Cherelle Posadas was inspired to use her love for hand lettering to lift others up and found a community to do this together through a handmade card project.

Alice Johnson had served over 20 years of a life sentence for a drug offense when she was finally granted her freedom through a clemency. Justine Moore, co-founder of the National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls, writes that Ms. Johnson's freedom should be the first of many other women currently serving life sentences.

In California, the broken bail system has been changed forever after the historic Humphrey decision — a case which cemented the protection that people can not be held in jail just because they can’t afford bail. As the Supreme Court gets ready to review the case, and bail reform bills such as SB10 go through the legislative process — bail hearings centered around the new ruling are happening regularly in courtrooms across the state. Raj Jayadev writes how these “Humphrey hear

With the national outrage over the inhumane practice of separating children from parents at our borders, Public Defender Sajid Khan reminds us that this is not new, but a fundamental part of the mass incarceration of people of color.

A lifelong fan reflects on his newly crowned Golden State Warriors dynasty, will they continue to embody the spirit of the Bay Area Culture?

A lot can happen in two hours... when you are open to the unexpected as the Peace Dancer always is. Read about the latest adventure that took her from Japantown to St Joseph's Cathedral and even to San Pedro square was she was escorted out by security.

Randy writes of the struggles of not knowing his mom until recently because of divorce. It's an experience that nearly half the children across the country share, being raised by only one parent.

Hip Hop MC and social entrepreneur Demone Carter gives tips to making voting a little easier, and says just don't put that much on it.

The recall campaign of Judge Persky has reached a new low say the women fighting what they call a misguided recall effort. The leaders of NoRecall2018 are a group experienced in criminal law and procedure, social justice and advocates for survivors and defenders of women's rights.

Families who lost loved ones to police violence traveled to Sacramento to rally for Senate Bill 1421.

One year after the City of San José entered into exclusive negotiation agreements with Google for a new campus in downtown San José, a Bay Area wide supported effort organized by Serve the People San Jose led a two day march from East San José to Google to deliver the message to halt negotiations.

High Schools in East San Jose are asking for support in the form of a parcel tax that will help those who most need the resources - the students.

Journalist Mark Hedin reports from a press conference where Judge Persky spoke weeks away from the June 5th election.

Proud father, David Madrid, and his daughter Despy Madrid, worked together to write the "Golden Rule"a spoken word piece about anti-bullying after being bullied herself. She also performed it in front of her entire school.

A self made social media phenomenon from Texas, Chingo Bling has built a following that led him to a Netflix special and sold out shows at the San Jose Improv. But don't call him a stand up comedian, he's an ever evolving hustler. Here, Samuel Martinez reviews his new comedy tour.

San Jose youth took the streets on International Workers' Day to defend their neighborhoods and resist displacement.

A poem that reminds us that the mundane is sacred, and the unexpected can remind us of how connected we all are.

Going into Day 9 of the Santa Clara County Inmate Hunger Strike, a member of Prisoners United gives us an update and describes the unbearable conditions that led more than 270 inmates to hunger strike.

In a phone call update from an inmate on strike inside Santa Clara County's Main Jail he describes his condition after 6 days of going without food and names Sheriff Laurie Smith responsible.

Linking the struggles led by Reverend Pinkney against Whirpool in Michigan, this writer describes how the same strategies can be applied to the harmful tech sector at home.