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

August 7, 2025
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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
Los Angeles Times • Los Angeles Writers • Writers and Writing

LA Times Festival of Books Weekend!

April 24, 2009
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I realize that some people who live in the greater LA area think it’s just fine to do things...

Economy • Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (Jerry)

Jerry Brown Sues Badly Behaving Banks for $1.5

April 23, 2009
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Okay here’s the full story I mentioned earlier in brief. California Attorney General Jerry...

War on Drugs

Maybe “National Crack the Crack Day” Instead?

April 23, 2009
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Okay, yes, yesterday was Earth Day. But I’m sure you’ll be happy to know, that today...

Civil Liberties

Lies About Torture: Abu Zubaydah’s Interrogator Breaks Silence

April 23, 2009
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Ali Soufan was an FBI supervisory special agent from 1997 to 2005 and, together with another FBI...

Social Justice Shorts

Social Justice Shorts

April 23, 2009
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JERRY BROWN SUES A BAD BANK 4 DOING BAD THINGS Attorney General Edmund G. Brown, Jr. will hold a...

American Voices • Jail • LASD

DANGEROUS JAILS – PART 3: Common Sense Wanted

April 22, 2009
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Last week I got a call from an inmate who is presently incarcerated at Men’s Central...

Foster Care

DCFS….Dangerous 2 Kids?

April 21, 2009
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The LA Times reports today that records acquired by reporters Garrett Therolf and Kim Christensen...

ACLU • Civil Liberties

Federal Judge Tells FBI to Fork Over Files on Local Muslim Groups

April 21, 2009
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Monday afternoon, federal judge Cormac J. Carney decided he had completely had enough with the...

Los Angeles Times • Media • Writers and Writing

LA Times 2008 Pulitzer Picks and Other Worthy Winners

April 21, 2009
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LA Times reporters Bettina Boxall and Julie Cart won a well-deserved Pulitzer for their excellent...

Economy • Social Justice Shorts

Social Justice Shorts

April 20, 2009
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THE SUPREMES, THE SCHOOL, THE STRIP SEARCH AND THE TEENAGER On Tuesday the US Supreme Court will...

Civil Liberties • LGBTQ • Life and Life Only

Gay Marriage as a Wedge Issue: Bigotry Hits a Tipping Point

April 19, 2009
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name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c The...

Future of Journalism

FUTURE OF JOURNALISM: Where Blogs Get Their Links

April 17, 2009
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Yesterday, the Daily Kos put up a fascinating bit of data collection that quantified where their...

LA County Jail • LASD

DANGEROUS JAILS – PART 2: The Death of the Mamma’s Boy

April 16, 2009
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NOTE: 2ND OF 2 PARTS. READ PART 1...

Antonio Villaraigosa • City Government • Families

The Bomb Inside the State of the City Speech

April 15, 2009
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Embedded in the middle of the mayor’s S.O.C. speech, there was one innocent sounding...

ACLU • LA County Jail

DANGEROUS JAILS – PART 1: Should We Close CJ?

April 15, 2009
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On March 30, a 22-year-old man named John Horton was found hanging from a noose in his cell in...

Antonio Villaraigosa • Charter Schools • City Government • Elections

The Mayor’s State of the City Speech – The Education Take

April 15, 2009
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Okay, he gave it. It was pretty good. Antonio can be quite moving when he puts in the effort. ...

Immigration & Justice • LAPD • LAUSD • Police • Social Justice Shorts

Social Justice Shorts

April 14, 2009
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name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> WHAT IS BERNIE PARKS THINKING??? City Council Member Bernard...

Crime and Punishment • Education • Juvenile Justice

Is LAUSD’s Cortines in Favor of Criminalizing Kids for Sexting?

April 13, 2009
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So it seems. LAUSD Superintendent Ray Cortines thinks that school kids caught...

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