On Monday, higher education officials told a legislative committee that the proposed budget cuts...
Social Justice Shorts
HOMEBOY POETS TODAY! At 3 p.m. today, the UCLA School of Public Affairs’ Department of Social...
The Murder of Dr. George Tiller
Wichita, Kansas physician, Dr. George Tiller, was one of the three doctors in the U.S. who...
Dreams From the Monster Factory: Hope for America’s Prisons
The California budget cuts seem to get more draconian hourly. (Do we really think it’s a good...
California on the Chopping Block: Is There A Way Out?
Is it me? Or does Arnold Schwarzenegger sound really vengeful? I get the feeling that, after last...
Jesse James Hollywood
Nine years after the crime, on May 15, the trial finally commenced for SF valley boy and baby thug...
The Iraq War Diaspora Struggles in So Cal
“About 4 million Iraqis, forced to flee their homes after death threats and bombings, have...
Ted, David, Sheila…and Prop 8
The decision has been handed down, the protests have begun, but one surprisingly cool thing has...
Sonia Sotomayor!
AND WHILE WE’RE ON THE SUBJECT OF SUPREME COURTS… ” A rigorous intellect, a...
Prop 8: Waiting for the Supremes – THE DECISION’S IN
UPDATE: THE RULING: PROP. 8 UPHELD Very, very sad. But very expected. COUPLES EXISTING MARRIAGE...
Happy Memorial Day 2009
For our fallen sons and daughters—and for the mothers, fathers, wives, husbands and children...
Is American Idol Braver Than Barack Obama?
a2 fin @ Yahoo! Video When American Idol creator, Simon Fuller, chose the song for finalist Adam...
BREAKING NEWS: STUDENT WALKOUT–SCROLL DOWN
Bill Bratton v. The LA Weekly?
Late yesterday afternoon, I got a note from a couple of staffers at the LA Weekly that read: ...
Student Storm Swirling at Santee? – UPDATED
(SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS MORNING’S BREAKING NEWS UPDATE) Stellar USC grad student, Emily Henry...
Dangerous Jails – Part 6 – What Really Happened to Henry?
When we last left 59-year-old Henry Reid, (the former director of UCLA’s Willed Body Parts...
Maybe California isn’t Ungovernable…Just Ungoverned.
The LA Times columnist Michael Hiltzick has a an angry and interesting column in today’s...
Social Justice Shorts
WILL OBAMA LET TROY DAVIS BE EXECUTED? Tuesday’s London Telegraph says Barack Obama may have...