Donny Lumpkins, Richmond Pulse - SV De-Bug - April 12, 2018 There are two different kinds of love. The first kind is impulsive, tumultuous, and since it makes you do irrational things, is best experienced young when your concept of love is still squishy and new. Still flexible enough to withstand lasting damage. It’s the stuff of star-crossed lovers, young beautiful dummies with their whole lives left to ruin. The second kind of love is the patience of a loving parent in the

Author and public defender Sajid Khan writes that the killing of Stephon Clark is a lethal reminder of who America values over others.

Celebrating women artists who inpsire. Meet Erika Gomez Henao and Sherisse Gutierrez who are doing powerful work through art. Photographed and interviewed by Vanessa Palafox.

Just ahead of a march for immigrant rights, one of the organizers of San Jose Immigrant Justice March shares what motivated her to respond to the call of "someone needs to do something."

Writers from Andrew Hill High School reflect on recent school shootings and although all said they didn't know about this past weekend's local March for Our Lives protest, more resources would help them be engaged.

In one week during Women's History Month, no less, we saw social media mocking domestic violence result in major losses for Snapchat. This author links protecting online privacy to healthier relationships and asks if we will see thousands break it off with Facebook too?

This Week in Peace chronicles the exciting adventures of San Jose’s own Dancer of Peace, Khalilah Ramirez. Written under divine inspiration, the column contains true stories of peace encounters in your neighborhood. In this edition, Khalilah shares what she observed at a local fundraiser and how we can use those lessons in the same way to attract more of the life we want.

Many times if we aren't in the lives of teenagers we forget that they can be dealing with so much. This young person, shares her fist hand experience with a family member's drug use – what started it and why she hopes others don't fall into the same hole.

In any culture, the most important attribute of the hero was that they looked like the people that they were protecting, writes Corey Murphy on the immeasurable impact a film like "Black Panther" can have on black youth across the globe.

Last month, Stevie Juarez was killed at the hands of the Gilroy Police Department. This past Saturday, his family and community marched through the streets of Gilroy to demand accountability from the police.

San José youth joined a national day of protest to demand that Congress pass a permanent solution to protect immigrant youth. They condemned ICE activity across the Bay Area and called to save TPS.

This Week in Peace chronicles the exciting adventures of San Jose’s own Dancer of Peace, Khalilah Ramirez. Written under divine inspiration, the column contains true stories of peace encounters in your neighborhood. In this edition, Khalilah shares the life of Josephine Baker and her example of pursuing greatness despite a difficult life.

A local San José father of two grapples with the fears he has for his family's future in San José – the fears of being displaced and erased are at his doorstep as the city moves forward with a plan to build a Google Campus for 20,000 employees. He chooses to fight back.

This Lockdown Love Series features the couple who birth Lockdown Love – Joe and Beneé, a San Jose love story. They are a couple who have been holding it down for each other during Joe's years of incarceration. "Joe is my heart," writes Beneé. They allowed us to turn it into a series of reflections by those impacted by the walls of incarceration – our loved ones inside and the families who love them. Joe and Beneé also wanted to let other prison/jail wives know and feel that t

In the wake of the murder of Michael Tyree, who was killed by guards in the jail, a class action lawsuit about conditions, and a hunger strike -- there has been unprecedented scrutiny on the Santa Clara County Jails. The county response has been to build a nicer jail.

The San Francisco Public Defender's Office and Civil Rights Corps recently won an important victory that impacts everyone who is currently incarcerated pretrial, and takes California a step closer to ending money bail. Check out the video and download the motion to demand a bail hearing for someone inside.

In 7th grade this young writer says she became aware of the impossible standards womyn are expected to live up to in social media. She shares the painful experiences of friends and encourages us to recognize the false images and recognize our own true beauty.

What happens when the leadership of a historically working class city like East Palo Alto forgets their own history of resistance? Its people bring it back! While the city has taken measures to clear the streets where entire families lived in RV’s, the residents are fighting back to defend each other.

The sounds and images of the Women's March from coast to coast, in our very own city of San Jose and from the streets of the nation's capitol.

Honoring the sacred and lifting up not only local struggles but international movements is how the women of color contingent rolled into the San Jose's women's march and gave it their own meaning.