The gifted novelist Susan Straight (who teaches at UC Riverside) writes in the Huffington Post...
California Budget
Thinking of Japan, the Blocked California Budget and More
MEMORIES OF JAPAN, SOME INDELIBLE, SOME WASHED AWAY The frightening news out of Japan cannot help...
Affordable Housing & the War Over Redevelopment — by Shashi Hanuman
EDITOR’S NOTE: The newest and bloodiest front in Sacramento’s ongoing budget battle ...
Jerry Talks Straight in the State of the State
Just after 5 pm on Monday, Jerry Brown gave his 8th ever State of the State speech—the first...
Shutting Down CA’s Juvie Prisons, SCOTUS Ethics, a Needed Clemency & More
BROWN WANTS TO SHUT DOWN THE STATE’S JUVENILE PRISONS, BUT SHOULD WE? The short answer is...
Friday Criminal Justice Shorts
JERRY BROWN PLANS TO SAVE $500 MILLION BY SENDING MANY NON-VIOLENT, NON-SERIOUS OFFENDERS TO JAIL...