Max Rivlin-Nadler
Speak City Heights ReporterMax Rivlin-Nadler is an investigative journalist whose reporting has appeared in outlets such as the New York Times, the New Republic, the Village Voice and Gothamist. His years-long investigation into New York City's arcane civil forfeiture laws led to a series of lawsuits and reforms which altered a practice that had been taking millions from poor communities for decades. He has reported extensively on immigration and criminal justice issues, including the treatment of asylum-seekers along the border, San Diego's District Attorney race, and the criminalization of homelessness in the midst of California's deepening affordability crisis. A native of Queens, New York, Max attended Oberlin College in Ohio, where he majored in creative writing.
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Federal District Court Judge Janis Sammartino said on Thursday morning that she was prepared to allow most of California’s ban on private prisons to continue. -
The health and economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic will be felt for years to come, especially among low-income and immigrant communities.That’s why local organizations are working to make sure that this year’s census count includes everyone, to make sure that federal resources find their way to these communities. -
The new mother was given a choice by Border Patrol Agents — either hand over her U.S. citizen child to social services, or return together to Mexico. -
This November, San Diegans could be voting on a ballot measure that would approve 900-million dollars in spending on affordable housing. -
Advocates and lawmakers are now focused on a major contributor to the continued spread of the virus inside immigration detention -- people who have finished their prison term and are transferred to ICE custody for possible deportation. They're asking Governor Gavin Newsom to end the practice.
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Amidst a national reckoning surrounding police budgets and law enforcement’s use of force, students took to the streets on Friday to call on San Diego Unified School District to remove its police department from schools.
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