By Claudia Boyd-Barrett, California Health Report As a young man growing up in the Westmont...
Community Health & Safety
NOT AGAIN: An Ordinary School Morning in Santa Fe, TX, Is Shattered by Deadly Gunfire
On Friday night, May 18, Santa Fe High School’s varsity baseball team was scheduled to play...
Will Saturday’s March For Our Lives Events Lead to a Change in Public Policy? Yes. No. Maybe.
The young speakers who took the stage, one after the other, at Saturday’s #MarchForOurLives rally...
The “Recidivism Trap,” Or Why Measuring Failure Is the Wrong Way to Determine Whether Justice Policies Work
When we look at how well or poorly a program or strategy in the criminal justice realm is working...
LA County Supes Aim at Gun Violence With Call for Stricter County Firearm Regulations & Creation of An Office of Violence Prevention
On Tuesday March 13, LA County Supervisors Mark Ridley-Thomas and Sheila Kuehl will ask their...
Prop. 47 Not Responsible for Crime Rate Increases in 2015, Says New UCI Study—Prosecutors Disagree, UPDATED
by Taylor Walker & Celeste Fremon California’s voter-approved Proposition 47—which...