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. ...
Is Ventura Trying More Kids As Adults Than Any Other County….for the Money?
This week the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice released a brand new report that shows...
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Steve Leaves the Apple Stage
By now most of you likely know that Steve Jobs has resigned as CEO of Apple. He’s not...
The Stories Behind the Story of the Pelican Bay SHU Hunger Strike
The best reporting thus far on the inmate hunger strike that originated in the Pelican Bay...
The Color of Discipline in LA Schools
In the mid 1990’s, Parenting Magazine, which was then briefly trying its hand at more serious...
Will Certain CA Assembly Dems Grow a Spine and Vote YES on SB 9?
The LA Times editorial board is rightly urging the California Democrats who sank the identical bill...
Hot New School Reform Book Blames Unions Solely & Misses Mark
Like many who are sickened by low graduation rates and sub-basement test scores, I have been ...
Judge Fails to Rule for Years on Possible Wrongful Convictions
This troubling story about multiple cases of justice preposterously delayed by the same US District...
AB 9, the CA Juvenile Life Bill Passes Hurdle & Hunger Strikes Make Progres
FIRST THE LATEST NEWS ON AB 9 The AP has the story: A controversial bill headed for a vote in...
Predictive Policing: Good Idea or Bad idea?
Wednesday, Larry Mantle’s AirTalk on KPCC focused on a new strategy that the LAPD plans to...
Should Neuroscience Change Our Idea of Sentencing…and Other Issues
CAN NEUROSCIENCE HELP US SENTENCE MORE EFFECTIVELY? An intriguing new book by Professor Deborah...
The Secret History of Guns, Drug Running Grandmas… and More
THE SECRET HISTORY OF GUNS In September’s issue of the Atlantic Monthly, Adam Winkler has a...