Editorās note: Wealth inequality is a central fact of life in the United States, and itās getting worse. Every day our institutions are becoming more private, more considerate to the needs of big business, and more dismissive of the basic needs of the working class and our most vulnerable communities. For this reason the current […]
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Cultural District to honor 50th anniversary of Los Siete
[su_carousel source=”media: 40193,40251,40252,40164,40255,40254,40161,40256,40253″ limit=”100″ link=”lightbox” width=”800″ height=”540″ responsive=”no” items=”1″] While obscured by history today, the trial of Los Siete de La Raza in 1969 galvanized the Mission community and ignited a movement.Ā To mark the 50th anniversary of the historic trial and its legacy, this spring will see a series of coordinated events throughout the […]
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#MigrantES: Telling our own stories, in our own words
Since the 2016 election season, a wave of anti-immigration sentiment has swept American politics and media. We wanted to get to the heart of the matter and hear the stories from the people who have lived it themselves āā to define the migrant experience in migrantsā own voice. Thus the #MigrantES project was born. #MigrantES […]
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Community space for ācivic engagementā or Trojan horse for gentrification?
In 1917, during the first World War, a little known charter called the Balfour Declaration planted the seeds for what was then known as Palestine and today known as Israel. In it, the British threw their substantial support behind the burgeoning notion of a Jewish home, or state, depending on how one interprets the charter. […]
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Memorial for community youth killed by SFPD almost complete
[su_carousel source=”media: 40172,40173,40174,40175,40176,40189,40180,40178,40177,40198″ limit=”100″ link=”lightbox” width=”800″ height=”540″ responsive=”no” items=”1″] Some 35 years ago, this writer cruised on the Bay Bridge in the back seat of Armando Cerdaās 1976 Monte Carlo. It was the summer of 1984 and Princeās emblematic āWhen Doves Cryā melodically echoed and vibrated throughout the car from the rear dashboard speakers. Now, […]
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Sen. Feinstein dismisses CA youth concern about climate change
[su_carousel source=”media: 40166,40167,40168,40169,40170,40171″ limit=”100″ link=”lightbox” width=”800″ height=”540″ responsive=”no” items=”1″] Ariana Arana Bermudez is a 15-year-old sophomore at St. Ignatius College Preparatory. She is Nicaraguan-American who was born and raised in the Mission District. On March 15, students from around the world went on strike in order to demand their representative officials take immediate action to […]
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Children of immigrants challenge Trump policy on behalf of their parents
[su_carousel source=”media: 40191,40190,40192″ limit=”100″ link=”lightbox” width=”800″ height=”540″ responsive=”no” items=”1″] Near the end of 2017, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) began announcing plans to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for migrants from select non-European countries, but the proposed policy change is being challenged in federal court by the children of TPS recipients. The TPS […]
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Pilot program for homeless students expanded despite criticism
[su_carousel source=”media: 40141,40138,40139,40140″ limit=”100″ link=”lightbox” width=”800″ height=”540″ responsive=”no” items=”1″] Eager children participate in a game of bingo or eat pasta and meatballs, as their families join them for an evening of games, movies, homework and conversation. It could be a scene from an after-school program, except that the families will sleep in the gymnasium next […]
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SF Filipina faces deportation after serving prison sentence
Like many others who go through the prison system, Maria Luna hoped for a fresh start once she was released, and for a while it seemed as though she would get it. Luna worked as a peer mentor during her lengthy time in prison, and had even become a state certified drug and alcohol counselor. […]
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Calle 24 gets a new home and a new executive director
[su_carousel source=”media: 40111,40112,40113″ limit=”100″ link=”lightbox” width=”800″ height=”540″ responsive=”no” items=”1″] The Calle 24 Latino Cultural District has hired local artist and professor of Latino Studies at SF State TomĆ”s Riley as its new executive director, and has new home at the corner of 24th and Capp streets. āThe opportunity came out of the blue,ā said Riley, […]