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LAUSD’S Pricey Arts Palace
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If Gang Violence is a Disease…. What is the Cure?
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Wright and the Responsibility of the Media
Often Jon Stewart gets it right. Last night he got it very right. Unlike every other news outlet...
Killing Wolves
I’ve been monitoring this issue with a sinking heart. And now it appears that worst fears...
The Drug War’s War on Students
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Sigmund Freud….. Meet Jeremiah Wright – UPDATED X 2
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Real World Questions, Please
In yesterday’s New York Times Elizabeth Edwards slapped the media upside the head for its...
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El Lay Celebrates Books – And LA Writers Do Radio
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The *Real* Wire: Life Imitates Art in Baltimore’s Shadow World
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