The “Early Care and Education for All” initiative (also known as Proposition C) that voters approved in June 2018, was supposed to help ease the financial burden on thousands of San Francisco families, but before any of the funds could be allocated to those in need, the initiative was challenged in court. The funding for […]
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Will we ever hold police accountable for the lives they take?
[su_label type=”info”]Editorial [/su_label] Officers Terrance Mercadal and Jared Robinet may have been responsible for killing Stephon Clark but (to borrow a phrase from a colleague), it the was the ghost of Clark who was put on trial. And on March 2, Sacramento District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert ultimately justified the actions of the two Sacramento […]
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40 years later Las Sandinistas story retold from the perspective of women
[su_label type=”info”]Column: Centrospective[/su_label] Those of you who are regular readers of my column know that I’ve taught at SF State for a couple years now. Since I began teaching in the College of Ethnic Studies back in the Spring of 2015, I’ve had the office next door to that of Daisy Zamora, a colleague of […]
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Commentary: Experiencing life at the border, un-obscured by politics
In January 2019, El Tecolote intern Sage Mace travelled to Tijuana, to offer aid to the Central American refugees there. While there she interviewed her former youth pastors, Phil and Mindy Steiner. This is the second installment of a commentary recounting her experiences. Updated on March 28, 2019. I cannot remember a time when our […]
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Overworked and underpaid, Oakland teachers demand more
[su_carousel source=”media: 40034,40035,40036,40037,40038,40039,40040,40041,40042,40043,40044,40045,40046,40047″ limit=”100″ link=”lightbox” width=”800″ height=”540″ responsive=”no” items=”1″] Thousands of demonstrators at school pickets across Oakland descended on Frank H. Ogawa Plaza on Feb. 21 to demand higher teacher pay, smaller class sizes and more nurses, counselors and support staff from the city’s resource-strapped school district. “This is a historical moment in the city […]
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Richmond father detained by ICE for 2 years reunites with family
[su_carousel source=”media: 40014,40015,40016,40017,40018,40019,40020,40021″ limit=”100″ link=”lightbox” width=”800″ height=”540″ responsive=”no” items=”1″] After being detained for more two years by ICE, Raul Reyes Lopez was finally reunited with his family on the night of Feb. 19. Originally from Guatemala, Reyes had been living in Richmond, CA with his family when he was detained. “It feels good to be […]
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Refugee community activist faces deportation from only land he’s ever known
As the rest of the country rang in 2019 with new hopes and resolutions, friends and family of Somdeng “Danny” Thongsy, a Southeast Asian refugee who recently finished serving 20 years of a life sentence, hoped for one thing: an official pardon from the governor of California. Thongsy, who was born in a Thai refugee […]
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Exclusive interview with 2020 presidential candidate Julián Castro
Last month, Democrat Julián Castro, former mayor of San Antonio and U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) during the Obama administration, launched his 2020 presidential campaign, highlighting his goals of universal pre-K, comprehensive immigration reform and medicare, and vowing not to take corporate money. Castro was in San Francisco recently and spoke at […]
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No matter how you feel about Venezuela, attacking journalists is wrong
It’s undeniable that Americans have been fed a continuous stream of disinformation about Venezuela since the days of Hugo Chavez. The United States has repeatedly made its disdain for Venezuelan socialism clear, going so far as to back a 2002 coup attempt against Chavez. Critics of U.S. foreign policy in Latin America (including El Tecolote) […]
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Letters: Dear Sen. Feinstein: Protect our future now
This is how @SenFeinstein reacted to children asking her to support the #GreenNewDeal resolution — with smugness + disrespect. This is a fight for our generation’s survival. Her reaction is why young people desperately want new leadership in Congress. pic.twitter.com/0zAkaxruMI — Sunrise Movement 🌅 (@sunrisemvmt) February 22, 2019 Dear editor, I am a 25 year […]