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#DangerousJails

A new deadly year begins in LA County’s Jails

January 14, 2026
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December 31, 2025
Prison Policy

The Menendez Brothers, Part 3: the Myth of the Model Inmate

December 30, 2025
Prison Policy

The Menendez Brothers, Part 2: How discipline plays an outsized role in CA parole decisions

December 30, 2025
Prison Policy

What the Menendez Brothers Parole hearings tell us about prison discipline, Part 1

December 29, 2025
#NoSafePlace

Is LA County’s women’s jail still an unsafe place for women to be? A new lawsuit says YES

December 28, 2025
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...

Uncategorized

May It Be Good

April 12, 2009
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The now traditional floating bunny. xo: C.

Social Justice Shorts

Social Justice Shorts

April 10, 2009
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TIME MAGAZINE TELLS CRITICS OF LA TIMES FRONT PAGE ADVER-NEWSI-TISEMENT TO GET A GRIP James...

Education • LAUSD

LAUSD’s Biggest Public Works Project in U.S. History?

April 9, 2009
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During this season of fiscal blood-letting and drastic budget slashing, KCET’s SoCal...

Crime and Punishment • Gangs • Los Angeles Times

2 Dead Teenagers…USC Reporters Insist the Murders Matter

April 9, 2009
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At around 3:30 in the afternoon on March 13, two Franklin High School students—a 15 and a 16...

Economy

Elizabeth (Warren) Explains It All

April 8, 2009
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name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> In the past few months, Elizabeth Warren has become one of my...

Crime and Punishment • LAPD

Anthony Razo: The Bad Cop

April 8, 2009
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(SEE NEW NOTE AT BOTTOM OF...

Media

AP Planning to Start Suing Aggregators?

April 7, 2009
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At AP’s annual meeting on Monday, AP Board Chairman Dean Singleton said, in so many words...

Crime and Punishment • Criminal Justice

“California is going no place in terms of changing our laws”

April 7, 2009
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In a well-reported story, the AP’s Deborah Hastings finds that “States pull back after...

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