On our first episode of Our Cultura Podcast we have the new Executive Director of AcciĆ³n Latina, Fatima Ramirez, on as a guest. Fatima tells us about her path to Accion Latina, the inspirations she followed to get to where she’s at now, and also her plans for the future of the, San Francisco based, […]
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Latinas Shaking Up The Lowrider Car Scene
Women have always been present in the lowrider car scene, but men have usually predetermined their place to be in the passenger seat or posing seductively in front of their cars. Two years ago, Angel and her sister challenged this outdated thinking by establishing DueƱas Car Club, a space for women who want to drive […]
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To vaccinate our most vulnerable, it will take a village
When the pandemic hit last spring, my family saw images of Americaās deserted streets, overrun hospitals, and dead bodies stored in refrigerated trucks on the internet. From Vietnam, my mother begged me to go āhomeā because it was āsafeā there. She feared for my life, but now, more than a year after her begging, I […]
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Latina Latino Latinx News ā The Importance of Diversity
Welcome to Latina, Latino, Latinx News! On our first episode we have a special guest talking about diversity in not only sports but in all walks of life. Megan Reyes, Communications Director at Blue Wire Podcasts, talks to us about the campaign she created to help encourage a more equal society.Ā You can support the […]
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10 Questions I Have About El Salvador Adopting BitCoin
Friends have asked what my thoughts are about El Salvador adopting BitCoin. My auto-generated response was āum, Iām not sure but I donāt think it is a good thing.ā In an attempt to better understand Bitcoin in El Salvador, I will now answer some questions that have come up. āWhat even is BitCoin? Oh cryptocurrency, […]
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CDC Experts Call New Surge āThe pandemic of the unvaccinatedā
As the Delta variant of COVID-19 spreads across the country, health authorities are concerned about the increase in cases in rural counties where vaccination rates are very low. According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as of July 15 there were 33,000 new cases of COVID, nearly 70 percent higher […]
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Q&A: Soccer olympian opens up about identity and unequal pay in women’s sports
Editorās note: This Q&A with American-born Colombian Soccer Olympian and now entrepreneur, Melissa Ortiz, was adapted from a May episode of Radio Teco, the podcast of El Tecolote. Due to space, this interview has been condensed. To listen to the episode in its entirety, visit eltecolote.org/content/en/radio-teco, or wherever you get your podcasts. ET: Where are […]
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In latest attack on DACA, Texas judge declares the program āunlawfulā
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) faced another setback on July 16 when U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen ruled in favor of Texas and an additional eight other states in preventing the U.S. from approving new DACA applicants. New DACA applicants who did not get approved by July 16 will not be approved moving forward. […]
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Cuba: With A Machete And The Light Turned Off
Editor’s note: Elier Alvarez is an Afro Cuban spoken word artist living in Havana, Cuba. Alvarez wrote this testimony in response to the protests against the government of Cuban president Miguel DĆaz-Canel. When I think about what is happening right now in Cuba and in my own life, I only see Cuban hip hop. I […]
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āāInternational Solidarity Against Tyranny in the Philippines
The United States government plays an active role in the harassment and murder of Filipino people. The Philippine National Police (PNP) has an outpost at the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco and is known to actively surveil local activists here in the Bay Area. There is also a history of the Bay Area police […]