James Cordero, Co-Director of the Water Drop Program at Border Angels, joins us to talk about the reality migrants deal with as they cross the border and the humanitarian aid Border Angels offers them. Border Angels promotes a culture of love through advocacy, education, by creating a social consciousness, and engaging in direct action to […]
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In a Time of Hope, We Have the Power to Make a Change
Editor’s note: It is with great sadness that we bid farewell to a pioneering Chicana force in our community, Elizabeth “Betita” Martinez. Betita, an accomplished educator, activist and author, died on June 29 in San Francisco at the age of 95. To honor her memory, we present you with an opinion piece that Betita wrote […]
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Chef Carlos Altamirano and the new Peruvian restaurant in La MisiĂłn
On April 15, Carlos Altamirano, the Peruvian chef known throughout the Bay area, realized a dream he had had since arriving in San Francisco from Peru in 1994: to open a restaurant in La MisiĂłn, on Valencia Street. Some time ago, he bought the place where his Sanguchon restaurant is now, but due to the […]
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Life is bittersweet
A few days ago, my grandson, all of two years old, wanted to hug a tree. His father, a young man receptive to his child’s needs and desires, readily agreed. Together, they found the closest tree. Excited, my grandson placed his little arms on the trunk of the tree, meaning to hug it. Sadly, a […]
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California has no recovery plan for Latinx immigrant tenants stripped of wealth in the pandemic
This report is informed by the results of the “El Tecolote Survey 2021: Rent, Stress and the Pandemic in the Latinx immigrant community of San Francisco.” The survey was developed and gathered by El Tecolote with the support of the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism 2020 Impact Fund, and in collaboration with Mujeres Hacia […]
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A Huge Victory for Public Banking in SF
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors took a giant step for public banking June 15 when it voted 10-0, a veto-proof majority, to pass the Reinvest in San Francisco Ordinance, legislation to ensure a long term equitable recovery in our San Francisco economy ravaged by the COVID pandemic by beginning the process to charter a […]
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What does losing a Congressional seat mean for CA?
The California Independent Citizen Redistricting Commission (CRC) was established in 2008 by California voters with the passage of the Voters FIRST Act, which took the job of redistricting out of the hands of the California Legislature and transferred it to the people. For the CRC to draft fair and representative Congressional, State Senate, State Assembly, […]
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Radio Teco: The Power of Storytelling
📻 Joining us on this episode of Radio Teco are the Jacobs-Fantauzzi brothers, Khalil and Eli, who produce and direct various films and storytelling projects. Of Jewish and Puerto Rican ancestry, Khalil and Eli have deep roots in the Bay Area and the Caribbean. We’ll be discussing their longtime activism in Puerto Rico, what filmmaking […]
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Radio Teco: Juneteenth – What is freedom?
Malik Washington, investigative reporter and community liaison of the San Francisco Bay View National Black Newspaper, talks to us about the history of Juneteenth and how the fight for freedom here in the United States is still ongoing.
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Guarding the treasure that is City College
A couple months ago, when City College of San Francisco faced massive cuts that would devastate programs and result in laying off hundreds of teachers, I read the obituary of Vartan Gregorian, an academic who restored the New York Public Library in the 1980s. What he said about the library – that it’s not a […]