More Known Unknowns: Where’s COVID-19 Data on County Jails?
Today we learned that there are outbreaks at jails in San Bernardino and Riverside counties, and these have been tied to surges in the community. There is no sign of
From the CDCR Tracking Tool: New Outbreaks to Watch and New Questions to Ask
Reports that say that something hasn’t happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know
COVID-19 Ravages Susanville Prisons, Spikes in Lassen County a Few Days Later
Yesterday’s horror show–the botched Chino transfer, a dramatic (who knows how dramatic with 35% testing?) rise in infections in San Quentin, subsequent (who knows if consequent?) spikes in the surrounding
COVID-19 Tears Through San Quentin
A tragedy is playing out in California’s theatre of the absurd, San Quentin Death Row. For the last few days, advocates have watched in horror as COVID-19 ravaged through the
Sorry, Prisoners, the IRS Wants Your Stimulus Checks Back
The news these days, especially from prisons, are so outrageous they far outdo anything one could invent. Take this astounding story from CorrectionsOne: Hundreds of thousands of dollars in coronavirus
Collard Greens with Tofu
This recipe is a very liberal adaptation of several recipes in Richa Hingle’s wonderful Vegan Richa’s Indian Kitchen. I’m serving it with quinoa and with a thickened version of this
Curried lentil-carrot-coconut-tomato-ginger-turmeric soup
This morning called for a bowl of warming soup and for deepening my joy about my newly arranged spice rack. I couldn’t decide whether I wanted lentil, carrot, or tomato
My Years as a Legal Alien
The Trump Administration’s erratic response to the coronavirus has mindlessly pivoted between posing as if the virus does not exist, is a hoax, etc., and taking absurd measures against a
Stretching Compassion to Difficult People: Is Abolitionism Only for People “We” Like?
Fifteen years ago, the LGBTQ community in Israel was reeling from a vicious stabbing attack by Yishai Schlissel, an Ultraorthodox Jewish man, at the Gay Pride in Jerusalem, which claimed
The New Salem
Many years after writing his play The Crucible, Arthur Miller reflected in the New Yorker: In any play, however trivial, there has to be a still point of moral reference