Book Documents Voices for Justice Mission Gráfica’s Poster Art Reveals the Power of Print With an army of community-based graphic artists over its 40-plus years of existence, Mission Gráfica, a Mission-based graphic arts center, has helped lead campaigns for social justice. That effort is now the focus of a new book that documents how their […]
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Photo Essay: San Francisco Workers unite for change
A large group of protestors, non profit organizations and community members march from 16th Street to the front of San Francisco’s City Hall in solidarity of International Workers Day on May 1, 2023. The protestors, which included members of Dolores Street Community Services, CARECEN SF, Mujeres Unidas y Activas and other non-profit organizations, met on […]
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On The Beak
On the Beak, El Tecolote’s recurring comic, is where our newsroom rants come to life in the form of editorial cartoons, illustrated by the talented Yano Rivera. Acción Latina, El Tecolote’s publisher, welcomed Yano in April as our R.A.I.C.E.S. Art Fellow for 2023. Also, check out Yano’s “90’s Matter in the Mission” ongoing comic series, […]
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PODCAST: The People’s House
This January, the Anti Police-Terror Project opened its new building, the People’s House — a community center for abolitionist organizing. For this episode, we spoke to two key APTP organizers — Cat Brooks, the group’s co-founder, and Guadalupe Chavez, its healing programs coordinator. From them, you’ll hear about Mental Health First, the APTP’s non-carceral crisis response team, […]
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VIDEO: We’re Not Machines
On December 14, 2021, The San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed legislation that would grant domestic workers access to paid sick leave. On September 24, 2022 some domestic workers took to the stage to share their stories. Video funded by: Solutions Journalism Network Labor Cohort.
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How Turning Point USA uses controversy to fuel growth
On April 6, SF State made national headlines when former University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines hid from transgender rights activists in a barricaded room for over three hours following her controversial speech about trans women in sports. As protesters outside the room chanted “trans rights are human rights,” Gaines tweeted from inside: “The prisoners […]
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Domestic workers find healing, empowerment through dance
Editor’s note: This story is part of a series looking at the impact of paid sick leave on domestic workers in San Francisco and is funded by the Solutions Journalism Network. El Tecolote was selected as one of the newsrooms to participate in SJN’s Labor Cohort. “My body is sacred,” said María Arreola, moments before […]
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Fire in Ciudad Juárez: binational immigration systems fail Central, South American victims
On March 27, a fire in a federal migrant detention center in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juárez, killed 40 people. Six people have been issued arrest orders for homicide and causing injuries, but the ones responsible for incarcerating these migrants and upholding the migration systems which led these detention facilities to exist, have […]
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Bank Bailouts, Again! Time to get the SF Public Bank Up and Running
United States Senator Hiram Johnson said: “The first casualty when war comes is truth.” We can easily extend this aphorism to the fallout from bank failures where truth is an early casualty amid the ensuing turmoil. Case in point: Silicon Valley Bank. Immediately following the forced closure of this California-based bank, formerly the 16th largest […]
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Photo Essay: 415 DAZE Fest
On April 15, better known as #415Day, hundreds celebrated across The City with art, music and food. One of those events was the 415 DAZE FEST, an all-ages event that united folks of different cultures, and provided platforms to youth artists and aspiring entrepreneurs.