[su_slider source=”media: 31409,31410,31411,31412,31413,31414″ 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] Who would have predicted that a little four-page bilingual tabloid produced by La Raza students at SFSU would reach its 46-year anniversary? Conceived of and produced by then SFSU professor Juan Gonzales and his students, El […]
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Graphic novel traces history of civil rights
The son of sharecroppers raised in the little town of Troy, Alabama, deep in the segregated South, Rep. John Lewis was a boy when he asked his mother why black children were forced to sit in the balcony level of the downtown movie theater, away from the white children seated on the first floor. âMy […]
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Latino cultural district hires corridor manager
The Calle 24 Latino Cultural District officially hired its first employee earlier this month. MoisĂ©s Garcia, who will serve as Calle 24âs corridor manager, is an experienced community organizer with a background in economics and public policy. He most recently worked at Instituto Familiar de la Raza, where he coordinated their acquisition of a satellite […]
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Itâs time to remove anti-immigrant language from California law
As we continue to endure a year of nonstop, anti-immigrant rhetoric in national politics, a California bill on Governor Jerry Brownâs deskâAssembly Bill 2532âoffers our state the chance to further demonstrate that we are a place of inclusion, rather than exclusion. And there is reason to be optimistic. California is a different state, politically and […]
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Believe it or not, Hillary Rodham Clinton is the change the country needs
[su_label type=”info”]Guest Commentary [/su_label] Iâm told that this presidential election is a choice between two great evils. I beg to differ. Choosing who to vote for president this year could possibly be the easiest choice for this position in recent memory. Hillary Rodham Clinton, former Secretary of State, Senator of New York, and First Lady […]
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In search of the Olympic spirit
[su_label type=”info”]COLUMN: DEVILâS ADVOCATE[/su_label] Every four years, it seems as if large portions of the world stop their regular lives to become enthralled by the Olympics. Suddenly, magically, most of us become overnight experts on sports that, until seeing them on TV, we had no idea they existed, or at least had little knowledge of. […]
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Bay Area world champion boxer punches her way to the top
[su_slider source=”media: 31349,31347,31346,31348,31350″ 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] Just as Lupe Gutierrez was completing her final round of sparring on Aug. 21 at Sac Fitness gym in Sacramento, Claressa Shieldsâwho Gutierrez hopes to one day follow in her footstepsâwas making history more than 6,000 […]
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Locally produced film set to premiere Spanish language version
The Spanish-language dubbed version of the locally produced film, âThe Other Barrio,â will make its world premier Sept. 1 at San Franciscoâs Roxie Theater. âEl Otro Barrioâ screens at 7 p.m., and will be followed by a Q&A in Spanish with Alejandro Murguia and Dante Betteo. Based on a story by San Francisco Poet Laureate […]
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Rhythm and healing: Latina therapist helps drum away the blues
[su_label type=”info”]COLUMN: COMMUNITY IN FOCUS [/su_label] Inside a dimly lit room of the Hospitality House on Turk Street at Leavenworth in the Tenderloin, five of us sit in a circle as Celia Sampayo Perez lights a candle, before setting a smudge stick ablaze. Itâs my first medicinal drumming circle, and I become immersed in the […]