Month May 2005

The Schwarzenegger administration is poised to profoundly transform how California treats its most troubled young lawbreakers, replacing a prison culture of punishment and control with one anchored in group therapy, self-discipline and preparation for life outside. Schwarzenegger is indeed reforming…

Europe’s rules forcing U.S. firms to clean up. Unwilling to surrender sales, companies struggle to meet the EU’s tough stand on toxics.

City Council receives death threats for opposing racist group The city of Baldwin Park has a monument at a MetroLink stop honoring Mexican culture, not surprising for a heavily Latino city. The Save Our State organization, a new anti-immigration group…

“I asked a man in prison once how he happened to be there and he said he had stolen a pair of shoes. I told him if he had stolen a railroad he would be a United States Senator.” –…

Venezuela asked the United States on Friday to extradite a Cuban exile and former CIA collaborator for his suspected involvement in the downing of a Cuban airliner in a case that tests the U.S. commitment to combat all forms of…