ARE AMERICAN POLICE DEPARTMENTS BECOMING INCREASINGLY MILITARIZED—AND NOT IN A GOOD WAY)? The...
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Monday Must Reads (Views and Listens)
TOO IMPORTANT TO FAIL The terrible fact is that a staggering 48-percent of all African American...
Nine-Eleven, Ten Years After – Words, Sounds and Images
Some things worth reading or listening to. This American Life has six stories that provide six...
Bill Passes Making it a Crime to Have or Smuggle a Prison Cell Phone
Certainly it is not workable for inmates to have unfettered access to unmonitored phone calls, and...
ChangeLA Fundraiser: Help Train LA’s Next Gen Leadership
If you want to go to a cool party this weekend and congratulate yourself on doing a good deed at...
Redistricting LA County: Competing Groups Fight to Retain or Expand Influence
The first of two hearings on the proposed redrawing of boundaries for the five LA County...
Prop 8 Defenders May Get “Standing” in Court (Should We be Sad or Happy?)
In answer to the above question…..it’s complicated. However, before we discuss the...
On the Road: Back in Business Sept 8
I’m leaving for the North Shore of Oahu for the wedding of my wonderful, soulful, brilliant...
The Military and the Death Penalty
Marisa Taylor For McClatchy has done an excellent three-part series on the military’s use of...
The Idiotic and Wearying Defeat of SB 9 – The Juvenile Life Bill
As many of you may know, SB 9, went down to defeat in the California State Assembly last Thursday. ...