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Columns, Op-Eds, & Interviews

I Survived Teen Dating Violence. Here’s How We Can Prevent It

May 3, 2022
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by Angela Kim This is the second in a series of essays by survivors of domestic violence in...

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Opinion – Corrections Departments Must Establish a Pathway to Rehabilitation

April 22, 2022
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By Steve Brooks, Prison Journalism Project For a quarter of a century, I have been waking up...

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Why domestic violence survivors like me won’t leave their abusers if that means leaving pets behind

April 18, 2022
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By Carolina Reyes This is the first in a series of essays by survivors of domestic violence in...

Op-Ed: Tough-on-crime laws and mass incarceration waste tax dollars and don’t make us any safer

February 3, 2022

Op-Ed: Meaningful police reform in California starts with training

January 5, 2022

Op-Ed: Now that the 2020 FBI Crime Stats report has been released, what are the most useful takeaways?

September 28, 2021

Op-Ed: The Case for Defunding the Police & What That Really Means

June 18, 2021

Op-Ed: She Reached Out for Help and Got Her Kids Taken Away

June 16, 2021

Op-Ed: A Case for Better Funding of California’s Community Alternatives to Juvenile Detention and Probation

June 4, 2021

Pain of police killings ripples outward to traumatize Black people and communities across US

May 28, 2021

Op-Ed: How qualified immunity protects police officers accused of wrongdoing

May 11, 2021

Op-Ed: DA George Gascón, Survivors of Violent Crime, and the Meaning of Justice

April 27, 2021

Op-Ed: Fatal Police Violence May Be Linked to Preterm Births in Nearby Neighborhoods & Communities

April 21, 2021

Op-Ed: California Can’t Waver on the Governor’s Promise for Youth Justice Realignment

March 11, 2021

Op-Ed: Gascon’s Evidence-Based Policies Will Help Reduce Wrongful Convictions & Move LA Forward

February 22, 2021

Op-Ed: The importance of George Gasćon’s Three Strikes reform & what you should know about the pushback from LA prosecutors & police unions

February 1, 2021

Opinion: California Needs to Repair the Damage From Its History of Systematic Sterilizations

January 8, 2021

Op-Ed: I’ve dedicated my life to fighting the abuse of people with disabilities & I support DA Gascón’s reforms eliminating sentencing enhancements.

January 4, 2021

Op-Ed: In Big city child welfare Philadelphia gets a little better, Los Angeles gets worse, & the “professional kidnappers” are hard at work in Phoenix

November 23, 2020

Op-Ed: Working with the “Most Unlikely DA in America” Gave Me Hope

November 12, 2020
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