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San Francisco's Latinx newspaper since 1970

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Author Archives: Ana Lourdes Cardenas

Ana Lourdes Cárdenas is a journalism associate professor at San Francisco State University. She is a seasoned binational, bilingual journalist, and writer with three decades of experience working for American and Mexican media. She is the author of “Marihuana: El Viaje a la legalización,” a book that explores the process of legalizing cannabis in the US and its impact on the war on drugs. She is behind the creation of SF State's first Bilingual Journalism bachelor’s degree in a public university in the United States.

lourdescardenas@sfsu.edu
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To survive in San Quentin prison, Latinx men must be extremely masculine

by Ana Lourdes Cardenas, Joshua Davis, Carina Gallo and Shabnam Piryaei May 24, 2024May 30, 2024

Where does this “culture” of extreme masculinity come from?

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