In late January, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his administration banned an advanced placement African American studies course that would’ve been taught in some Florida classrooms. The move came only days before the celebration of Black History Month. As a young Latino college student who resides in California, Florida is thousands of miles away. But […]
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Coffee house encounters
A few weeks ago I was having a coffee in a local Coffee House. I favor that place due to the relative scarcity of people immersed into their computers, seeming to avoid any form of social interaction with other humans. I admit that I daily read a tangible paper copy of the newspaper, beginning with […]
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PODCAST: Photographic Memory
On this episode of Radio Teco Cultura, we are joined by the renowned photographer, Joe Ramos. Joe was born in Salinas in 1949 and was raised in a labor camp by his Filipino father and Mexican mother. It was in those labor camps where Joe’s journey as a photographer began. After moving to San Francisco in […]
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PODCAST: A COVID Update
Earlier this month, the Biden administration announced that the federal state of emergency—the thing that has been keeping COVID tests, vaccinations, and Paxlovid free— will end on May 11. But as much as we wish it would, declaring the pandemic over won’t make that true. On this episode of Radio Teco News, El Tecolote reporter, […]
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Preserving Memory: An overdue tribute to Chicana art icon Amalia Mesa-Bains
“We were the generation that was right at the cusp of losing it all,” the Chicana artist and educator Amalia Mesa-Bains tells me, an urgency clear in her voice.And with good reason. Born in 1943 and into a generation that viewed assimilation as a shield to protect their offspring from the welcoming American traditions of […]
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Three Black-Owned Businesses you should check out
In honor of Black History Month, we are celebrating Black-owned businesses in San Francisco and featuring these local treasures for our readers to explore. Rize up, a San Francisco bakery, began baking their delicious loaves in the Spring of 2020. Azikiwee Anderson — owner and head baker — learned to cook at a young age […]
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California Healthcare for All Initiative Will Not Help all Farmworkers
SACRAMENTO — California’s farm workers produce one-third of the nation’s food supplies and 75 percent of its fruits and nuts, yet 49 percent of these essential laborers do not have health insurance coverage. Last year, California unrolled a groundbreaking initiative to provide health care coverage to all, including the more than two million undocumented immigrants […]
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News Brief: Mission-based Casa Sanchez and MCCLA join the list of SF’s historical landmarks
Casa Sanchez and the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts are the latest buildings granted historical landmark status. Casa Sanchez, a long-time family-owned restaurant with popular tortilla chips and salsa business, has been a San Francisco institution. City officials had already recognized it as a legacy business. The Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts was […]
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News Brief: Argueta is San Mateo County first Latino poet laureate
Mission poet Jorge Argueta, who is also author of a collection of bilingual books for children, is the new poet laureate for San Mateo County. He is the fourth person to be selected to the position since its creation in 2013. Argueta, a Daly City resident, is a native of El Salvador, who also authored […]
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News Brief: Herrera First Latino Poet to Capture Frost Medal
Former U.S. poet laureate Juan Felipe Herrera, who also was a long-standing Mission poet, is this year’s winner of the Frost Medal for lifetime achievement. The 74-year-old Herrera was U.S. poet laureate from 2015-2017. He also served as California poet laureate from 2012-2014. He is best known for such collections as “Half the World in […]