When my mother still walked upon the earth, she had a sign posted on her living room: YOU CAN! She had written it on a piece of cardboard, using big characters and placing it where she could read it every day. Sometimes, she would even touch it with her hand as she passed by, the […]
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The murder of Victoria Salazar and the need for transnational police abolition
Trigger Warning: graphic descriptions of violence and femicide of Central American women On March 27, in the popular tourist destination of Tulum, Mexico, Salvadoran-born Victoria Salazar was murdered by a Mexican police officer. Surveillance camera footage of her murder went viral; depicting Salazar handcuffed, unable to breathe as a policewoman kneeled on her back, with […]
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The fight to save the West Berkeley Shellmound
Despite its status as one of the 11 most endangered historic sites in the country, the last undeveloped portion of the 5,700-year-old West Berkeley Shellmound and Village Ohlone sacred site has been fenced off by developers for a five-story housing and retail project. Located in the East Bay on historic Ohlone land, the Save West […]
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Latino Task Force Vaccine Sites in Mission, Excelsior Offer Accessible Services
The eligibility for getting a COVID-19 vaccine in San Francisco is now extended to all people above the age of 16. This development is a major milestone, but ensuring that all those who are eligible have access to the vaccine is another collective effort. At the forefront of that collective effort are the vaccine sites […]
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Survey by SF students reveal inequity, slow internet speeds for low income families
Editor’s note: The following is a story written by 4th and 5th grade bilingual students at Paul Revere Elementary School in Bernal Heights, and focuses on the inequity that exists around internet speeds for low income families and the impact that has children’s education. Imagine you are in class and your internet goes off. You […]
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Bukele carried out his “democratic coup”
This article was originally published in Spanish by ARPAS. Translated by CISPES and reprinted by El Tecolote, with permission. The Bay Area CISPES Chapter is in solidarity with those whose voices and political analysis are being suppressed by the Bukele administration. President Bukele attacks all opposition and has even violated press freedom by attacking Salvadoran […]
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Bordering on Hope
The Pro Amore Dei migrant shelter is buzzing with energy in anticipation of the Easter Sunday celebration—the incessant sound of children playing, babies crying, dozens of conversations, and food being prepared for the shelter’s approximately 100 inhabitants echoes all the way down the block. Located deep inside one of Tijuana’s hilly working class neighborhoods, Pro […]
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Derek Chauvin is guilty, But so is the system
We didn’t need a trial to know that Derek Chauvin was guilty Yes. Derek Chauvin is guilty. But the system that gave rise to his cruelty, and the cruelty of countless other murdering police, is still on the loose. Of course we all knew Chauvin was guilty. We knew it from the moment we saw […]
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Radio Teco: Revolutionary Roots
Afro-latino musician, Raka Dun, talks to us to about life in his native Panama, growing up here in the Bay Area, and how the social injustice of 2020 inspired his song “Libertad“.
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Radio Teco: Argentino Con Raíces Asiáticos
EN ESPAÑOL – En el próximo episodio de Radio Teco hablamos con el jefe de contenido digital de MLS en Español, Adolfo Lee, de su identificación como un Argentino con raíces Asiáticos.