Due Process Denied: Most California Immigrant Detainees Face Deportation Proceedings Without Legal Counsel Representation matters – and there is a severe representation crisis in California. June 8, 2016 Immigrants' Rights
Paid Sick Leave: A Right For All California made historic strides last summer with the passage of AB 1522, the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014, a law providing three paid sick days to workers across the state. June 1, 2016 Gender Equity and Reproductive Justice
Will Magnet Programs Lead to a Two-Tiered School System? By Lida Dianti May 26, 2016 Education Equity
Keep Immigration Agents Out of the Classroom LAUSD Superintendent Michelle King. IMAGE: KTLA By Benjamin Grush May 24, 2016 Education Equity Immigrants' Rights
Why do cops lie? Because they can. A federal jury needed little time last week to convict two Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies for beating an inmate with mental illness and filing false reports to cover up the assault. May 23, 2016 Police Practices
Asset Forfeiture Takes Wealth from Communities of Color By Margaret Dooley-SammuliDid you know that in 2014 police took more property from people in the U.S. than burglars did? Frightening, but absolutely legal. May 19, 2016 Police Practices