All is well here in Oakland after the police went wild. I went down to Occupy Oakland Friday night. There were hundreds of people there. The faint scent of marijuana was in one of the areas where a long line of people were assembled. I kept walking and saw a field of tents. I then [...]
Last night’s execution of an innocent man, Troy Anthony Davis, by the State of Georgia demands that we renew efforts to end the death penalty. “Troy’s execution, the exceptional unfairness of it, will only hasten the end of the death penalty in the United States,” wrote Ben Jealous of the NAACP last night. “The world [...]
EJS President Eva Paterson joined unions and supporters yesterday during their “We Are One” march through downtown San Francisco to protest attacks on public sector unions in Wisconsin and other states, and budget priorities favoring baliouts for banks and cutbacks in public services. It was one of hundreds of rallies around the U.S. on the [...]
Sacramento, CA — A U.S. District Court Judge ruled yesterday that the California Department of Transportation’s equal opportunity program for contracting businesses can continue its mission to ensure that minority and women-owned businesses have equal ground to compete for federal stimulus funds and other federal contracts. “Federal equal opportunity programs, such as the one at [...]
Equal Justice Society is looking for a temporary, full-time staff member to serve as a Staff Fundraiser from approximately May through September 2011. Dependent on a number of factors, there is a possibility that this position could become permanent, full-time as early as October 2011. Compensation will start at approximately $4,000 per month. For more [...]
Equal Justice Society has joined Alliance for Justice and more than 50 other organizations to send an open letter to Representative Peter King (R-N.Y.), Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, strongly objecting to the committee’s hearings on the “radicalization” of American Muslims. “Under the guise of homeland security, a member of the United States [...]
Civil legal services programs assist veterans returning from war, help domestic violence victims find refuge, defend families facing foreclosure or eviction, and much more. Now, these desperately needed services are on the chopping block, as the House has approved a $70 million cut — from $420 million to $350 million – in funding for the [...]