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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
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Federal Judge demonstrates the power of temporary restraining orders when the U.S. Constitution is violated

July 20, 2025
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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
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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...

Crime and Punishment • Criminal Justice • Juvenile Justice

Mario Rocha: A Life Renewed – What is He Doing Now?

April 6, 2009
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There has been an ongoing flood of response to Mario’s story, the documentary film on...

Criminal Justice • Juvenile Justice • LAPD • Law Enforcement • Social Justice Shorts • Writers and Writing

Social Justice Shorts: Striking kids….and Other Broken Systems

April 6, 2009
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CALIFORNIA SUPREMES DECIDE WHETHER JUVENILES CAN GET “STRIKES.” Today, the California...

Economy • Health Care

When is Losing Your Insurance is a Death Sentence?

April 5, 2009
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As another 663,000 people entered the realm of the unemployed last month bringing the national...

Crime and Punishment • Criminal Justice

“We Deserve Our Lives Back”

April 5, 2009
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Doug Berman’s Sentencing, Law and Policy tipped me to the website for this new non-profit...

Campus Violence • Crime and Punishment

USC Hit & Run Suspect Caught: She Is a Mother

April 3, 2009
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As you probably know by now, the police have arrested the suspected driver of the hit and run...

Charter Schools • Education • LAUSD

Charters Lead LA in State Picks 4 “Distinguished” Schools

April 3, 2009
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NOTE: Arrrggghhh. The lack of a post this morning was pure idiocy on my part. I wrote this story...

LAPD • Public Health • Women's Issues

The Rape Kit Problem – UPDATED

April 2, 2009
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In a report issued on Monday, Human Rights Watch released a 68-page report that detailed the ...

Social Justice Shorts

Social Justice Shorts: Cops, Pink Slips & the 1st Amendment

April 1, 2009
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NOTE: I PUT THIS UP EARLY THIS MORNING, BUT THEN MANAGED TO DISAPPEAR IT. (SIGH.) OH WELL...

Criminal Justice • Life and Life Only

The USC Hit and Run…. Sorrow and a Search

March 31, 2009
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The grief-stricken woman above is Carmen Bachan, the mother of a lovely USC student, 18-year-old...

Crime and Punishment • Criminal Justice

What Mario Rocha’s Story Really Means

March 31, 2009
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(NOTE: FOR RECENT UPDATES on Mario’s life, click...

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