As students return to school after a year of distance learning, the movement to recall the entire San Francisco Unified Board of Education remains underway. The reason, according to those leading the campaign Recall the SF School Board, is the boardâs reluctance to resume in-person education, this despite over 19,000 students returning to in-person learning […]
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A lifeline for struggling students
Thrown into the ocean without a life vest. Thatâs how it felt. Iâm not talking about learning how to swim. Iâm talking about what it was like to enter the world of education. My entire world changed in 2011, when I started working for an afterschool program in Los Angeles, where I was born and […]
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SB 91 extends temporary eviction protection, but will it be enough
At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mission residents, Margarita, 44, and Miriam, 59, lost their restaurant jobs. As a result, both found themselves in a precarious housing situation, and were unable to pay rent for the first time. After hearing about Give2SF COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund, a citywide rent relief program, they filled […]
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Radio Teco: Las Vidas Negras Importan
En este episodio hablamos de la importancia de la frase “Las Vidas Negras Importan” y cĂłmo tenemos que apoyar a la comunidad Afro-Americano.Escuche el Ășltimo episodio, califĂquenos y sĂganos en su plataforma de podcasts favorita aquĂ: https://plnk.to/radio-teco?to=page
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Rhythms of Resistance: Africa, Cuba and the birth of BakosĂł
When it comes to hip-hop, particularly in Latin America, much is owed to Africa. And for Isnay âDJ JigĂŒeâ Rodriguezâa Cuban music producer and DJ whose blend of electronic, urban and African rhythms has come to be known as Afrofuturismo Tropicalâit was time to pay that debt. Itâs a debt that traces back to his […]
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Radio Teco: The Panama Al Brown Story
Author, and former boxer, Jose Corpas joins us to chat about the legendary boxer Panama Al Brown, the subject of his 2016 book âBlack Ink.â
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Letter: Three episodes to kill Hemingway
I have never seen such a sinister documentary against a single person in my life. We expected to see a film about the author’s phenomenal literary work, about the history of American literature, and about the gigantic contribution of Ernest Hemingway, and yet we encountered a bunch of slanders, gossip, rumors, insults, denigrations, and attempts […]
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Radio Teco: The Fight Against Forced Sterilization
El Tecolote contributor, Johanna Lopez Miyaki, talks to three amazing guests who give us three different perspectives on the ugly history the United States has with eugenics and forced sterilization. Azadeh Shahshahani Azadeh is the Legal and Advocacy Director for Project South, one of the organizations that filed the complaint in Sept 2020 that exposed medical […]
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Standing with Indian farmers
Hundreds of demonstrators showed their support for farmers in India by marching across the Golden Gate Bridge on April 10. Since November, tens of thousands of farmers have been protesting against three farm bills that would ultimately change how the agricultural industry operates in India. Demonstrators have been camping along the borders of Indiaâs Capital, […]
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Justice for Roger Allen
Demonstrators march in Daly City in honor of Roger Allen who was killed by Daly City Police on April 7, 2021.