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Unsettled in the Mission: Redlined

April 5, 2018 Adriana Camarena

In the piercing cold days of late February, I walked the length of Mission Street, up the east side and down the west side, from …

Warriors in the Cove of Weepers

February 8, 2018 Adriana Camarena

Detail of 1864 James Butler, Map of City and County of San Francisco, The Pacific Mining Journal, showing the Las Camaritas contested land tract and

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Threading the Life of a Mayan

November 2, 2017 Adriana Camarena

Dollars by wire

A migrant day laborer, standing, waiting for work on Cesar Chavez Street, once told me that migration was like a thread. “A …

Looking for Indio in the Mission

October 6, 2017 Adriana Camarena

El Tecolote is proud to announce a new collaboration with literary artist, community activist and Mission resident Adriana Camarena tilted “Unsettled/Inquietos.” For her opening essay, she profiles a longtime Mission resident known as Indio.