Teaching compassion
The Rev. Gregory Boyle's Homeboy Industries offers hope to former gang members and recently incarcerated men and women.
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Love, work style
Joey advises a reader to understand the psychology of affairs.
‘Ready? Hup!’
Westmont High School swim coach teaches life lessons.
Cheats and cowards?
Joey advises a reader to do some emotional housecleaning.
Hope vs. cynicism
There's so much to be cynical about, but this writer is leaning toward hope.
Bad trip
Joey advises a reader to invest tuition in the university of relationships.
Jim Crow 2012
One set of laws for whites and another for minorities. The war on drugs sends more African-American men to prison.
Sexual revealing
Joey advises a reader to approach intimacy as an adventure.
9/11/02
The day Sacramento's interfaith community came together to celebrate our differences and diversity.
Shake off the lies
Joey advises a reader to strip away the fear.
The war on poverty continues today
Community Action Agencies around the country help 17 million low-income Americans each year.
Wake up, shut it down
Joey advises a reader to stop with the self-sabotage.
Ask Joey: Fireballs of exhilaration
Joey advises a reader to show some backbone.
Minimizing Medicare
Vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan proposes to slash Medicare and Social Security while supporting more tax breaks for the wealthy.
Ask Joey: No more fistfights
Joey advises a reader to shift the power imbalance.
Thinking big
Instead of baseball, let’s celebrate Sacramento’s unique diversity.
Adrenaline crush
Joey advises a reader on how to leave an abusive relationship.