“As I sat in my farmhouse by candlelight during the dead of winter, it became very clear to me. My lights had been turned off. Federal officers were knocking at my door threatening to confiscate my equipment. Foreclosure signs were being posted on my property. Stress had destroyed my family…

By Karen Ocamb, Director, Media Relations for Public Justice For a moment, a beat, an uncharacteristically cavernous pause, Richard Zitrin seemed at a loss for the precise words to sum up his reaction to the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade and striking down a New York gun conceal law. …

By Karen Ocamb, Director of Media Relations Nothing can assuage the pain of losing a child. But for Amy Cooper, who lost her adult son to an OxyContin overdose, doing nothing to prevent her family tragedy from happening to others would be excruciating. That’s why she stood in her pain…

How agribusiness enjoys special treatment from a government designed to protect it — By Masha Vernik, Food Project Communications and Organizing Coordinator When you think of the word ‘farm’, what comes to mind? Is it happy cows on green pasture and a smiling farm family? Unfortunately, the origins of U.S. …

By Karen Ocamb, Director of Media Relations On Tuesday afternoon, California’s Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance SB 1149, the ‘Public Right to Know Act,’ a bill introduced by California Senator Connie M. Leyva to end common court secrecy practices that hide critical, and often life-saving, information from the public…

By Karen Ocamb, Director of Media Relations “Forced arbitration really is the crux of why all forms of discrimination are so prevalent in this country — systemic racism and discrimination,” former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores declared at a virtual press conference on March 14 in which he detailed…

By Karen Ocamb — It was the cusp of evening, March 3, Day 7 of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Biden administration had asked Congress for $10 billion in emergency humanitarian and defense aid and imposed new sanctions on Russian oligarchs and elites that day, “ratcheting up the economic pressure on allies of President…

What comes first: a fair market, or small businesses that can compete in it? Both are part of the solution for a better food system. — Early this month, the Biden administration unveiled a plan to bolster competition in the notoriously consolidated meat sector. According to the plan, $1 billion will finance the expansion of small- and mid-sized independent meat processors, and the administration promises to issue new rules under the Packers and Stockyards Act and…

On January 6, 2021, Americans across the country watched in horror as a group of right-wing extremists descended upon Washington, D.C., and stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to block the certification of the presidential election results and replace the candidate selected by the voters with the candidate they…