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Ever since Barack Obama identified empathy as one of the qualities essential for his Supreme Court...
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Joanna, Damon and Bryan: Portraits of Three Locke Students
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Cell Phones in Prison – UPDATED
There is a new bill that will come to the California Senate floor for discussion either today or...
California’s College Education Gap….Widening
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Filling the News Gap: USC and Crenshaw H.S. Report South LA
As newspapers continue to ax more reporters, producing ever larger gaps in local news coverage, ...
Could There Really Be a Green Dot America?
The May 11 New Yorker Magazine has a profile of Steve Barr and his Green Dot Charter...
The Impossibility of Firing Lousy Schoolteachers – UPDATED
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Swine Flu Emergency in California Prisons???! (Or Maybe Not.)
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RAPE, TORTURE…AND ISOLATION
I’m neck deep in writing and student paper correcting, but here are some quick things to draw...
“They Tormented a Clerk” – UPDATED
If you read between the lines of Barack Obama’s answer to Jake Tapper’s question about...
Scenes From Saturday Night With Homeboy Industries
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Jerry Gets Jacked (But Has A Soundtrack For It.)
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Cliff May, Jon Stewart & Torture
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Seattle Blogger Wins $225K over Public Records Lagging
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9th Circuit Tells DOJ “Secrets” Claim Not Good Enough
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Social Justice Shorts
THE LA TIMES PULLS PLUG ON PRINTING THE NATION’S BIGGEST NON-PROFIT TEEN NEWSPAPER LA...