Criminal Justice Journalism in the Public Interest

Community Health

ACEs • Community Health • Juvenile Justice • Mental Health • Prison Policy • PTSD • Public Health • School to Prison Pipeline • Trauma • Zero Tolerance and School Discipline

The Trauma Files: You Too Can Take the ACEs Test…Now That We’re Finally Having a Serious Conversation About the Effects of Childhood Trauma

March 6, 2015

Several times a year, I am asked to speak about juvenile justice issues at classrooms full of...

California Supreme Court • Community Health • FBI • How Appealing • Jim McDonnell • LASD • Law Enforcement • Mental Health • Mental Illness • Prison • Prison Policy • Race • Race & Class • Racial Justice

Sheriff-Elect McDonnell & Others Speak on Ferguson… And Lots More

November 24, 2014

Here are a few of the early reactions to the news Monday night that a Missouri grand jury decided...

ACLU • Board of Supervisors • Community Health • District Attorney • Health Care • Jail • Jim McDonnell • LA County Board of Supervisors • LA County Jail • LAPD • LAPPL • LASD • Marijuana Laws • Mental Health • Mental Illness • Race • Race & Class

Will Board of Supes Vote to Fund Mental Health Diversion?…. & Does CA’s Medicaid Policy Doom More Mentally Ill Patients to Prison? …& Other Stories

July 29, 2014

WILL THE LA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS STEP UP ON MENTAL HEALTH DIVERSION $$$? The LA County Board...

Community Health • Juvenile Justice • School to Prison Pipeline • Trauma

The Cost of Trauma & Tales of Resiliance

March 14, 2014

In the late 1990s, a couple of researchers named Vincent Felitti and Robert Anda conducted a...

Community Health • Consumer Affairs • Crime and Punishment • FBI

More on That Calderon Corruption Case—involving FBI Stings, Many Millions in Double Billing, and Fake Film Companies

February 24, 2014

California State Senator California Senator Ronald Calderon was taken into custody Monday morning...

Civil Liberties • Civil Rights • Community Health • Courts • Crime and Punishment • Criminal Justice • Race • Racial Justice

Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman—and the Interweave of Fear, Heartbreak and Injustice that Haunts the Verdict’s Aftermath

July 15, 2013

Since the not guilty verdict in the trial of George Zimmerman was announced just a few minutes...