Gabriella Frenes, a local journalist, joins us to talk about her and her family’s interesting history that ties Asian, Latin, and Chumash ancestry together.
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Everything you need to know about the COVID-19 vaccines
Medical experts, community leaders and Californians who have already been vaccinated held a virtual press conference on March 9 to shed light on Californiaās vaccination campaign. āOne of the questions that I get asked the most is which is the best of the three vaccines. My answer is always the same: āthe best vaccine is […]
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Removing barriers and fighting the narrative on vaccine hesitancy in BIPOC communities
The COVID-19 vaccine rollout has been challenging across the county, from states securing doses to distributing them once they are in hand. But distributing the vaccines to certain communities of colorāparticularly Black and Brown onesāhas been a challenge. But Dr. Rhea Boyd, a scholar, health care provider and public health advocate, is trying to change […]
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SFās queer nightlife grasps for a return to normalcy
Esta Noche, Trocerdo Transfer, Lexington, Universe, Pendulum ā uttering these names of shuttered venues among queer circles in San Francisco is to uncan the history of a storied nightlife that began dwindling before COVID-19 arrived. As more queer venues parish, SF State alum DāArcy Drollinger, owner of drag-show nightclub and cabaret Oasis, is among those […]
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Black women leading students to excellence at Bayview-Hunters Point nonprofit
The way Diane Gray tells it, the Bayview-Hunters Point nonprofit that she started in 1999 is finding wild success in the era of COVID-19. According to the San Francisco native, the most recent batch of 21 high school seniors, whom her organization helped gain entry into college, won more than $640,000 in scholarships ā a […]
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Is Reform enough? Bidenās immigration policy reform still fails Black Migrants
In a response to the Boston Globeās post about the Biden administrationās deportation of hundreds of Haitian migrants, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley tweeted, āThe mass deportations of Haitians and Black immigrants is amoral and dangerous. @ICEgov is a rogue agency that is beyond reform. We must rebuild our immigration system to affirm the dignity and humanity […]
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An inspirer has left
āYou want to be an actor? Butā¦thatās something for queers and poor losers!ā Since I was a child I have heard that repeated and prejudiced mantra. It was said to those of us who expressed any interest in the theater arts. Even in the most āprogressiveā high schools, those who had a humanities leaning were […]