Yesterday I complained that the city has not given funds to Homeboy Industries despite the fact ...
Having Coffee and Contemplating. Check Back
I’ll be posting in a little while (before noon). But for the moment I’m enjoying...
Homeboy’s Virtual Carwash……and the Mayor’s Office
name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> Homeboy Industries wants you to get your car...
A Tale of Greenpeace Climbers, Obama & Mount Rushmore
name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> Okay, just a reminder that there are one or two things in the...
Motivating Foster Care Kids to College
Every year around 5,000 kids are emancipated from California’s foster care system. ...
Music and Grace
name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> If you listen to nothing else from the Michael Jackson...
LA Townhall Meeting to Push for a Constitutional Convention
Although there have been certain thoughtful people warning against the idea, the push for a...
Conflicting Stories in OIS Case in Compton
A sixteen-year-old was shot and killed in Compton on Sunday by a Los Angeles sheriff’s...
Bernie Shops For Prisons
I tried to ignore this story yesterday, I really did. But find that I can’t do it. According...
Monday’s Social Justice Shorts
THE INCARCERATION GENERATION According to federal data, on any given day 1.5 million American...
Happy Independence Day!
name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> Me we each renew our commitment to our best aspirations...
Could the City Attorney Keep an Eye On the LAPD?
When newly elected City Attorney Carmen Trutanich was sworn in on Wednesday, one of the more...
Closing the CA State Parks: 3 Reasons Why It Won’t Happen
The now familiar tango continues in the California state capitol in which the governor threatens...
The Arrest of Alex Sanchez: Part 3 – The Bail Hearing
Yesterday, Los Angeles gang intervention leader Alex Sanchez had his bail hearing at the US...
1 in 7 American Teenagers Think They’ll Die Young
In a brand new study published in the July issue of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota pediatrics...
Got State Budget Problems? Hey, Just Cut Inmate Food.
For the last month, reports have been drifting in that various states have been trimming their...
Michael Jackson: the News Insanity & the Beauty
Michael Jackson – Black Or White (Official Music Video) – Watch more funny videos...
The Arrest of Alex Sanchez – Part 2
I am still in Washington DC. (I was at Bennington College going through the last ten days of my MFA...