![[Op Ed] Vote NO on Prop 20 this Fall](https://www.initiatejustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Screen-Shot-2020-10-01-at-1.16.05-PM-300x300.png "[Op Ed] Vote NO on Prop 20 this Fall")
[Op Ed] Vote NO on Prop 20 this Fall Proposition 20 is a measure on this November’s ballot that seeks to roll back recent criminal justice reforms in CA. The Proposition claims that these recent reforms have made our communities less safe. “The pendulum has swung too far towards leniency” in the proponents’ eyes. To...
![[OpEd] The Time Is Now: Defund Police & Abolish Prisons](https://www.initiatejustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IMG_5693-300x300.jpg "[OpEd] The Time Is Now: Defund Police & Abolish Prisons")
George Floyd should still be alive. So should Breonna Taylor, who was killed by Louisville police who violently entered her home in March. So should Tony McDade, a Black trans man who was shot and killed by Tallahassee police last week...
![[Op-Ed] Cutting the Nose to Spite the Face: How Extreme Sentence Enhancements Punish Society](https://www.initiatejustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/IMG_5350-300x300.jpg "[Op-Ed] Cutting the Nose to Spite the Face: How Extreme Sentence Enhancements Punish Society")
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