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...
The Bailout Blues: Rolling Stone Explains It All
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...