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ICYMI 2014: Soccer Field Standoff Highlights Gentrification Tension
Saturday, December 27, 2014
This year, video of an argument over who got to play on a soccer field in San Francisco went viral, sparked a community protest and highlighted tensions about gentrification in a changing neighborhood.
It happened in mid-August when a pickup soccer game between mostly Latino teens in San ...
Pizza Chain That Markets To Mexicans Says New Promotion Isn't Profane
Saturday, March 15, 2014
EDITOR'S NOTE: Fair warning - this story is about and includes the use of a Spanish-language word that some consider a profanity.
Pizza Patrón is a Dallas-based chain that's generated a lot of media buzz over the years for advertising aimed at its core customer base, Mexican immigrants. Its ...
Fifty Years Later, 'A Better Chance' Trains Young Scholars
Saturday, June 08, 2013
Fifty-five boys — all poor and almost all African-American — were a part of a bold educational experiment in the early 1960s. They were placed in an intensive summer school program. If they finished, the headmasters of 16 prep schools agreed to accept them. Tuition paid.
Planning for that experiment ...