Judge Takes Oakland Police One Step Closer to Federal Control
The Oakland Police Department’s nine-year-long struggle with federal oversight took a significant turn last week, as a federal judge…
The Indypendent
Ali Winston
By Ali Winston Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis on April 4, 1968, shortly before he…
Newark Slayings Highlight East Coast Murder Mayhem
By Ali Winston In the wake of the brutal Aug. 4 murders of three promising youngsters in Newark, there…
“Respect Life”: Freed Prisoners Rap Death Penalty
Alan Newton, exonerated prisoner On Jan. 30, U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis condemned Ronell Wilson to die for killing…
A Bellweather Trial: Ehren Watada’s Court-Marshall and the Iraq War
Six months after Army First Lt. Ehren Watada formally refused his deployment to Iraq, pretrial hearings in his court-martial…