Artists from across the globe who arrived in the Bay Area expecting to participate in a three-day street art festival were shocked to learn it had been abruptly cancelled. The Meeting of Styles Art Festival 2016, which was set to take place at various alleys and streets throughout the Mission District on Sept. 16-18, was […]
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Independence Day in the Mission
[su_slider source=”media: 31598,31599,31600,31601,31602,31603,31606,31607,31608,31610,31611,31612,31614″ limit=”40″ link=”image” target=”blank” width=”700″ height=”460″ autoplay=”0″ speed=”500″][su_slider source=”media: 29856,29857″ limit=”30″ link=”image” target=”blank” width=”700″ height=”460″ autoplay=”0″ speed=”500″][su_menu][/su_slider] [su_box title=”Independence Day in the Mission”]In honor of Mexican Independence Day, the San Francisco Lowrider Council held a barbeque in Potrero del Sol (La Raza) Park on Sunday, Sept. 18. The Mission District event featured lowriders, […]
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Hundreds of thousands protest gay marriage in Mexico
Thousands of people, dressed all in white, protested in different cities throughout Mexico on Sept. 10 and 11 against President Enrique PeƱa Nietoās proposal to legalize same-sex marriage across the country. The organization behind the demonstrations is the Family National Front (Frente Nacional por la Familia), a conservative group where different religious peopleāsuch as Catholics, […]
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Indigenous tribes unite against Dakota pipeline, protect sacred land
[su_heading size=”40″ align=”left”]Defending the homeland[/su_heading] [su_slider source=”media: 31483,31484,31485,31486,31487,31488,31489,31490,31491,31492,31493,31494,31495,31496,31497,31498,31499,31500,31501,31502,31482″ limit=”40″ link=”image” target=”blank” width=”700″ height=”460″ autoplay=”0″ speed=”500″][su_slider source=”media: 29856,29857″ limit=”30″ link=”image” target=”blank” width=”700″ height=”460″ autoplay=”0″ speed=”500″][su_menu][/su_slider] In the continued fight over the Dakota Access Pipeline Project (DAPL), thousands have joined the Red Warrior and Sacred Stone camps in North Dakota, where the Standing Rock Sioux tribe and […]
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Athleticism and activism: Kareemās dual legacies on display
It was crowded and euphoric inside San Franciscoās Herbst Theater at the War Memorial and Performing Arts Center on Tuesday, Aug. 30, as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the NBAās leading all-time scorer and one of the most prominent athlete-activists in history, took center stage to discuss current politics and controversial issues affecting the United States. Though remembered […]
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Brazilian Senate successfully impeaches President Rousseff
BRAZILāAfter 13 years in power, the Brazilās Workersā Party (PT) saw its reign fall like a great wall with Brazilās Senate voting and approving the impeachment of now former President Dilma Rousseff. The Senate impeached Brazilās first female president on Aug. 31, removing her from office for the rest of her term. The decision was […]
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State Assembly sends historic farmworker bill to Gov. Brown
Story originally published on New America Media on Aug. 30, 2016 After decades of pushing for fair pay, California farmworkers will finally be paid overtime when they work more than eight hours a dayāif Gov. Jerry Brown signs a bill that is now on his desk. AB 1066, authored by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzales (D-San Diego) […]
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You are paid to run, not to think
[su_label type=”info”]Column: Devil’s Advocate[/su_label] There has been an amazing array of commentaries, pro and con, concerning the recent actions of Colin Kaepernick, the quarterback of the Santa Clara 49ersāoops, I meant the San Francisco 49ers (sorry, my subconscious mind took over). āTo sit or not to sit?ā that is the question concerning this young athlete, […]
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Larger than life: Juan Gabriel transcended rigid ideas of gender, sexuality
On Aug. 28 thousands of people across Mexico and Latin America, who grew up listening to the music of Alberto Aguilera Valadezāiconically known as Juan Gabriel and more tenderly, āJuangaāāmourned and wept upon learning of his unexpected death. He was 66. As a 23-year-old queer Xican@, Juan Gabrielās music speaks to me on a political […]
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Seeing red: Mission Street red turn lane restrictions relaxed
This story was originally published at SFBay.ca on August 17. San Francisco is relaxing some of its forced right turns on Mission Street as a compromise between merchants and residents. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agencyās (SFMTA) Board of Directors on August 16 approved to remove two forced turns on Mission and 22nd streets and […]