Articles Published in July, 2014

Online edition of the commemorative newspaper dedicated to media pioneer, leader, and father Kevin Weston. Layout and design by Josue Rojas.

When taco trucks meets hip hop cyphers, check out a new innovative non-profit trying to keep hip hop on the move with taco truck strategies.

On June 19, 2014, the Ninth Circuit released an opinion in Desertrain v. City of Los Angeles, striking down the City's vehicle dwelling law as unconstitutionally vague. For those who have followed the development of a similar law in Palo Alto over the last couple of years, the Palo Alto ordinance is functionally identical to the Los Angeles law.

Our dear friend Fubu passed away and we will be celebrating his life with multiple events organized during the week, this Wednesday July 9th, 2014 and Friday July 11th 2014. Please come out and celebrate him with us. All the proceeds are going to his family. Please share this event to help spread the word.

Thanks to the Bronx Defenders, the New York Federal Defender's Office, and the New York Federal Criminal Defense Bar for inviting De-Bug to come out and share our Albert Cobarrubias Justice Project model of organizing and our social biography video concept. Looking forward to building across the coasts to transform the courts!

Our DCP youth write on their experience riding the busy bus all around San Jose. These writings are part of a running workshop series. Feel free to comment, and workshop facilitators will share with authors.

When Charles Fowler, Yerba Buena High School teacher spent money on his students for class projects they wanted to work on, he didn't care so much about his finances but more about his students need. Now he's fundraising so he can continue the work he's done with his students with this fundraiser.

This piece is part of a series done in collaboration with New America Media chronicling the impact of incarceration on families called "Children of Re-Entry."

After a video of a woman being beat by California Highway Patrol went viral, Judge LaDoris Cordell, the San Jose Independent Police Auditor, launched a petition to compel state officials to bring civilian oversight to the largest police force in the United States.

For the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, Bay Area Tongan poet, Loa Niumeitolu tells BBC what the English language means to her in her poem, "When We Tell".