Vaccinating 12-17 year olds has become the next major milestone in gaining control of the pandemic. Why do some parents hesitate? Vaccinating 12 to 17 year olds will be one of the great milestones in controlling the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S., experts speaking on an Ethnic Media Services news briefing agreed. As many as […]
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When life gives you lemons…
Five years ago, soon after I retired from teaching at San Francisco State University, I walked into the office of this beloved community newspaper and offered my services as a free-lance writer. All those years working in the marvelous world of a well-respected university had taught me a great deal. I was ready to share […]
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Radio Teco: Culture Clash
Former soccer player and current analyst for ESPN and ESPN Deportes, Herculez Gomez joins Radio Teco to talk about the culture clash he felt as a Mexican-American playing and covering soccer in both the United States and Mexico.
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Rent made sheltering-in-place impossible for many of SF’s Latinx immigrants
Rent stress drove SF’s immigrant Latinx community to work during the pandemic This report is the first in a series that will cover the wealth and health stripping effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Latinx immigrant people of San Francisco. Our report is informed by the results of the “El Tecolote Survey 2021: Rent, […]
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Radio Teco: Hostile Terrain
Anthropologist Jason De LeĂłn joins us to chat about his non-profit research-art-education-media collective, “Hostile Terrain 94“. An exhibition composed of over 3,200 handwritten toe tags that represent migrants who have died trying to cross the Sonoran Desert of Arizona between the mid-1990s and 2019.
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Photo Essay: Housing demonstration
Demonstrators gathered outside of the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development on April 23, 2021 in support of 7,600 families who applied for the city’s Give2SF rental assistance program six months ago and never received a reply. According to the organization’s press release, “These families are now being forced to reapply to the City’s […]
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Photo Essay: “Free Palestine”
Thousands of Palestinian supporters gathered at the corner of 16th and Valencia streets in San Francisco on May 15 to commemorate the 73rd anniversary of the Nakba (the Palestinian exodus that occurred in 1948 with the creation of Israel) in a show of solidarity with Palestine amid Israel’s unrelenting air strikes, which have killed more […]
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Tribute to Fallen Hero Dr. Ray Rivera: Pioneer, Activist, and Visionary
The smell of red beans and rice cooked in an amazing sofrito, pernil marinated and roasted for hours to celebrate a birthday, or maybe it was corned beef and cabbage to celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day, sometimes a Trinidadian duck curry cooked by the lady of the house, whatever the occasion we all get excited by […]
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Welcoming Back Students
We welcome students from all over the world, and this past month after having moved to San Francisco from China four months ago, one of our student’s got to experience in-person learning for the first time as the world recovers from a pandemic. Just thinking about their experience reminds me of all the joy and […]
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The risk of an education without purpose
What is the purpose of education? Every single person will have a different answer. Is it to prepare students for “the real world?” Is it to teach kids discipline? Is it to foster the one-of-a-kind intelligence and skills each young person has? Well, here is what I know. When students go to school every day, […]