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Institute for Black Justice: Expunge Your Record
On Monday, October 28, the Institute for Black Justice in partnership with EVERGREEN EMPOWERMENT GROUP, is offering a FREE workshop on Unlocking Justice – Records Expungement from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Bryant Neighborhood Center (1619 6th Ave.) in Tacoma. You’ll learn about how to vacate, expunge, and seal. Here’s the event registration […]
WA Uses Driving Data to Improve Road Safety, Raises Privacy Concerns
Washington state officials are turning to traffic-related cell phone data to monitor and potentially improve road safety, with many residents unaware of the new initiative. Earlier this year, state legislators approved funding to purchase data from mobile applications that track traffic patterns, allowing officials to access information about drivers, such as their speed and cell […]
Washington Board of Education wants to overhaul high school graduation requirements
The Washington Board of Education has launched a multi-year initiative to rework the state’s high school graduation requirements, arguing that the current standards fall short of “fully preparing all students for success.” The initiative, “FutureReady,” is part of the Board of Education’s 2025 legislative platform, which was approved by members on Thursday. The board is requesting […]
Letter to Congress – Constitutional Scholars and Retired Judges Ask Congress to Pass Supreme Court Term Limits
On October 16, 2024, 57 prominent constitutional scholars and retired federal and state judges submitted a letter to congressional leadership endorsing term limits for U.S. Supreme Court justices. The signatories, which include retired federal judges, former state chief justices, and broad swaths of the legal academy, warned of plummeting public confidence in the Court. The […]
Supreme Court to Hear Heterosexual Woman’s Reverse Discrimination Case
The Supreme Court of the United States has agreed to hear a case in which a female heterosexual employee claimed an Ohio state agency discriminated against her in favor of employees who identify as LGBTQ+. The case, Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, may shed light on what constitutes illegal bias against a majority group. […]
Supreme Court tosses decision that shielded officers who arrested citizen journalist
The Supreme Court on Tuesday tossed out a lower court decision that shielded from liability Texas law enforcement officers who arrested a local citizen journalist after she sought information from a police source. The case of journalist Priscilla Villarreal, who is known to her readers in Laredo, Texas, as “Lagordiloca,” pits the First Amendment’s guarantee […]
Enrollment Trends Shift at HBCUs Amid Changing Educational Landscape
Historically Black Colleges and Universities have been pivotal in providing educational opportunities for Black Americans since their inception over 150 years ago. A recent Pew Research Center report highlights a significant shift in enrollment patterns, which has implications for the future of HBCUs. As of fall 2022, there were 99 HBCUs across the United States, collectively enrolling […]
New Jersey spends $90M a year to imprison parole violators, despite no new crimes
About 1,200 people in prison at any given time are there for violating the conditions of their parole, not because they committed new crimes. Critics are calling for change. About 1,200 people in New Jersey prisons on any given day are parolees who got hauled back to prison — not for committing new crimes, but […]
‘Building a prison for children’: Overcrowded youth detention centers in Washington draw concern
Only a handful of spots for new offenders are left at the state’s medium- and maximum-security juvenile facilities in the wake of site overcrowding problems and staffing shortages. Criminal justice officials and lawmakers have called the state’s juvenile justice situation a “state of emergency.” A recent report presented in a state meeting estimated there’s only […]