Okay, now that I have your attention…. I’m on a book-related deadline until Thursday...
Gangs and the Terrible Politics of Snitching
Agustine Lizama and his long-time girlfriend On Sunday, the New York Times ran an interesting and...
NOT AGAIN! The Governator Vetoes the Prison Sunshine Bill
Corcoran State Prison Honestly, there is no excuse for this action. None. Zero. Zip. Late...
Kevin Roderick on Blogging Theresa Duncan
Jeremy and Theresa photo by Bret of Yo Venice News of the sorrow-producing deaths of blogger...
The Supremes….and Buyers’ Remorse
Someone might have done well to have reminded Arlen Specter a year or two ago that certain items...
New LAPD Union Head
Baker….and new guy, Sands The word just went out mid day on Thursday that Bob Baker, the...
The Return of Alan M, the Hinchey Amendment, a Ploy to Cripple Charter Schools, and other Thursday News
Furious local constituent expresses self 1. THE GOOD NEWS AND THE BAD NEWS about our treasured pal...
The Supremes, Schools and Consequences
It still remains to be seen what the fallout will be from the twin Supreme Court decisions known...
Feds launch Dispensary Raids Just After LA City Council Passes Preliminary Med Pot Vote – UPDATED
This morning, City Councilman and former cop, Dennis Zine held a press conference prior to...
Will Judges Finally Put a Lid on California Prisons?
Folsom Prison Federal Judges Thelton E. Henderson and Lawrence K. Karlton have absolutely HAD IT...
Green Dot – the East Coast Take
Graduate and family from Green Dot’s Animo Inglewood High School, where 80 percent of the...
Prison Town USA – UPDATED
“In the 1990s, at the height of the prison-building boom, a prison opened in rural America...
The DEA versus Los Angeles: The Politics of Medical Marijuana
A medical marijuana collective on Ventura Blvd. still stays open In 1996, Proposition 215, the...
Theresa Duncan was 40….A Talent Removed
Much is being written about the suicide of multi-talented Venice filmmaker, writer, and blogger...
Genarlow Wilson Update….and Other Social Justice News
IN THE ONGOING GENARLOW WILSON CASE, the Georgia Supremes heard argument for and against...
Border Justice? How ‘Bout Justice…Period???
Shadow Wolf customs agents with drugs seized at another US border In case you haven’t heard...
IX-NAY on the eckham-Bays – Plumbing the Depths of Shallowness
Okay, this is obviously not a social issue, per se, but when the LA Times does a brief 235-word...
How NOT to Solve the Gang Problem
photo by Joseph Rodriguez Yesterday the Washington D.C. based think tank, the Justice Policy...