[su_slider source=”media: 26357,26358,26359,26360″ limit=”25″ link=”image” target=”blank” width=”800″ height=”600″ speed=”500″] The famed three-word phrase that Cesar Chavez embodied during the rise and height of the Chicano movement, âSi se puede,â was repeated by more than 500 participants Saturday, April 18 during the 15th annual Cesar E. Chavez Parade and Festival. The chant was echoed by students, […]
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Letter to the editor: the 33-Stanyan Muni bus line
To the Editor: Thank you for telling readers about the SFMTA plan to reroute the 33-Stanyan so it would no longer serve San Francisco General Hospital on Potrero Avenue. Weâd like to clarify a few points. Your report left the impression that this change is happening now, but its implementation actually depends on changes that […]
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Eviction-free zone proposed, would include Mission
[su_slider source=”media: 26343,26342,26341,26340,26339,26338″ limit=”25″ link=”image” target=”blank” width=”800″ height=”600″ speed=”500″] Close to a hundred protesters marched down 24th Street and then turned onto South Van Ness Street April 16, after Mission District residents held a press conference at 24th and Bryant streets calling for an âeviction-free zone.â The proposed plan would protect Mission District families and […]
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Mission joins national protest against police brutality
The âShut It Downâ movement encouraged students and workers to strike and march in cities across the country as part of a national dialogue about police brutality and discrimination.
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Another at-risk Mission building goes up in flames
Yet another blaze engulfed a two-story, two-unit building at Bartlett and 26th streets on April 8; it was the fourth major fire in the neighborhood since September. This building at 517 Bartlett Street had no sprinklers and it is uncertain whether there were working fire detectors (none were audible), said San Francisco Fire Department spokeswoman […]
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News Briefs: April 23, 2015
Attorneys challenge SFPD account of Perez-Lopez slaying Attorneys for the family of Amilcar Perez-Lopez, the 21-year-old Latino man killed on Feb. 26 by San Francisco police officers, are challenging the SFPDâs official version of events, which they say is inconsistent with the physical evidence and eye-witnesses accounts. They are also requesting that the Department of […]
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Indigenous woman fights for the heart and soul of her land
An indigenous woman battling to keep the rivers and forests in her country from being completely swallowed up by transnational companies is one of the recipients of the 2015 Goldman Environmental Prizeâthe worldâs largest and most prestigious award for grassroots environmental activism.
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Latin American news briefs: Cuba, Uruguay, Chile, Brazil
Cuba: United States and Cuba reestablishing diplomatic relations After decades of tense relationship between the United States and Cuba, the Obama and Castro administrations announced an agreement in 2014 to restore diplomatic relations, loosen some economic policies, and reopen embassies in Havana and Washington. The two countries had broken diplomatic relations in the 1960s, and […]
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Healing the Syrian diaspora through art, Part 2
In my last article from March 26, I began to describe the plight of Syrian refugees and how key members of this displaced community have formed their own educational system in Antakya, Turkey. As previously mentioned, most Syrian refugee children have little or no access to a formal education in Turkey, but volunteers in […]
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Diary of a Carnaval contingent: Week 2
Before reporting on the progress of the Latin Dance Grooves contingent I want to provide a little context. The San Francisco Bay Area is a treasure when it comes to ethnic dance. This is most likely due to the regionâs progressive and inclusive nature that drew artists of all mediums here to join our homegrown […]