This month three former Santa Clara County Correctional Officers were sentenced to 15 years to life for the murder of Michael Tyree, a 31 year old man who was beaten to death by them while in custody. The following letter by Michael's sister Shannon was read out loud at the sentencing hearing. Shannon shares her brother' story, from the time when she was changing his diapers to when she first got the call about his passing.

In hopes that no family has to endure the pain of losing a loved one to police again, Jacob Dominguez's family allowed us to share pictures from his funeral and the four month anniversary of his death.

A young writer invites us to follow Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s strategies of nonviolence resistance to racism in our efforts to seek justice today.

Journalism is the business of writing the first rough draft of history writes a young journalist after watching the movie, "The Post." She calls on the youth of today to remember that only the public has the real power to make change.

Sajid Khan is an attorney and author who fights for the ending of mass incarceration. He shares how a hard candy helped him save his client from hard time.

A commentary on the detrimental effects a local rule prohibiting officers from associating with known felons while off duty, and the potential in not categorizing former offenders by the worst things they've ever done.

Golden Gloves in San Jose has been a family centered gym for over 35 years. One focus of their gym is training youth. In this series introduction get a glimpse of the impact the gym is making & what the youth love about boxing and Golden Gloves.

Prisoners United in Glenn Dyer Detention Center in Alameda County went on hunger strike back in October in protest of jail conditions, including indefinite solitary confinement. Here's an update from them and why they restarted a ten day hunger strike Dec. 1st.

Sajid Khan is an attorney and author who fights for the ending of mass incarceration. So what would he advocate for if someone broke into his car and took his stuff? Well...

In the ongoing effort to ban tasers from Santa Clara County Jails, a new report by Reuters further demonstrates that the Taser is a deadly weapon and cities and loved ones are left paying the costs of unintended deaths. The Coalition for Justice and Accountability wrote a letter to the Board of Supervisors with the new information and repeats that tasers have no place in our jails.

What started as a fascination for shoes led to an obsession with all the latest fashions. But, ultimately ended in the realization of an unsatisfying superficial endeavor. On the biggest shopping weekend of the year, the author writes that pursuing natural passions is the road to worthwhile self discovery.

A summary of the renter protections defended by the Silicon Valley Renters' Rights Coalition in the last contentious city vote and what's still ahead in the fight to make the lives of the most vulnerable renters more stable.

Eric Pritchard spent 21 years in the California Prison System. Near his 30th birthday he began to change the course of his life and thanks to a movement to reduce incarceration Eric can look back on one year since having walked out of prison and towards his greatness.

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, co-conspirators of the Dance of Peace lead the light of peace at the Bell Ringing Ceremony for Armistice Day.

When our unhoused LGBTQ folks prefer to brave it on the streets rather than inside the scarce available facilities, we have to listen up. As the county moves forward with the first emergency shelter for LGBTQ folks this winter, we are all being asked to support the fight for a safe space with humane care that allows all people to simply be who they are. A shelter is a first step.

A fearless mom remembers her son and the impact he had on their family and everyone he touched. He is missed and his loved ones are working to expose the truth of his unnecessary death at the hands of SJPD in 2015.

Jacob Dominguez's family and friends gathered for a prayer vigil and march to city hall to remember their loved one on what would have been his 34th birthday. Jacob was the 8th person killed by SJPD this year, he was unarmed.

A DACA recipient expresses concern that current legislative fixes to respond to immigration enforcement are only protecting selected community members. The irony, Chavez writes, is while trying to respond to Trump’s divisive politics, many in the immigrant rights movement have condoned the “good v. bad” immigrant rhetoric through divisive legislation.

An update on the victorious hunger strike by Prisoners United of Silicon Valley.

After a year of suspending a hunger strike, Prisoners United inside Santa Clara County Jails will restart their peaceful protest to demand humane treatment in the jails.