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Op-Ed: We Must Invest in LA’s Justice Involved Youth
Op-ed: California should be treating gun violence as a public health crisis
Op-Ed: Thoughts of Tookie Williams, executions, & other end-of-the-year contemplations
Op-ed: Kids With Trauma Need Support Sooner
Will the U.S. Supreme court dismantle Native American children’s protection from adoption by non-Indian families?
Op-Ed: Reform – Not Crime – Was the Winning Message in 2022
A Pennsylvania prison gets a Scandinavian-style makeover – and shows how the US penal system could become more humane
Reefer Madness: Riverside County Sheriff’s Office Destroys Home due to… Solar Panels
She Fought the Law and She Won: WeHo versus the LASD
Op-Ed: There’s no mystery to what happened in Uvalde & there were many opportunities to prevent it
Op-Ed: Chesa Boudin recall shows the high cost of fear & disinformation
I Survived Teen Dating Violence. Here’s How We Can Prevent It
Opinion – Corrections Departments Must Establish a Pathway to Rehabilitation
Why domestic violence survivors like me won’t leave their abusers if that means leaving pets behind
Op-Ed: Tough-on-crime laws and mass incarceration waste tax dollars and don’t make us any safer
Op-Ed: Meaningful police reform in California starts with training
