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Back in the day, a student who broke school rules or otherwise misbehaved would be reprimanded by a teacher or sent to the principal’s office. But today, school administrators are increasingly relying on law enforcement to keep students in line, and the results can be dire.

Like countless other young women, Monica Jones fixed her hair, applied her make-up, put on a dress and set out on foot for an evening at a neighborhood bar in Phoenix. Along the way, Monica, a social work student, attracted the attention of two men in a car. They pulled over, flirted with her and offered her a ride to the bar. She accepted.

By Matt Cagle

The following was first published in the Voice of OC. 

A: I come from a family of immigrants. I was born here but my parents are Sri Lankan Tamils. They came to this country when there was sporadic violence and widespread discrimination against Tamils in Sri Lanka. And when I was 10, the civil war started and most of my extended family left Sri Lanka, and many of them came to live with us for several years.When I was a child, I saw first-hand the pain and the challenges that displacement causes. Some of my cousins came and lived with us for differen

A version of the following blog appeared in the Voice of OC

Death of L.A. teen at hands of cops was caught on tape. But refusal to release video has some questioning policies, use nationwide.

By Jessica Cobb

The growing problem of police violence and public mistrust in law enforcement isn’t a breakdown of policing but of democracy.