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Columns, Op-Eds, & Interviews

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

February 22, 2021
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As part of innocence organizations representing people who were wrongfully prosecuted and convicted...

Columns, Op-Eds, & Interviews • Reform at the LA DA's Office

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
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California’s three strikes law has done 28 years of damage to our state. Now, L.A’s...

Columns, Op-Eds, & Interviews • Women and Justice • Women's Issues

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

January 8, 2021
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In 2021, there will be an estimated 455 survivors of eugenic sterilizations and 244 survivors of...

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

OP-ED: Jackie Lacey, Protect Your Black Female Employees

October 29, 2020

OP-ED: In Child Welfare, the Racial Bias is Everywhere — Even in the Research

October 28, 2020

Op-Ed: Local prosecutors are now the last defense against voter suppression and Election Day chaos

October 19, 2020

Under Our Skin: How racism leaves an unmistakable mark on Black Americans

October 11, 2020

Op-Ed: Communities Need a Reset of Policing & The Justice System. But Barr & Trump’s Law Enforcement “Commission” is a Cynical Sham

October 4, 2020

What It’s Going to Take to Fix Policing

September 23, 2020

Op-Ed: Despite Months of Protests, NHTSA Still Thinks Cops Can Make Cyclists and Pedestrians Safer

September 5, 2020

Op-Ed: My Country ‘Tis of Thee

September 3, 2020

Op-Ed: Why police unions are not part of the American labor movement

August 27, 2020

Dispatch From San Quentin: Proximity Hurts

July 30, 2020

Op-Ed: People are dying in US prisons, and not just from COVID-19

July 21, 2020

Op-Ed: When Reimagining Justice in Our Communities, Probation Must Be Part of the Conversation

July 20, 2020

Op-Ed: Why cellphone videos of black people’s deaths should be considered sacred, like lynching photographs

May 29, 2020

Op-Ed: Surviving Shelter in Place as a Survivor of Homicide

May 28, 2020
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