The murder of George Floyd at the beginning of this summer ignited uprisings across the globe that forced numerous countries to reckon with monuments and statues that glorify their racist and colonizing pasts. Statues of slavers and colonizers were vandalized and torn down by anti-racist protesters throughout Europe. Monuments glorifying the confederacy met the same […]
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Bay Area community takes a stand against authoritarian Philippine government
Filipinos and allies protested in front of the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco on July 27, condemning Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte’s vague new anti-terror law and saying it will suppress free speech and dissent. On July 3, Duterte signed the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020, defining terrorism broadly and allowing suspects of “terrorism” to be […]
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Reconfirming Biden’s promise on a 100-day deportation moratorium, if elected
Joe Biden’s campaign for president re-confirmed last week that the former vice president remains committed to a 100-day moratorium on deportations if he is elected president in November. “Like [Biden has] said before, as President he is committed … to a 100-day moratorium for people living and working in the United States,” said campaign spokesperson […]
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As COVID-19 cases spike at Santa Rita jail, advocates demand release of inmates
*Editor’s note: Sam Moore is a journalism student in SF State’s Journalism 575 Community Media this spring. Taught by professor Jon Funabiki, the class is a collaboration with El Tecolote. Following a recent spike in COVID-19 cases at Santa Rita Jail, community members and local organizers gathered for a march and press conference in front […]
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Trump Continues War on Immigrants Amid Pandemic with attacks on DACA, Census
Since assuming the presidency in January 2017, immigration experts have cited over 400 changes in immigration policy by the Trump administration during a video conference on Aug. 7 presented by Ethnic Media Services. Though a significant portion of the nation’s essential workers are immigrants, immigrants continue to be targeted by the Trump administration during the […]
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Alternatives to the Distance Learning Crisis
Since I last saw my Buena Vista Horace Mann students on March 14, this whole system has only spiraled deeper and deeper into crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic has now claimed 167,000 lives in the United States. It is the straw that broke the weak economy’s back and forced it into the greatest Depression in history. […]
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Faces of Eviction: East Palo Alto renters band together to push for rental relief
Laura Rubio, a 46-year-old single mother who lives in East Palo Alto and works cleaning houses, lost much of her income as a result of COVID-19 and has been unable to pay her rent regularly. Â Fearing that she and her daughter, a college student, could be evicted, she has turned to organizing others in […]
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Alfonso Montes Jr: Aug. 9, 1950-July 25, 2020
On July 25, Alfonso Montes Jr. passed away after fighting COVID-19 for 14 days. He was 69 years old. Born on Aug. 9, 1950 in San Jose, California, he was the first of eleven children (6 boys and 5 girls), born to Alfonso Gonzalez Montes and Mary Mendoza Montes. Alfonso’s sister, Ana Montes Gonzales, is […]
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Encouraging hard-to-count communities to fill out the Census in the age of COVID-19
As more activities move to online platforms in a post-COVID-19 world, people facing technology barriers are at risk of being left behind. This was the primary motivation for a recent event meant to create awareness about filling out the census within San Francisco’s hard-to-count Latino communities. Local staff of the U.S. Census Bureau partnered with […]
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Photo Essay: Oakland in solidarity with Portland
A group of 700 protesters gathered Saturday evening at Oscar Grant Plaza in downtown Oakland to stand in solidarity with Portland’s dispute with federal intervention. Additionally, the group marched to advocate justice against systemic racism. Despite calls from leaders to remain peaceful and positive, a small group engaged in breaking glass windows, vandalizing buildings, and […]