Tamar Birckhead reflects on representing the shoe bomber and, now, on helping those who represent the Boston bomb suspect.
The Disposability of Black Men
February 2, 2013 By 66 Comments
Black men are brutally murdered and systematically incarcerated. Is this genocide?
“The End of Fatherhood Means the End of Civilized Society”
January 9, 2013 By 23 Comments
No other quote on fatherhood has stuck with me quite like this one.
Caught in the Crossfire: A Pulitzer Prize & Emmy Award-Winning Presentation
November 28, 2012 By Leave a Comment
LA Times editors told Barbara Davidson that “Gang violence isn’t news – it happens all the time.” She responded the only way she knows how.
America’s Death Penalty: A Story of Innocence & Ignorance
November 6, 2012 By 1 Comment
The point to this thing, if there is one, is dulled and should be discarded
Incarcerated Youth Write the Stories of Their Lives
October 18, 2012 By 3 Comments
A writing and mentoring program in Los Angeles for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated youth is changing their lives from the inside out.
People Kill People. Okay, But Why?
October 6, 2012 By 17 Comments
Cameron Conaway goes beyond the clichés to discover why we gun each other down.
Prison Rape: An Injustice Happening Inside our Criminal Justice System
May 27, 2012 By 4 Comments
Prison rape is not a joke. We lock-up non-violent offenders in places where they then have violence happen to them.
Guestpost #74: Amanda Petryschuk – Ten things I’ve learned from being a witness in the Superior Court of Canada
November 12, 2011 By 7 Comments
Bio: Amanda Petryschuk is a Toronto improviser and secretary with a colourful past. This past led to the experience referred to here. You can follow her on Twitter or catch her around Toronto performing with Impatient Theatre Co. and other improv groups like POMP. You can buy her a drink and pick her brain about [...]
“I’m happy I have a wife, and having two people both contributing across the board goes a long way.”
This is a comment by Lars Fisher on the post “I’d Benefit From a Traditional Wife”.