[su_carousel source=”media: 35076,35077,35078″ limit=”65″ link=”lightbox” target=”blank” width=”800″ height=”540″ responsive=”no” items=”1″] I met Stephanie Ortiz, a 24-year-old student and single mother, on the first day of the spring 2017 semester at San Francisco State University. She was sitting near the front, close to the wall, when Professor FĆ©lix Kury asked her, āHowās the baby doing?ā āSheās […]
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Op-Ed: SB 562 will fix healthcare once and for all
Our print and electronic media inundate us almost daily with concerns about quality healthcare, or more accurately, the lack thereof, and in that flood there is a fair amount of misinformation. At the Business Alliance for a Healthy California (BA4HC) we believe there is an urgent need to unpack conflicting messages, and articulate a strategy […]
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I love Sportsā¦and I love Poetry
[su_label type=”info”]The Devil’s Advocate[/su_label] āI read of a massacre leading to a coronation A nice write up for Death and selfishness, So I check the date of publication Didnāt I yesterday read the same mess? ā Excerpt from āLlover sobre mojado,ā by the Cuban singer Silvio RodrĆguez I read the newspaper daily. I pick it […]
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Charlottesville was about intimidation, not freedom of speech
[su_label type=”info”]Editorial[/su_label] The mob of White men who gathered in Charlottesville, Virginia on Aug. 11 to protest the planned removal of a Robert E. Lee statue, claimed they were doing so in the name of āfree speech,ā but the torches and guns they brought with them, along with their violent rhetoric, suggested otherwise. āYou will […]
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So you like ‘Despacito’ but not our people? Slow your roll
On August 4th, āDespacitoā became the most viewed video in the history of YouTube. For those that didnāt know who reggaeton artists Daddy Yankee and Latin pop artist Luis Fonsi were in the beginning of 2017, soon realized in the summer they are force to be reckoned with. The Spanish language song from Fonsi features […]
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Californian Who Helped Lead Charlottesville Protests Used Berkeley as a Test Run
Before white nationalistsĀ protested in CharlottesvilleĀ over the weekend, before aĀ man allegedly plowed a carĀ into a group of people killing one and injuring at least 19, violent clashes in Berkeley offered a window into the motives and tactics of Identity Evropa, one of the white supremacist groups intimately involved in both protests. For leaders of this […]
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Canelo looks to defend crown versus dangerous Golovkin on Sept. 16
As Mexican Independence Day approaches, people are making plans to get together for what is deemed to be one of the greatest fights in boxing history. In just a few weeks ahead, Mexicans and Kazakhs will get together on Sept. 16, and enjoy fireworks inside the T-Mobile arena or from the comforts of their homes. […]
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Water is life: Volunteer teams leave water for migrants crossing deadly CA desert
[su_carousel source=”media: 35007,35008,35009,35010,35011,35012,35013,35014,35016,35018,35019,35020″ limit=”65″ link=”lightbox” target=”blank” width=”800″ height=”540″ responsive=”no” items=”1″] OCOTILLO, CA ā Located about seven miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border and 90 miles east of San Diego, a group of volunteers has been leaving water for migrants traveling through the Imperial Valley after crossing the border. The valley is one of the most […]
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Friends, family mourn SF State DACA student killed in car crash
[su_carousel source=”media: 34988,34989″ limit=”65″ link=”lightbox” target=”blank” width=”800″ height=”540″ responsive=”no” items=”1″] On the early hours of July 18, 2017, the life of Gaby Sanchez was taken in a tragic car crash. Sanchez was driving to her 4 a.m. shift at Starbucks when her car collided with a semi truck in Los BaƱos, resulting in a fiery […]
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Poetry slam helps youth convert pain into poetry
[su_carousel source=”media: 34975,34976″ limit=”65″ link=”lightbox” target=”blank” width=”800″ height=”540″ responsive=”no” items=”1″] At the 20th annual Brave New Voices Grand Slam Finalsāa Youth Speaks international poetry slam festival held July 22 at the San Francisco War Memorial Opera Houseācontestants left their hearts on the stage and the 3,000 in attendance stood and roared its approval. Among the […]