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National

'They have nowhere to turn': Law students fight for workplace protections

Carrie Johnson

With judicial clerkships and internships coveted by law programs, a group Emory Law School students asked the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on the judiciary's system for policing its own bad behavior.
National

Supreme Court sides with a marijuana user who was barred from owning guns

Grady Martin

Nina Totenberg

The court ruled that the law used to prosecute a marijuana user violated his Second Amendment right to bear arms and is unconstitutionally vague.
Economy

San Diego City Council approves 3-year union contracts with raises, furloughs

Andrew Bowen

Workers are set to receive cost-of-living increases, but they may not see an increase in their take-home pay due to mandatory furloughs.
Quality of Life

He spent 19 years in isolation on death row. Then the handcuffs came off

Joe Garcia

Most condemned California prisoners will never be released, but some of them gained new opportunities after Gov. Newsom suspended the death penalty.
Politics

New commission takes aim at California’s broken public defense system

Anat Rubin

California is one of just two states that provides no money for the basic defense of poor people accused of crimes.
National

'Rejected': How federal prisons stonewall grievances and deny care for years

Christie Thompson

Joseph Shapiro

People who go to prison keep one important right — to file a grievance over their treatment: from abuse to denied medical care. But in the vast majority of cases, those efforts go nowhere, according to an analysis of federal data by The Marshall Project and NPR.
Politics

Voting officials fear DHS may actually be a threat to elections this year

Miles Parks

Voting officials worry that the Department of Homeland Security will not be a partner helping to secure elections, but rather a threat seeking to undermine results that President Trump dislikes.
Environment

Imperial Valley data center developer files lawsuit seeking access to Colorado River water

Kori Suzuki

Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing is suing the Imperial Irrigation District for access to 260 million gallons of water per year from the drought-stricken river.
National

The Supreme Court prohibits Alabama from using nitrogen gas for execution

Grady Martin

Nina Totenberg

Because of the ruling, Jeffery Lee's execution will be delayed. He still faces the death penalty.
Racial Justice and Social Equity

Black San Diegans 9 times likelier to be charged with ‘resisting an officer’ — and nothing else

Katie Hyson

How these cases unfold, what the data say and what can be done about it.