‘Daughter of Shyamala, how many times/ did they mispronounce your mother/ into a jumble of letters, doubt/ her crimson intonations, her fragrant/ words?[ …] did she crave return?’ are Leticia Hernández-Linares’ first lines in her poem Bienvenida, which are speaking to Kamala Harris, painted on a bright turquoise wall at her Sala de Deseos. On […]
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Loss of 1.7 million immigrants fuels U.S. labor shortages, inflation
 News story by Jenny Manrique via Ethnic Media Services Close to 15% of job openings that employ immigrant or foreign-born workers in the U.S. are still vacant, while the legal immigration system is in dire straits. From meatpacking to home building to STEM professionals to nurses, the post-pandemic economy is reeling from a labor force […]
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Ancestral evocation for positive multicultural experiences
Commentary by Carlos Barón When I taught a storytelling class at SF State on many occasions I used, as examples, phrases that I heard from my parents, grandparents or even great-grandparents. I had the good fortune of hearing many phrases from my ancestors. Ingenious, funny, loving, or even vaguely threatening phrases. Sayings that have richly […]
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PODCAST: The return of Gabriela López
On this episode of #RadioTeco News we speak to Board of Education candidate Gabriela López. We talk about how the recall earlier this year affected her, her thoughts about the current state of the Board of Education, and her plans as she aims to return to the position she held.
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PODCAST: A conversation with rising Tejana music star Isabel Marie Sánchez
In this episode of Our Cultura Podcast, Acción Latina’s Executive Director Fátima RamÃrez interviews award-winning Tejana singer, Isabel Marie Sánchez. In July, Isabel Marie performed a tribute to the late Tejana legend, Selena, at the San Francisco Symphony. In this episode, Isabel Marie discusses what it was like to be signed to Q Productions, the […]
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PHOTOS: Los Bukis tour, Una Historia Cantada, brings legendary discography to the Raiders’ stadium
El Tecolote’s home in the San Francisco Mission District often keeps our coverage central to the neighborhood, but in our quest to best serve our audience, we attended this year’s National Association of Hispanic Journalist conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. Allegiant Stadium, home of the (formerly Oakland) Las Vegas Raiders, hosted Los Bukis’ Una Historia […]
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California farmworkers march to pressure Newsom in signing Voting Choice Bill
[PICTURED]: UFW President Teresa Romero leads the march as it heads out of Farmersville on the way to Visalia, on the sixth day of the march. Photo: David Bacon/Capital & Main] [Via Capital & Main] Lourdes Cardenas has worked the fields in the San Joaquin Valley for more than 20 years. “I’ve worked in all […]
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As San Francisco awaits more Monkeypox vaccines, Latinos account for 30-percent of city’s cases
On Friday Aug. 19, the San Francisco Department of Health (SFDPH) announced the city will receive 1,600 vials of the monkeypox vaccine in the next allotment. In order for clinics to get this new allotment, it must use a transdermal injection technique, just below the skin layer, rather than the traditional subcutaneous method, injected into […]
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Lowrider community showcase King of the Streets at San Francisco’s Embarcadero
[PICTURED: Spectators watch while a red lowrider rises during the hopping competition. San Francisco, California. August 20, 2022. Photo: Karem Rodriguez.] The Embarcadero was the backdrop for the annual King of the Streets Car Show and Hopping Contest organized by the San Francisco Lowrider Council. Hundreds of lowrider cars and fans gathered last Saturday, August […]
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What Gisselle Yepes’ poetry can teach us about grief
[by Sage Bliss-Rios Mace] I sang publicly for the final time at my cousin Nicky’s funeral. I made it through one verse before my voice broke — lyrics nettled in a chest tightening and closed. Beside Nicky’s body, my grief swallowed me into a long-lasting silence. Following Nicky’s death, my Spotify analytics would show how […]