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This Week’s Slap Down Ruling by the 9th Sends Government running to SCOTUS

August 7, 2025
#Justice

9th Circuit Slaps Down Government’s Attempt to Avoid Judge’s Temporary Restraining Order

August 5, 2025
#JusticeBriefs2025 • ACLU

Federal Judge demonstrates the power of temporary restraining orders when the U.S. Constitution is violated

July 20, 2025
#JusticeBriefs2025

Three Members of the LA County Sheriff’s Department Killed Friday Described as The Best of the Best.

July 18, 2025
#Documented/Undocumented • #ProtectingDueProcess

Mayor Bass & a list of mayors of So Cal cities join in federal civil rights lawsuit against Trump’s militarization of immigration

July 9, 2025
Civil Liberties

May your 4th of July weekend be a safe one, and may you find joy in these strange times.

July 4, 2025
Children and Adolescents • Juvenile Justice • Psychology

1 in 7 American Teenagers Think They’ll Die Young

June 30, 2009
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In a brand new study published in the July issue of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota pediatrics...

Economy • Prison • Prison Policy

Got State Budget Problems? Hey, Just Cut Inmate Food.

June 29, 2009
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For the last month, reports have been drifting in that various states have been trimming their...

American Artists • Arts • Media

Michael Jackson: the News Insanity & the Beauty

June 28, 2009
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Michael Jackson – Black Or White (Official Music Video) – Watch more funny videos...

Arresting Alex Sanchez • Crime and Punishment • Criminal Justice • FBI • Gangs • LAUSD

The Arrest of Alex Sanchez – Part 2

June 25, 2009
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I am still in Washington DC. (I was at Bennington College going through the last ten days of my MFA...

Arresting Alex Sanchez • Crime and Punishment • Criminal Justice • FBI • Gangs • LAUSD

Alex Sanchez Arrested: Dear FBI, WTF???! – UPDATED

June 24, 2009
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NOTE: FOR UPDATES, scroll down My friend, Alex Sanchez, the executive director of Homies Unidos...

Civil Liberties • Courts • Obama • Supreme Court

Forgive Them, William Osborne

June 19, 2009
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No saint, but where’s the harm in a DNA test? Anyone with a trace of commonsense and...

Life and Life Only • Writers and Writing

Blog Weirdness…. All is Fixed

June 17, 2009
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For those of you who might have had the unfortunate experience of logging into WitnessLA today...

Future of Journalism • Government • Transportation

Calling on Arianna and Co. to Do Their Part for California

June 17, 2009
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Where’s Sacramento? Who cares? You’d find better ideas for solving the budget mess on...

Civil Liberties

JPL Scientists Haven’t Landed a Lasting Victory

June 16, 2009
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Kozinski’s questions aren’t going away The feds’, in their anti-terror fervor...

ACLU • Bill Bratton • Civil Liberties

A Deal Any Chief Could Endorse

June 15, 2009
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The rowdy Lakers fans who rampaged through the streets around Staples Center on Sunday night...

California Supreme Court • Los Angeles Times

Til Cowardly Ruling Do We Part

June 14, 2009
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Should voters toss the chief justice in 2010? It doesn’t take a legal scholar to point out...

Environment • Government • Health Care • Journalism • Los Angeles Times • Transportation

Driven (Partly) Sane by Congestion Pricing

June 12, 2009
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Ugly Secret: They never were free If it were up to me, trucks and solo drivers would be banned from...

Writers and Writing

The Bad News & the Good News

June 11, 2009
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The bad news (for me) is that I’m stuck at the Detroit airport (Don’t ask. Suffice it...

Education • Writers and Writing

As Layoffs Loom, the Power of Kids and Written Words Bloom

June 10, 2009
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The hunger-striking LAUSD teachers are in their second week. They still hope to shame or persuade...

Free Speech • LGBTQ • Media

KRXQ Gets the Message—After Sponsors Pull Support

June 9, 2009
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Complaints poured in to KRXQ, after radio hosts for the Sacramento-based radio station, Arnie...

Media

Jon Stewart on the Media (and Stephen Colbert in Iraq)

June 9, 2009
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These clips from the Daily Show need little comment. The first one is from June 3, the second two...

California Budget • Economy

Social Justice Shorts

June 8, 2009
32 Comments

GO, LAKERS!!! (Okay. Now down to...

LAPD

Dear DOJ, We Want Our Police Department Back

June 5, 2009
19 Comments

It has been over eight years since the Department of Justice forced talked the Los Angeles Police...

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