In the new presidential regime Author J.M. Valle calls out the lies that crime is rampant and urges the county of Santa Clara to investigate what is working to decrease the jail population we have been seeing - all the more reason to continue t...

The Mass Incarceration Mayor and his War Against the Poor read by author Raj Jayadev takes a look at San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan and his policies that continue to criminalize poverty, targeting the most vulnerable, for political gain. 

De-Bug youth, Santos and Jules, attended their first Youth Leadership Conference in Sacramento, CA alongside other youth from around the state. With the focus on leadership development, they participated in workshops and event at the conference...

Return to Sender: Slavery and the War on Drugs A Forum on Why We Must Vote No on Prop 36 and Yes on Prop 6More on Prop 36: Prop 36 expands on the misleading claim that California is experiencing an increase in crime and is fund...

Today, we talk with De-Bug’s San Mateo Participatory Defense core who has been observing arraignment court for the past 3 years and just filed a Judicial Complaint based on people's rights not being protected under the Humphrey ruling. 

On this episode of the De-Bug the System Podcast, we discuss California's Mandela Act (AB 280) and the history of solitary confinement in California and how this new law, if passed, will end the inhumane practice. We will listen to excerpts fro...

De-Bug youth, Jordyn, Jules and Citrali, sit down with Daniel and Xavier to talk about their perspective of Kendrick and Drake, how they understand what happened and what they think is significant. 

De-Bug youth, Josiah, talks about his first experience going to a Racial Justice Act hearing in Santa Clara County. The Racial Justice Act is a California law that allows folks to challenge their case if racism played a role either explicitly o...

Jordyn and Jules, granddaughters of Rudy Cardenas who was killed by an undercover state agent in San Jose, traveled to the California state capital to advocate for AB 3021, a bill to protect grieving families from coercive police interrogations...

We sat down with some of our justice families to discuss the disturbing similarities they experienced in the aftermath of having their loved ones killed by law enforcement. In their most vulnerable moment, law enforcement withheld information, ...

Listen to San Jose families impacted by police violence respond to the recent San Jose Mercury News first of its kind investigation exposing the overwhelming numbers of lethal, harmful, and deadly use of force by the San Jose police, especially...