The best thing I can think to do to honor the remarkable Jaime Escalante—and the other...
Archive - March 2010
Death Penalty, Stupid RNC Tricks & Other Topics
name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> On the Filter we discussed: 1. The death penalty for serial...
On KNBC’s The Filter Tonight – 7:30 p.m.
I’ll post the video later, but here’s the link to the online real time channel in case...
4:15 p.m. Tuesday: Working on WLA Site
There may be intermittent weirdness on the site for the next couple of hours while maintenance and...
Fresh Picks
WHY DOESN’T CALIFORNIA SAVE $$$ THROUGH “MEDICAL PAROLE?” Two weeks ago I had...
Art Saves: Poetry & Opera at Juvie
Starting at 4 p.m. on Friday night one large room at Central Juvenile Hall was crammed with around...
Social Justice Shorts
SHOULD THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA TAKE OVER PRISON HEALTH CARE? No, I’m not kidding. The AP...
The Rape of American Prisoners
The New York Review of Books has a remarkable two part series on rape in American correctional...
The Evolution of LA’s Parent Revolution
Ben Austin is the executive director of an LA-based organization known as the Parent Revolution...
LAPD SWAT’s Robert Cottle Killed in Afghanistan
Sgt. Maj. Robert J. Cottle was a well-liked SWAT officer who was also a Marine. This week he was...