Before there were immigrant “monsters” to occupy Donald Trump’s hate, there was the Central Park Five. Most people know the case: Five Black kids accused of brutally raping a woman …
OAKLAND — A man sentenced to death in 1995 for the killing of a 9-year-old boy will instead be released from prison next year amid a sprawling review of death …
By Christopher Weber and Travis Loller | Associated Press LOS ANGELES — The Rev. James Lawson Jr., an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand brutal reactions from …
Many women and minorities find themselves unable to evade pervasive bias in our justice system. A bill concerning equal justice for women and minorities in the courts was recently passed …
By TERRY TANG and LINLEY SANDERS (Associated Press) Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in the United States are more likely than the overall adult population to believe in …
By JULIE WATSON | Associated Press California’s Yurok Tribe, which had 90% of its territory taken from it during the Gold Rush of the mid-1800s, will be getting a slice …
Ronnie Cohen | (TNS) KFF Health News In April, a dozen years after a federal agency classified formaldehyde a human carcinogen, the Food and Drug Administration is tentatively scheduled to unveil a proposal to …
SAN FRANCISCO — A judge has thrown out a lawsuit that sought to block the University of California from renaming the former Hastings College of the Law because its namesake …
California police will soon be required to tell drivers why they’ve stopped them before they can start asking questions. The new bill, A.B. 2773, which takes effect Jan. 1, 2024, …
Jenny Jarvie | (TNS) Los Angeles Times The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was best known for its sit-ins against segregation in the Deep South. But in the summer of 1967, …