Visualizing California’s Prison Boom
Scroll through the visualization below to get a sense of just how much the prison and parole populations has changed in the last 35 years.
Produced by Luke Whyte; Voices of Justice
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Lesson Plan: An Educator's Guide to Teaching Gun Control Issues
As part of a collaboration with the National Writing Project, this is the first in a series of teacher-created educator guides on key topical issues. Written by two NWP-affiliated high school English and media arts teachers – Kirsten Spall of … Read More
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Lesson Plan: An Educator's Guide to Teaching Gun Control Issues
As part of a collaboration with the National Writing Project, this is the first in a series of teacher-created educator guides on key topical issues. Written by two NWP-affiliated high school English and media arts teachers – Kirsten Spall of … Read More
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Lesson Plan: An Educator's Guide to Teaching Gun Control Issues
As part of a collaboration with the National Writing Project, this is the first in a series of teacher-created educator guides on key topical issues. Written by two NWP-affiliated high school English and media arts teachers – Kirsten Spall of … Read More
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How Did Prop. 8 Get to the Supreme Court? Tracking the Winding Path of Justice
n March 26, the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments on the constitutionality of Proposition 8, California’s same-sex marriage ban. Since voters approved the measure in 2008, there has been a dizzying string of state and federal court cases and … Read More
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Lesson Plan: An Educator's Guide to Teaching Gun Control Issues
As part of a collaboration with the National Writing Project, this is the first in a series of teacher-created educator guides on key topical issues. Written by two NWP-affiliated high school English and media arts teachers – Kirsten Spall of … Read More
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Following the Money: Who's Paying for the Propositions?
ndividuals and organizations are spending millions in this election to win support for, or to defeat, a variety of propositions on California’s ballot. Anyone who’s watched even a smidgen of TV in the last two months can attest to the … Read More
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