SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A man accused of assault and other felonies was acquitted by a San Francisco jury Aug. 26 after the SF Public Defender’s Office successfully argued the accused was simply defending ...
This week on Everyday Injustice, we have UC Berkeley Sociologist Stephanie Canizales—Faculty Director of the Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative. Born and raised in Los Angeles. Canizales ...
OAKLAND, CA – Judge Kimberly Colwell denied the accused’s request to only be banned from the Lake Merritt BART station as opposed to all BART property—so the accused can attend their job in San ...
SACRAMENTO, CA – A Sacramento County Sheriff’s Deputy who kicked and hit a Black man in 2020 four times cost Sacramento taxpayers $217,000 – but the deputy is still on the job. The county paid the ...
San Francisco, CA – Just a month into the new fiscal year, housing advocates and families have to face the possibility of an eviction and lay off crisis as a group charges that Mayor London Breed has ...
SACRAMENTO, CA – The California Legislature’s recent rejection of Assembly Bill 1814 that “would have greenlit government use of facial recognition across the state” has allowed the ACLU to breathe a ...
There is something immensely intriguing about the window seat. Logistically, it enables an individual to stay away from the turbulent cacophony of the airplane. Cozy, cornered and comforting—a window ...
SANTA CRUZ, CA – The ACLU Foundation of Northern California, the Center for Protest Law & Litigation, and civil rights attorney Thomas Seabaugh Monday said in a statement Monday they filed a lawsuit ...
On September 5, 2024, at the “Rally for Action to Protect Children and Reform Family Court” in Denver, Representative Meg Froelich brought attention to a harsh reality: Colorado’s family courts are ...
BURBANK, CA – During a recent hearing in Department 2 of the Los Angeles County Burbank Courthouse, a man facing felony theft charges was sentenced to 150 days in county jail that the prosecution and ...
WASHINGTON, DC – In an op-ed published by News One, a social justice focused news organization, the authors outlined the disproportionate impacts of fine–based traffic cameras on drivers of color.
SACRAMENTO, CA – Proposition 6 in California aims to abolish involuntary servitude in state prisons, according to an EIN Presswire story, quoting diverse coalitions and leaders. The article states ...