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Columns, Op-Eds, & Interviews

Op-ed: I’m Letting the Healing Begin By Sharing My Story

April 20, 2023
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By Sheilah Y. Kimble, California Health Report I often quote the Langston Hughes poem...

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GOAT: Sheriff Edition

April 4, 2023
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Last July, a 9-year-old decided she didn’t want her pet goat Cedar to become someone’s BBQ....

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New York’s mandatory reporter training wants to have it both ways. That’s an improvement.

March 29, 2023
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I just took New York’s new online mandated reporter training course. It is significantly less...

Op-Ed: We Must Invest in LA’s Justice Involved Youth

March 6, 2023

Op-ed: California should be treating gun violence as a public health crisis

January 25, 2023

Op-Ed: Thoughts of Tookie Williams, executions, & other end-of-the-year contemplations

December 28, 2022

Op-ed: Kids With Trauma Need Support Sooner

December 8, 2022

Will the U.S. Supreme court dismantle Native American children’s protection from adoption by non-Indian families?

November 23, 2022

Op-Ed: Reform – Not Crime – Was the Winning Message in 2022

November 14, 2022

A Pennsylvania prison gets a Scandinavian-style makeover – and shows how the US penal system could become more humane

October 8, 2022

Reefer Madness: Riverside County Sheriff’s Office Destroys Home due to… Solar Panels

August 26, 2022

She Fought the Law and She Won: WeHo versus the LASD

July 21, 2022

Op-Ed: There’s no mystery to what happened in Uvalde & there were many opportunities to prevent it

June 13, 2022

Op-Ed: Chesa Boudin recall shows the high cost of fear & disinformation

June 9, 2022

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

May 3, 2022

Opinion – Corrections Departments Must Establish a Pathway to Rehabilitation

April 22, 2022

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

April 18, 2022

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
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