For the 2020-2021 school year, Vanderbilt University’s campus held 7,516 women pursuing degrees across our schools. This amounts to approximately 56% of students. In 2020, 51% of the law school students...
Illinois recently passed a law ending cash bail, making it the first state to do so. The historic criminal justice package was signed into law by Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker on Feb. 22 this year. In...
In the week leading up to Mar. 4, the Tennessee state prison system reported 16 new confirmed cases of COVID-19. These cases have brought the prison total to 6,541 recoveries and 42 deaths. Of the 42 deaths,...
The year is 1800 and Republican representatives have earned a majority of spots in the political branches, but the Federalists still hold positions in the judiciary branch. In response, the newly instated...
On Tuesday evening, the Vanderbilt College Democrats (VCD) and Vanderbilt Prison Project (VPP) co-hosted a panel about mass incarceration, featuring Dr. Rosevelt Noble, Ashley Adams, Bettie Kirkland, and...
It has been 18 days since George Floyd died in police custody after being pinned down by four white police officers in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Floyd was just 46.
Since then, hundreds of protests...
San Francisco County’s new district attorney, Chesa Boudin, took office last month after a surprise victory over his opponent, interim DA Suzy Loftus, last November. In the first month of his tenure,...
While the court’s ruling represents a significant win for Reed, his legal team, and his supporters, he still remains in jail until the district court rules on the new claims.
Matthew Charles, a Nashville resident and the first person to be released by the First Step Act signed by President Trump in December, spoke to students in an event hosted by Vanderbilt Young Americans...
After spending 27 years behind bars for a crime he maintains he did not commit, Edgehill native Cyrus Wilson came one step closer to being released on Wednesday. Tennessee Board of Parole member Gary...
How should we remember the passage of the 19th Amendment? Should we celebrate it as a victory for women, or instead remember those who were (and continue to be) excluded: primarily black Americans and...
Lindsay Williams contributed to the writing of this article.
This story is developing. It will be updated as events unfold.
As one of the most anticipated events of the year, Rites of Spring...
