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Judge knocks down the “No Secret Police Act,” but gives the go-ahead to CA’s “No Vigilantes Act.” Here’s the deal.

February 10, 2026
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Dying In LA County’s Jails: Now there are 7 deaths in 2026

January 31, 2026
#NoKings

The No Kings Act & the fatal shootings by ICE of Alex Pretti & Renee Good

January 27, 2026
#DangerousJails

Dying in LA County’s jails: One more death today

January 22, 2026
#DangerousJails

A new deadly year begins in LA County’s Jails

January 14, 2026
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Civil Liberties • Civil Rights • Free Speech • Freedom of Information

Columbia University Finally Gets a Grip Re: WikiLeaks

December 6, 2010
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A few days after administrators from Columbia University’s School of International and Public...

Civil Liberties • Civil Rights • Courts • LGBTQ

Watch Prop 8 Being Argued Live on C-Span

December 6, 2010
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C-SPAN is offering live coverage of the Prop 8 arguments before the 3-judge panel of the 9th...

Civil Rights • Courts • LGBTQ

Prop 8 Hits the 9th Circuit on Monday

December 6, 2010
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Much attention will be focused on the drama unfolding in a federal courtroom in San Francisco...

Education • Unions

Senority-Based Teacher Layoffs: When Quality & Kids Don’t Matter

December 6, 2010
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On Sunday, the LA Times ran a devastating story that illustrates the real cost of the state’s...

American Voices • Homelessness

The New Homelessness: Rodger Jacobs – Part 3

December 6, 2010
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On Sunday, the Las Vegas Sun has published Part 3 of LA writer/essayist/documentary filmmaker...

LGBTQ • The Filter

The Filter: Can Judge Stephen Reinhardt Be Impartial on Prop 8?

December 3, 2010
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We discussed four topics, but the meatiest was the issue about Judge Stephen Reinhardt being asked...

The Filter

On NBC’s the Filter, Tonight at 7:30 p.m.

December 2, 2010
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I’m on KNBC’s The Filter tonight at 7:30 p.m. with Fred Roggin—this time during the...

Law Enforcement • Life and Life Only

Son of Riverside Chief of Police Sergio Diaz is Found Dead

December 2, 2010
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The son of Riverside Chief of Police, Sergio Diaz (formerly a Deputy Chief of the LAPD) was found...

Bill Bratton • Charlie Beck • Juvenile Justice • LAPD • LAPPL • Probation • Transportation • Violence Prevention

Breaking the Kid Lock-up Cycle, Expo Line Fiasco, LAPD Policy Fights & More

December 2, 2010
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HOW DO WE KEEP LAWBREAKING KIDS FROM RETURNING TO LOCK-UP? LA COUNTY SUP MARK RIDLEY-THOMAS AND...

Crime and Punishment

Ronni Chasen Murder Suspect Kills Self

December 2, 2010
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The Ronni Chasen murder case gets weirder and weirder (and sadder and sadder) At around 6 p.m...

Civil Liberties • Free Speech • Freedom of Information • Health Care • LAUSD

WikiLeaks Quote Contest, Lying Witnesses, and Strugging for Health Care

December 1, 2010
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JAMES FALLOWS AT THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY HAS A CONTEST FOR THE BEST WIKILEAKS QUOTE No, he’s not...

Prison • Prison Policy • Supreme Court

How Will the Supremes Rule on CA’s Prison Pop Case?

November 30, 2010
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Tuesday the U.S. Supreme Court heard the much anticipated arguments on the case that will decide...

American Artists • Art and Culture • Homelessness • Writers and Writing

The New Homelessness: Rodger Jacobs & The Myth of Solid Ground

November 30, 2010
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It was late September when we last checked with LA journalist/author/essayist Rodger Jacobs who...

Must Reads

Monday Must Reads

November 29, 2010
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TEN YEARS AFTER BUSH V. GORE December marks the tenth anniversary of Bush v. Gore. (Ah, but how...

Media • Must Reads • National Issues • National Politics

Of Ethics & WikiLeaks: “The Job of the Media is Not to Protect Power From Embarrassment”

November 28, 2010
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What everyone now knows (or ought to know) is that, on Sunday five newspapers—The New York...

Life and Life Only

Happy Thanksgiving, y’all

November 24, 2010
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May your joys be many all day long. Here’s a small but very cool video to cheer your day.

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Cooley Concedes: It’s Kamala

November 24, 2010
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As fond as I am of Cooley personally (aside from my objections to one or five professional issues...

Civil Liberties • Courts • Criminal Justice

Discarded Cigarettes, DNA and Privacy

November 24, 2010
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No, actually this video has zero to do with the content of the post. It’s simply some good...

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