Frankie Ramos can’t recognize her small town in Puerto Rico anymore. The country town of Yauco, and many like it, have been deserted on the Commonwealth territory. Schools and main street businesses have closed—including Ramos’s old elementary school—even before the hurricanes hit the island a few years ago. Ghost towns became relics for the people […]
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If we fail to turn out for the 2020 census then Trump wins
[su_label type=”info”]Editorial [/su_label] If the last four years have taught us anything, it’s that racism in the United States is alive and well. The structural racism this country was founded upon — which has depended for so long on the status quo pretending it doesn’t exist — is now more than ever being exposed and […]
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Peruvian artist’s latest work addresses the trauma of the Latina immigrant experience
In response to the increasingly severe climate of tragedy and trauma within the immigrant community, Peruvian artist Mabel Valdiviezo is forging a path to healing with her upcoming performance piece “Metamorphosis: Phase 1.” Coming to San Francisco’s CounterPulse this September, “Metamorphosis: Phase 1” is a multimedia dance performance that combines shamanic storytelling with interactive visuals […]
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San Francisco poet laureate wants to write a better narrative for her city
Kim Shuck wears many hats as San Francisco’s seventh poet laureate, figuratively but also literally; her 2017 inaugural speech involved nearly six hat changes, each a tribute to her story and heritage—from a band of flowers around her head to a giant purple squid with its stuffed arms dangling about. The most important things in […]
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The Spanish voice of San Jose soccer still has the passion after 44 years
It takes just a moment upon meeting and sharing a few words with Carlos Cesar Rivera to realize that the veteran radio man’s voice was made for the airwaves. The 61-year-old’s lustrous and buttery baritone has graced the radio for almost 44 years and has allowed him to work in various countries. He has also […]
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A word from artist Gus Reyes
We cannot accept this. And I am not saying it as a Latin American or as an artist. I am saying this as a person. If this is the way we humans treat our own kind, if this is the best we can do, then the denominal: human, starts to feel like an insult. Then I […]
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Mission community expresses heartbreak, outrage for death and suffering at the border
When Bill Hing entered the children’s detention center in Clint, Texas, the faces he saw reminded him of his grandchildren, which made the experience that much more heartbreaking “There’s none of that happiness. None of that exists for these poor kids,” Hing said. “I’ve been doing immigration since the 1970s. And I’ve been to detention […]
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In celebration of open dialogue
In the past few weeks, some riveting discussions have taken place about the issues of censorship, freedom of expression, political correctness and the promotion (or demotion) of critical thinking. The discussions have been heated, self-righteous, indignant, moralizing, demoralizing, inspirational, educational, respectful, or sarcastic. It is hard to exhaust the number of adjectives that have been […]
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Local engineer credits college group for Influencing his success
The first thing you notice about AarĂłn Martinez is his kind face and warm, positive energy. Without even knowing him well, you can tell he cares about others and that he works hard. Martinez is a first-generation Mexican-American from the central Mexican state of San Luis PotosĂ and the first subject in our series of […]
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Techqueria: Building a community for Latinos in tech industry
Techqueria, an organization for Latinos in tech, was founded in Berkeley back in November 2015 with the purpose of serving those who were studying or pursuing a career in tech. Once called “Latinx in Tech,” they later changed their name to Techqueria, a striking and appropriate name, since one of the members decided that was […]