If someone hasn’t already grabbed you and insisted that you must stop everything and read...
Buried Alive: Is Solitary Confinement Torture?
In next week’s New Yorker, Dr. Atul Gawande, Harvard professor and surgeon at the...
Today’s State Senate Election Coverage?….Ask a Student
If you’re looking for coverage of today’s election for Mark Ridley Thomas’ Senate...
MONDAY: Social Justice Shorts
PRISON INMATES WORRIED ABOUT THE ECONOMIC CRISIS TOO—-AND FOR GOOD REASON A column in the...
Blue Grief: 3 Oakland Officers Killed, 1 Gravely Wounded – UDATED
UPDATE: As most of you know by now, the fourth officer has died. Here’s the link to the...
Jerry Brown & Whistleblowers Say the Nation’s Biggest Diagnostic Lab Defrauded California for Big $$$
I’m in the middle of a several crazed project deadlines, and I realize that most news is...
Richardson Takes a Citizen Poll & Repeals NM Death Penalty
On Wednesday afternoon, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson signed a bill— passed last Friday...
Social Justice Shorts
FACING LIFE WITHOUT…..FOR KIDS In 2008, the U.S. became the sole country in the world that...
Sara Jane Olson and 2 Systems of Justice
Former Symbionese Liberation Army member Sarah Jane Olson was paroled today, Tuesday, and, despite...
The LA County Sups Approve $500K Jail OverCrowding Study
Monday the Los Angeles County Supervisors voted to allocate a maximum of $500 grand to conduct a...
Social Justice Shorts: News About the News
NEWSPAPERS AND THINKING THE UNTHINKABLE I realize I often put up multiple posts that are labeled...
A.I.G: Part Trois – Paying Off the Gamblers
It just keeps getting worse. If you’ll remember, Sunday night, as we all had our hair on...
Mario Rocha’s Story on Showtime
Last October, I wrote about the story of 29-year-old Mario Rocha when the murder case against him...
AIG and California
More on AIG, but this involves California cities and California tax money. First here are some...
Mary Ridgway: Queen of Eastside Probation
I have an Op Ed remembrance of my friend LA County Supervising Deputy Probation Officer Mary...
A.I.G…… W.T.F.???? UPDATED
UPDATE: Fareed Zacharia’s Sunday afternoon interview with former Treasury Secretary Paul...
Will California Fix Foster Care?
Thank you to the LA Times and the SF Chron for their editorials supporting the bill, AB12, which...
Bernie Goes to Jail: It’s About Bloody Time!
When I’ve seen family men lose their jobs and all of their savings when they are unable to...