On Monday of this week, the California Department of Corrections announced that up to 4000 of the...
Archive - September 2011
Sentencing by Race…and Post 9/11 Militarization of the Cops
ARE AMERICAN POLICE DEPARTMENTS BECOMING INCREASINGLY MILITARIZED—AND NOT IN A GOOD WAY)? The...
Monday Must Reads (Views and Listens)
TOO IMPORTANT TO FAIL The terrible fact is that a staggering 48-percent of all African American...
Nine-Eleven, Ten Years After – Words, Sounds and Images
Some things worth reading or listening to. This American Life has six stories that provide six...
Bill Passes Making it a Crime to Have or Smuggle a Prison Cell Phone
Certainly it is not workable for inmates to have unfettered access to unmonitored phone calls, and...
ChangeLA Fundraiser: Help Train LA’s Next Gen Leadership
If you want to go to a cool party this weekend and congratulate yourself on doing a good deed at...
Redistricting LA County: Competing Groups Fight to Retain or Expand Influence
The first of two hearings on the proposed redrawing of boundaries for the five LA County...
Prop 8 Defenders May Get “Standing” in Court (Should We be Sad or Happy?)
In answer to the above question…..it’s complicated. However, before we discuss the...