Looking Back at the Coverage of Arnold’s Alleged Serial Groping
Tracy Webber of Pro Publica, formerly a Pulitzer winner from the LA Times, has posted an essay ...
Voices from Solitary: It’s Time to Talk About It
Solitary Watch is a website launched two years ago that is dedicated to bringing the topic of...
Full 9th Circuit Shows Winklevoss Brothers to the Door
The Winklevoss twins lose yet one more round. The mean, mean, mean justices of the full ninth...
3 Monday Must Reads – Reforming Prisons, Interrogating Librarians and More
WHY PRISON REFORM MAY FINALLY OCCUR: IT’S THE MONEY, STUPID “In this economic climate...
Was an Alleged Double Murderer Paroled Years Early from Prison?
Wednesday night the LA Weekly posted a story with the headline: Zachariah Timothy Lehnen, Accused...
Is CA’s 3-Strikes Good or Bad Law? State & Local Officials Contemplate the Question
Last week two dozen California reporters—myself included—met with state and local...
Must a Felony Record Be a Life Sentence for Joblessness?
In Wednesday’s LA Times Father Greg Boyle writes that its everyone’s business to give...
Dear Tony Rackauckas, It’s About That Constitutional Thingy, Says Fed Judge
In a significant victory for the So Cal ACLU, on Tuesday, a federal judge ruled that Orange County...
Why Some City Leaders Didn’t Want the LA Times Teacher Ratings Released
As most education watchers know, on Sunday, the LA Times released its second round of its...
Zachary Champommier’s Mom Files $10 Million Wrongful Death Suit
Studio City Patch, in a story by AnnMarie Baranik, has the details. Here’s the opening of...
Never Say Goodbye: An Eastside Love Story
The LA Eastside blogger who goes by the name, Don Quixote, has often been an intelligent presence...
Pushed Out: Reforming Zero Tolerance at LAUSD
PUSHED OUT The concept of Zero Tolerance is alive and well in the Los Angeles Unified School...
Reporting on Jerry
I’ll have a couple of intriguing topics early next week—the 3-strikes report, and a new...
CA Schools Are Broke, But Private Prison Operators Announce Record Profits
PRISON INDUSTRIAL NATION? The Corrections Corporation of America (CCA)—the nation’s...
#FreeDorothy: Al-Jazeera Journalist Confirmed Being Held by Syrians
Late on Wednesday, the fiance of missing Al Jazeera journalist issued a statement that Syrian...
The Totality of a Life: A New Way of Looking at the Death Penalty
As the the various Innocence Projects around the country continue to find people on death row who...
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