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In a city where rising rents increasingly displace low-income residents, one San Francisco block’s rapid change triggers fear and hope

Aug 19, 2015, 9:04 AM 0

By Meira Gebel Mission Local Walking on San Carlos between 18th and 19th streets, 76-year-old Jerry Avila points to changes he has seen on the block where he has lived for more than 30 years. For most of that…

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Crowdfunder: Preserving the only surviving remnant of Little Spain in NYC

Jul 21, 2015, 12:00 AM 0

LatinaLista — Campaign: Sole Survivor – Única Superviviente History. Art. Spain. America. These are the four essential elements of Sole Survivor, a documentary film that follows the evolution of La Nacional – Spanish Benevolent Society (founded in New York…

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Chicago’s Logan Square’s cultural shift leaves little room to remember the Latinos who lived there first

Jun 2, 2015, 10:36 AM 0

By Elisabet Bernard EXTRA! t was on a Saturday night when I was standing outside of some hip, Logan Square bar. My hair teased up to high heaven, I took a moment to examine where I was. Around me…