YES, BUT IS IT LEGAL? After a weekend of many thousands of demonstrators mobbing the nation’s...
Archive - January 2017
Mapping America’s “Active Hate Groups”
The Southern Poverty Law Center’s most recent “hate map” pinpoints the location of 892...
LA Officials Campaign for Measure H, a Quarter-Cent Tax to Fund Homeless Services
On Monday, Los Angeles County Supervisors, along with LA Mayor Eric Garcetti and other local...
‘Rooms Infested With Spiders’: California Youth Urge Changes in Conditions at Juvenile Facilities
SPIDERS, TORN CLOTHING & GROUP PUNISHMENT: HOW MUCH HAVE CONDITIONS CHANGED IN...
Fears Surface About Immigration & Drones at Historic First Meeting of Civilian Oversight Commission for LA County Sheriff’s Dept.
AFTER YEARS OF SCANDAL, OVERSIGHT AT LAST After months of anticipation, on Thursday, January 26...
Trump Targets Sanctuary Cities (and California)
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump signed two executive orders. The first seeks to deny federal...
Number of Homeless Children in LA County Rises, Many Kids Unable to Take Advantage of Much-needed Services
There were 63,000 homeless students during the 2015-2016 school year in Los Angeles County’s...
LA County Supes Vote to Improve Feminine Hygiene Care for Locked-up Girls
During their Tuesday meeting, Los Angeles County Supervisors unanimously approved a motion to...
Supes Seek to Divert Youth at the “Earliest Point of Contact” with the Juvenile Justice System
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to explore ways to...
Youth Incarceration Linked with Poor Health Outcomes Later in Life
Youth incarceration is associated with poor physical and mental health during adulthood, according...