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Archive - March 2009
Buried Alive: Is Solitary Confinement Torture?
In next week’s New Yorker, Dr. Atul Gawande, Harvard professor and surgeon at the...
Today’s State Senate Election Coverage?….Ask a Student
If you’re looking for coverage of today’s election for Mark Ridley Thomas’ Senate...
MONDAY: Social Justice Shorts
PRISON INMATES WORRIED ABOUT THE ECONOMIC CRISIS TOO—-AND FOR GOOD REASON A column in the...
Blue Grief: 3 Oakland Officers Killed, 1 Gravely Wounded – UDATED
UPDATE: As most of you know by now, the fourth officer has died. Here’s the link to the...
Jerry Brown & Whistleblowers Say the Nation’s Biggest Diagnostic Lab Defrauded California for Big $$$
I’m in the middle of a several crazed project deadlines, and I realize that most news is...
Richardson Takes a Citizen Poll & Repeals NM Death Penalty
On Wednesday afternoon, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson signed a bill— passed last Friday...
Social Justice Shorts
FACING LIFE WITHOUT…..FOR KIDS In 2008, the U.S. became the sole country in the world that...
Sara Jane Olson and 2 Systems of Justice
Former Symbionese Liberation Army member Sarah Jane Olson was paroled today, Tuesday, and, despite...
The LA County Sups Approve $500K Jail OverCrowding Study
Monday the Los Angeles County Supervisors voted to allocate a maximum of $500 grand to conduct a...