I was raised to be an independent woman, not the victim of anything.

These days, children can text on their cell phone all night long, and no one else is seeing that phone. You don't know who is calling that child.

We need to incorporate that age-old concept of redemption into the work that we do in the criminal justice system in California.

I've had the good fortune and blessing to run for the offices for which I really wanted to do the work.

I want to use my position of leadership to help move along at a faster pace what I believe and know the Obama administration wants to do around the urgency of climate change.

Mitt Romney subscribes to the cynical logic that says the American dream belongs to some of us but not all of us.

Generally speaking, the public appetite for criminal justice policy is just tough talk.