[Story by Peter Schurmann; Images via Flickr] On Tuesday night Ruwa Romman became Georgia’s first-ever Muslim woman elected to the state legislature and the state’s first-ever Palestinian American elected to public office. Her win capped a stronger than expected midterm showing for Democrats nationally that defied polling. The burning question on pundits’ minds now is, […]
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PODCAST: Domestic workers have rights, including those in San Francisco winning paid sick leave
On the latest #RadioTeco News, El Tecolote reporter Lorena Garibay talks to us about her reporting on domestic workers in San Francisco getting access to paid sick leave. This legislation was passed in 2022, and was celebrated and touted as the first of its kind, but questions remain as to how it will be enforced. […]
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Alive and Active
For over 35 years, I was immersed in a — generally speaking — wonderful place. A place of learning, a place of teaching, a place where diverse generations exchanged their thoughts and aspirations. A place where the young and the not-so-young conversed and smiled at each other, as it should be. The University atmosphere, at […]
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Women in the rap game share their stories in Cuban hip-hop cypher
Hop-hop — in all its storied and complicated glory — has provided countless youth from many ignored corners of the world with the space to share their stories. And many of those stories belong to women. Yet while today there seem to be more women in the rap game than ever before — in part, […]
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Cross-cultural art project showcases collaboration between immigrant Latina and Chinese women
Story and Photos by Andrew Brobst Presented by the Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco, “How I Keep Looking Up/Como Sigo Mirando Hacia Arriba/仰望” is a trilingual, multiethnic, community-based public art action engaging 16 working-class immigrant Chinese and Latina women in the creation of flags that tell stories of power and resilience. Artist Christine Wong […]
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On Dia De Los Muertos, COVID informs how we celebrate our loved ones, we protect our loved ones
[by Francine Rios-Fetcho, BA, UCSF Latinx Center of Excellence in Health; Angela Gallegos-Castillo, PhD, Instituto Familiar De La Raza; Roberto Ariel Vargas, MPH, UCSF Center for Community Engagement and CTSI; Courtesy photo] The symbolic and participatory ceremonies of Dia De Los Muertos are so old they pre-date the presence of the Españoles in Mexico. Our […]
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PODCAST: Percussionist Leo Rosales on recovering music and himself
The latest #RadioTeco Cultura podcast features the legendary San Francisco percussionist and Latin Rock legend, Leo Rosales. Leo broke out with the Latin Rock band Malo, and is now with Momotombo SF, who will headline Accion Latina’s Encuentro del Canto Popular this year on Dec. 4 at the Chapel on Valencia street. In this episode, […]
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COVID ‘long-haulers’ advocate for more research, labor protections, and people-centered health policies
[Illustration by Jaycee Felkins — Mara Cavallaro is El Tecolote’s Report for America Corps Member who reports on mental health and healthcare inequality in the Latinx community.] In May of 2020, Dr. Michael Peluso saw his first patient with long COVID at San Francisco General, before long COVID had a name. She was young, he […]
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PODCAST: Normalizing abortion (part II) with reproductive justice organizer, storyteller Cynthia Gutierrez
Listen to part I here. Cynthia Gutierrez (she/ella) is an award winning first-generation Nicaraguan Salvadoran reproductive justice organizer, full spectrum doula, cultural strategist, writer, and public speaker. Her work looks at the intersection of reproductive justice, the criminal injustice system, disability justice, and environmental justice. She is currently the program manager for the University of […]