The United States is incarcerating people at a rate never seen before in our history. The U.S. has...
The County Cops’ Creepy Collaring Contest Caper
And….this week’s silver medal for Olympic class bad judgment by a public servant or...
Death and the 20-Minute Factor
Last Tuesday the Supreme Court agreed to hear Baze v. Reese a case that challenges the...
A New Dose of Hope on Alameda Street – UPDATED
Yesterday at noon, the new Homeboy Industries building officially opened its doors. Hundreds of...
Beating the Drums for a (Non-existant) Race War
I’m finishing up a deadline and away from the computer for most of the day. In the meantime...
The Homeboy Bakery….. Rising from Hope and Ashes
In the late 90’s, the Homeboy Bakery was something of a miracle. It was part of the Homeboy...
Attacking Iran
I’d been hearing for a month now that Sy Hersh had a major piece coming out in the New Yorker...
Sunday Pleasures and Must Reads – UPDATED
THINGS TO DO, READ, LISTEN TO, CONTEMPLATE….ON A SUNNY LATE SEPTEMBER SUNDAY (AND MONDAY) ...
Light Posting….
This weekend there will be light posting only as I’m running off to be on some kind of new...
Charlie Beck’s Enlightened Gang War
Los Angeles has had a big drop in murders this year. LAPD Chief Bill Bratton says that if the ...
FRIDAY’S ISSUE WATCH
Here’s a passel of updates while I work on work on another deadline. Included is the latest...
The Great Prison Book Purge – UPDATED
Earlier this month it came to light that, since June of this year, US Federal prison authorities...
LA Homeboys – Then & Now
Last night I was going through scores of old snapshots for possible use in a new edition of my gang...
The Governator Vs. the Union
In the running of California’s prisons, one would assume that the warden is pretty much the...
The Judge…and the Student…
As we think about what kind of Attorney General Judge Mukasey might make, it is worth reading...
LA’s New (Cough) Schools (Cough, Cough)
Just when I was starting to feel a teensy, weensy bit optimistic that the LAUSD board had finally...
Shocking Children
This month’s Mother Jones Magazine (Sept/Oct) features a cover story by Jennifer Gonnerman...
Streaming to JENA
They came in bus load after bus load from all the states bordering Louisiana, and from states...