US Policy Frustrates Honduran Immigrant Who Crossed Border at 14
Vice President Kamala Harris visited the U.S.-Mexico border on Friday to tour a detention facility and meet with people who have made the journey to the United States. For San Francisco resident...
View ArticleOrganizers Rush to Help Afghan Refugees in Bay Area
Update, Aug. 25 & 26: This story has been updated with additional aid group references and links. Farhad Yousafzai, who came to the United States in 2014 on a Special Immigrant Visa and has worked...
View ArticleLocal Veterans Reflect on ‘Moral Obligation’ to Afghans
After the Taliban took over the Afghan government, a massive evacuation effort began, but thousands are still waiting at the airport in Kabul. Tyler Solorio, an Army veteran deployed to Afghanistan in...
View ArticleWith Provisional Measure Now Permanent, Noncitizen Parents Can Vote in SF’s...
This article is adapted from an episode of our podcast “Civic.” Click the audio player below to hear the full story. San Francisco residents who are not citizens but are parents may vote in school...
View ArticleAfghan Employees of Bay Area Nonprofit Hope Americans Will Help Those Living...
This article is adapted from an episode of our podcast “Civic.” Click the audio player below to hear the full story. The swiftness with which Afghanistan’s former government collapsed and the...
View ArticleVolunteers Race to Preserve Culturally Significant Records in Chinatown
Having grown up as a kid in the Cameron House Youth Program, Joyce Tom was familiar with stories about Donaldina Cameron’s efforts to protect Chinatown’s women and children from being kidnapped and...
View ArticleCalifornia Program Trains Undocumented Residents to Become Therapists and...
On March 20, California Proposition 1 passed by a razor-thin margin and will authorize nearly $6.4 billion to expand the state’s mental health and substance abuse treatment infrastructure. Recognizing...
View ArticleOverdose Deaths Swell Among SF’s Mayan Residents, Highlighting Urgent Need...
This article is adapted from an episode of our podcast “Civic.” Click the audio player below to hear the full story. Every Saturday, Aurelia Ramirez fills a tote bag with pamphlets about local social...
View ArticleMore Migrants Families Are Trying to Access Shelter While SF Underestimates...
This article is adapted from an episode of our podcast “Civic.” Click the audio player below to hear the full story. When Karen Rodriguez arrived in San Francisco after fleeing her home country,...
View ArticleLas Muertes por Sobredosis entre los Mayas en San Francisco Muestran la...
Read this story in English. Todos los sábados, Aurelia Ramírez llena una bolsa con folletos sobre servicios locales de apoyo social, compra unas docenas de pan dulce y una caja de café, y camina por...
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