California
San Quentin vigil says incarceration has become a death sentence
July 27, 2020The coronavirus infection spread rapidly through San Quentin. According to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation [CDCR], as of the date of the vigil, there were 928 active cases and eleven prisoners had died.
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Farmworkers: Big California farm sickens workers, families with coronavirus
July 2, 2020Primex is only making a bad situation worse by bringing in replacement workers for its ill employees, from the outside and through labor contractors, a common tactic growers use to exploit workers in the nation’s farms...
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On California’s November ballot: Restoring affirmative action, letting parolees vote
June 26, 2020Though both measures needed to pass each house of the state legislature by a two-thirds majority, voters can approve them with a simple majority in November.
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High Court says California can stay a sanctuary state
June 19, 2020"The Trump administration does not have the authority to commandeer state resources."
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Feds to review cases into hanging deaths of Robert Fuller and Malcolm Harsch
June 16, 2020Federal authorities will review local investigations into the hanging deaths of two black men in Southern California to determine whether federal law was violated.
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