Have you heard the term “Cap and Trade,” but not been quite sure what it means?
Or maybe you know what it is, but can’t make heads or tails of all the double-talk in Congress and the mainstream media?
Good news: there’s a helpful and fun new video called “The… Read more
In a surprise to no one, federal judges blasted California officials for the state’s half-hearted plan to relieve prison overcrowding. California’s prisons are so bloated that prisoners are dying from medical neglect.
These are the same prisons facing a $1.2 billion cut from an astronomic budget… Read more
Last Saturday a young woman lost her ability to trust in her community. At least 20 of her peers, all young men, watched as she was brutally raped and beat after her high school homecoming dance. Some present even used their cameras phones to document their savage attempt to steal… Read more
Van Jones sent this message out to friends and supporters on Tuesday, Sept. 15.
Dear Friends:
My family and I want to thank everyone for the outpouring of love and support that we have received over the past week or so. I resigned from the White House on
During this deep economic and ecological crisis, we must protect California’s most vulnerable communities. Nidia Bautista from the Coalition for Clean Air discusses how we can do this through the creation of a Community Benefits Fund. This fund will be created by AB 1405, one of our Green… Read more
While most Americans would now agree that climate change is real, a new report by the USC Program for Environmental and Regional Equity and UC Berkeley’s College of Natural Resources uncovers what researchers call a “climate gap” or hidden pattern revealing that poor people and people of color… Read more
Newsweek.com recently interviewed Ella Baker Center co-founder Van Jones, who is now President Obama’s “green jobs advisor” in the White House. Van gives some of the best answers anyone could give to some of today’s toughest questions on green jobs and the economic stimulus.
The New York Times published an editorial today (“12 and In Prison”) challenging the practice of sentencing children as young as twelve in adult court.
Referring to Justice Kennedy’s 2005 majority opinion that children are ineligible for sentences of death, the editorial praises the Supreme… Read more
The drive to Preston wasn’t completely unfamiliar to us. I had driven there once before in 2007 for a tour and Kevin had done outreach at the prison in the past. As we were driving, I thought about all of the family members who drove these same highways and roads—every… Read more
The average family travels three hours each way to get to the Preston Youth Correctional Facility. It took us two hours from our office in Oakland. When we arrived, Jennifer and I were treated to what has become a typical experience for families visiting Preston—an exhaustive (and intimidating) search of… Read more