Articles Published in February, 2011
T-shirt designers, jewelry-makers, and an assortment of other creative vendors created their own pop-up market in downtown San Jose – giving the community a chance to come together and shop local.
A growing number of adoptees are adopting children from their birth countries. Rebecca Eun Hee Viot, a Korean adoptee, grew up in the Midwest feeling a disconnect between her US life and her culture of origin. But, through Ruby, her adopted Korean daughter, she has filled a void within herself.
The Obama administration has focused on pushing green technology development. At the Center for Employment Training (CET), students learn practical skills needed in today's job market, while learning how to work on hybrid cars and how to install solar panels.
The early months of 2011 have already registered 11 homicides in East San Jose. Young men of color have been both victims and perpetrators of the attacks. De-Bug gathered young men from the Eastside to talk about what they are seeing on the streets, and what can be done to stop the violence.
With the implementation of new screening technologies at airports, writer Jaski Singh warns Sikhs should expect full-body pat-downs.
Read the digital version of De-Bug's print magazine. Entitled "Under the Skin of San Jose," this issue features articles from downtown hustlers, homeless youth and a new generation of cultural entrepreneurs.
The Vietnamese Bhikkhuni Buddhist Congregation brings the Jade Buddha to San Jose, drawing people from all backgrounds to check out the precious artifact.
David Madrid of Block to Block radio interviews Bea Mendez of the Coalition for Justice and Accountability on the recent selection of the new San Jose Police Chief.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—It's an impending battle: the process of redistricting throughout the country, where Hispanic political interests are at stake. The eye of the hurricane will most likely be in states with high Latino populations like Texas, Nevada and California.
Shanamo Entertainment has built a reputation for talent development in the Bay Area since 1999.
In Santa Clara County's 2009 graduating class, one out of every six students dropped out. That was the same year one De-Bug writer dropped out. This year, he dropped back in.
Aghast at their carbon footprint, an environmentalist couple attempts to circumnavigate the globe without air travel.
More young people are putting their education on hold, amid a tough economy and deep cuts in the last few years to education funding.
San Jose has already registered seven homicides in 2011, nearly matching half of the total killings from the previous year. The victims are often young and brown. Marcos Reyes, who lives in the same neighborhoods where sidewalk memorials are springing up, describes what it feels like to be a part of a community in peril.
California writer Ras H. Siddiu reflects the assassination of a Pakistani leader, and its implications on the country.
If California voters don't OK a tax extension to fund public education, state Treasurer Bill Lockyer warns, the K-12 school year could be slashed by six weeks.
An episode of UNcubed — a comic about life as an Indian guy in the United States.
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