California voters in all racial groups support affirmative action, according to a report released today by the National Asian American Survey (NAAS). That is a significant change from 1996 when 55 percent of the state’s voters supported Prop 209, which ended affirmative policies in public employment, contracting and education in California, said Karthick Ramakrishnan, surveyContinue reading “California Voters Support Affirmative Action, Says New Survey”
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Eva Paterson: ‘When the Death Penalty Gets Personal’
Eva authored this guest post on Jan. 11 for the SAFE California Campaign site. My fiancé, Steve Henry, was murdered in Kingston, Jamaica, on November 25, 1997. As bizarre as this may sound, one of the thoughts I had as the initial shock wore off, was “Well, am I still against the death penalty?” My answerContinue reading “Eva Paterson: ‘When the Death Penalty Gets Personal’”
We’re Ready to End the Death Penalty and We Need Your Help
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 worldContinue reading “We’re Ready to End the Death Penalty and We Need Your Help”