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Confronting Racism in the Latino Discourse on the Protests
Over the past few weeks, there have been protests across the nation and throughout the world against police brutality and institutional racism. The protests began in Minneapolis, MN, and were provoked by the murder of George Floyd by a white police officer. This has been the most recent case in a series of racist murders, […]
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We can’t breathe!
Only yesterday, the entire world was consumed with concern about a virus. One called COVID-19, AKA Coronavirus. Just about every news item printed on newspapers, aired over television or radio, or shared on the widely used social media outlets, focused on that sickness. A physical malady still rampantly reigning over Mother Earth. Two weeks ago, […]
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San Francisco Latinx high school graduates persevere despite pandemic
*Editor’s note: Catherine Stites 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. Pandemic or not, the time has come for the class of 2020 to graduate. With big gatherings banned and social distancing in place, graduating high […]
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Raised on a reservation, Navajo teen talks graduating high school and the impact of COVID-19
It is estimated that the graduating high school class of 2020 in the United States will total about 3.7 million. Many will pursue a college degree or perhaps vocational training of some kind and others will enter a job market that is one of the worst in the history of this country. El Tecolote spoke […]
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Latinx population represents 61 percent of all new COVID-19 cases, as the City reopens
Transparency on the COVID-19 epidemic in the Latinx community continues to be badly communicated by the City. After much insistence on our part, a new all-time open dataset for confirmed COVID-19 cases by race and ethnicity was made available on Friday June 12 through the website Data SF Gov. We were undoubtedly not the only […]
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Shot on his knees: Family of SF man killed by Vallejo police demand justice
For Sean Monterrosa’s family, the feeling was bittersweet when one of the most followed activists and journalists—Shaun King, who has written nearly 1,500 articles on racial injustice and police brutality—sent out a petition to action demanding justice for Monterrosa. The Monterrosa family reached out to King for help after Sean was killed June 2 at […]
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Part 2: Essential, Sick and Marginalized: Six essential Latinx workers tell their stories of falling ill to COVID-19
Prevention measures disproportionately have failed the Latinx community of San Francisco during the first months of the COVID-19 crisis. To be more specific, testing protocols failed the Latinx community. In the first part of this special report, a timeline of the outbreak and government response in San Francisco was covered that shows that COVID-19 containment […]
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Essential, Sick and Marginalized: Latinx people represent nearly half of all COVID-19 cases in the City
This report is published in two parts. Part 1 reviews the City’s timeline of response in the first three months of the COVID-19 outbreak and existing data on Latinx workers as essential workers in the City. Part 2 hears directly from six essential Latinx workers who contracted COVID-19 in San Francisco while on the job […]
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Editorial: When we speak the language of the unheard, they listen
There’s not much say about the evil that murdered George Floyd, at least not much that hasn’t been already said. Those familiar with El Tecolote should be familiar with our stance when it comes to the killing of unarmed Black, Indigenous and People of Color by police. But some of you may wonder why a […]