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NEW!! Sign this petition for Michael DiVicino: http://www.petitionbuzz.com/petitions/free-Michael-divicino

Read my recent letter to the governor of California: Michael DiVicino

Background variables such as race and family income/education predicts who graduates from college. This is a good read: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/18/magazine/who-gets-to-graduate.html

Study makes reference to the correlation between religious belief and various measures of social dysfunction including homicides, the proportion of people incarcerated, infant mortality, sexually transmitted diseases, teenage births, abortions, corruption, income inequality, etc. Religion’s Smart People Problem: The Shaky Intellectual Foundation for Belief

Los Angeles Times Special on the Wrongfully Convicted: http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-exoneree-national-20141220-story.html#page=1

A must see - Why Washington is corrupt. http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/07/opinion/lessig-washington-corruption/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

Crime Mapping in Los Angeles: http://projects.latimes.com/mapping-la/crime/

Within South L.A.'s killing zone, a haven from violence

See also this interactive map of homicides: http://projects.latimes.com/homicide-report/blog/page/1/

Update: LA Homicide: South Vermont Avenue: L.A. County’s ‘death alley’

In the News

NEW!! Life in Prison for Selling $20 of Weed

NEW!! John Legend was correct: there are more black men in prison than slaves: http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2015/feb/22/what-john-legend-said-about-slavery-oscars/

NEW!! Jails Have Become Warehouses for the Poor, Ill and Addicted, a Report Says

NEW!! 8 Logical Fallacies That Fuel Anti-Science Sentiments

NEW!! History of Lynchings in the South Documents Nearly 4,000 Names

NEW!! 3 sentenced to prison in slaying of black man in Mississippi

NEW!! Ferguson sued over alleged modern-day debtors’ prison

What You Absolutely Must Understand About How Poverty Impacts Education

The Relevance of "Selma": Four Ways Republicans Are Trying to Take Us Back to the Jim Crow Era

Outrageous!!! Outrage after south Florida police use black mugshots as targets

Youth under arrest helps save life of officer booking him: http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/14/us/florida-defendant-saves-officer/index.html

WTF!!! New Bill Would Make Wearing Hoodies A Crime

Two new reports on private prisons:

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/08/03/627471/private-prisons-spend-45-million-on-lobbying-rake-in-51-billion-for-immigrant-detention-alone/; http://www.alternet.org/chris-hedges-how-some-prisoners-are-americas-most-exploited-workers

NEW!! The Crime of Poverty: 'Some Sort of Hell': How One of the Wealthiest Cities in America Treats Its Homeless

So what else is new? Sharp Racial Divisions in Reactions to Brown, Garner Decisions

Black Female Victims Ignored by Media

30 of the Most Violent Exhortations from the Bible, Torah and Quran

The Ten Commandments had no influence on American law: 5 Things the Religious Right Needs to Learn About the 10 Commandments

Someone quoted Anatole France: Equality before the law doesn’t mean justice will be done

The Central Park Five's Long Legal Nightmare Ends As Judge Approves $41 Million Settlement

Justice Department to investigate Ferguson Police Department

Scientists Discover the Fascinating Psychological Reason Why Conservatives Are…Conservative

A Former Marine Explains All the Weapons of War Being Used by Police in Ferguson

Ferguson Shooting - a collection of news stories

Street interviews in Ferguson revealing - watch video:

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/25785-ferguson-police-profiling-of-blacks-a-major-funding-source-for-city-budget

John Oliver's Brilliant Rant on Why Police Must Have Their Military 'Toys' Taken Away

http://www.alternet.org/print/video/video-john-olivers-brilliant-rant-why-police-must-have-their-military-toys-taken-away

Commentary on the Supreme Court Case continues:

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/04/04

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/04/john-roberts-campaign-finance_n_5086235.html

http://www.demos.org/publication/mccutcheon-money-projected-impact-striking-aggregate-contribution-limits

http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/mccutcheon_opens_floodgates_for_1_percent_to_spend_millions_20140403

A rather shocking video! http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/26/no-charges-for-michigan-cops-who-fatally-shot-homeless-man-11-times-over-stolen-coffee/

Two new commentaries by Mike Males addresses myths about kids:

Only Certain Young Victims Matter; Millions of new dollars to fight Chicago "youth violence" -- but no new ideas

6 Companies That Make Their Money Ensnaring People In Our Prison System

An Update: Remains of 55 bodies found near former Florida reform school (for previous stories about this click on "Delinquency and Juvenile Justice" (above left corner of page) and scroll down.

How Private Probation Companies Make Money From the Americans They Trap in the Criminal Justice System

Excellent piece my Mike Males: CNN, “Experts” Reiterate the Press’s Ethic: It’s OK to Lie about Kids

Study shows increase in religious-related violence

Walking While Black - Basketball players again!

Half of all black men arrested, study shows: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/06/half-of-blacks-arrested-23_n_4549620.html

Standing While Black: 3 Black Students Arrested for Waiting for School Bus

16-Year-Old Jailed at Rikers for 3 Years Without Trial

Two Poverty Related Items addresses big myths about the Poor

Paul Krugman: A War on the Poor

Dave Johnson: Six Myths About Food Stamps

The Public Health Cost of Gun Violence

Use of tough federal sentencing laws varies widely nationwide