There has been an ongoing flood of response to Mario’s story, the documentary film on...
Social Justice Shorts: Striking kids….and Other Broken Systems
CALIFORNIA SUPREMES DECIDE WHETHER JUVENILES CAN GET “STRIKES.” Today, the California...
When is Losing Your Insurance is a Death Sentence?
As another 663,000 people entered the realm of the unemployed last month bringing the national...
“We Deserve Our Lives Back”
Doug Berman’s Sentencing, Law and Policy tipped me to the website for this new non-profit...
USC Hit & Run Suspect Caught: She Is a Mother
As you probably know by now, the police have arrested the suspected driver of the hit and run...
Charters Lead LA in State Picks 4 “Distinguished” Schools
NOTE: Arrrggghhh. The lack of a post this morning was pure idiocy on my part. I wrote this story...
The Rape Kit Problem – UPDATED
In a report issued on Monday, Human Rights Watch released a 68-page report that detailed the ...
Social Justice Shorts: Cops, Pink Slips & the 1st Amendment
NOTE: I PUT THIS UP EARLY THIS MORNING, BUT THEN MANAGED TO DISAPPEAR IT. (SIGH.) OH WELL...
The USC Hit and Run…. Sorrow and a Search
The grief-stricken woman above is Carmen Bachan, the mother of a lovely USC student, 18-year-old...
What Mario Rocha’s Story Really Means
(NOTE: FOR RECENT UPDATES on Mario’s life, click...
The Breathtaking Courage of Senator Jim Webb
Over the weekend, I finally read the stunning speech—remarkably for its political...
Commentary on Solitary
I see that the New Yorker article by surgeon/author/professor Atul Gawande about the...
LAPD and the LA Times Discover Parole Reform
LA Times columnist Sandy Banks, whom I like personally, and whose writing I generally value and...
You Know the Economy is Bad When…..
As I was returning from an idyllic outdoor birthday brunch for a friend early on Sunday afternoon...
Simon Johnson & the American Oligarchs
In May’s Atlantic Monthly, there is a scary but very convincing article called The Quiet...
Does LAUSD Have a Money Pit?
The Los Angeles Unified School District needs to cut $718 million out of its budget. This is why...
THURSDAY: Social Justice Shorts
SHOULD THE RULES BE CHANGED SO LAPD CHIEF BILL BRATTON CAN SERVE A 3RD TERM? Hmmmm. Yeah. ...
LAUSD Teacher Layoffs: Pink Slips and Bad Math
When I teach at either USC or UC Irvine, class size is a big deal. In the workshops I teach at...