Late on Wednesday, the fiance of missing Al Jazeera journalist issued a statement that Syrian...
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The Future of California’s Three Strikes Law: Reform, Repeal or the Status Quo?
Monday and Tuesday I’ll be at a symposium at USC that is taking a look at California’s...
NAACP Report Calls Shift in Funding Toward Prisons ‘Alarming’
On Thursday, the NAACP released a report called Misplaced Priorities that examines America’s...
Defending Teachers
After the loathsome teacher bashing that has been coming from certain conservative quarters these...
R.I.P Warren Christopher – A Man Who Mattered
The LA Times editorial hits exactly the right note about the exceptionally bright, exceptionally...
Illinois Governor Quinn Signs Bill Repealing Death Penalty
AMAZING. Here’s what the Chicago Sun-Times said about the historic move: Acting on perhaps...