sisters
When it comes to the variety of thoughts and emotions that Memorial Day brings forth, often music...
Pain of police killings ripples outward to traumatize Black people and communities across US
People victimized by the police have demonstrated higher-than-usual rates of depression...
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...