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Hotel workers hold flea market to protest health care costs

Feb 2, 2010
4:03 pm

Workers of the Grand Hyatt hotel in San Antonio held an "I-Can't-Afford-My-Healthcare-Pulga" in conjunction with the San Antonio Unite Here! chapter.

The pulga, or flea market, was held Jan. 29 to protest the Grand Hyatt's health insurance program, which workers say is too expensive and continues to increase in cost.

Maira Garcia

Art exhibit encourages people to look at life through animals' eyes

Jan 23, 2010
11:42 pm

Emily Landon and Chris Wildrick venture into territories unknown with their show Animalities, currently on view at Unit B (Gallery).

The New York-based artists explore their wild side and demonstrate what it’s like to be an animal. Before patrons step into the gallery, Landon has life-sized cows roaming in the backyard. Inside, she has a video of herself as a life-size raccoon picking at garbage and doing a multitude of other actions as an animal.

Heather DiMasi

Roots of change: community garden photos

Source: Flickr

Jan 23, 2010
8:59 pm

Southwest Workers Union kicked off its Roots of Change community garden, Jan. 23, at the groups' headquarters, 1416 E. Commerce St.

Forty volunteers from St. Mary's University and Central Catholic High School came out to till the soil, pull weeds and sow seeds. Even a family who had learned of the event on Twitter stopped by to pitch in.

The crew pulled weeds and used them to start a compost pile.

Diana Lopez, Environmental Justice Organizer for the SWU, even repurposed the grubs, giving them to a volunteer to bring home to feed to their chickens.

Heather DiMasi

Angela Davis speaks at Trinity University

Jan 22, 2010
11:05 pm

Angela Davis, social activist and professor at University of California-Santa Cruz, gave the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture at Trinity University Jan. 20. The event was held in Laurie Auditorium with hundreds in attendance.

Davis spoke about continuing King's struggle for freedom for all, social activism and the crisis in Haiti.

Maira Garcia

Images of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day March: A slideshow

Jan 21, 2010
2:00 pm

Maira Garcia

Martin Luther King Jr. March photos

Source: Flickr

Jan 21, 2010
11:41 am

Though the morning was misty, foggy and cold, the community came out Jan. 18 in tens of thousands for San Antonio's MLK March. It is said to be one of the largest MLK marches in the United States.

Heather DiMasi

Chemex Pouring

Dec 22, 2009
5:36 am

This is how real coffee is brewed! What a great experience @browncoffeeco continues to provide. This is one of their great pure pouring methods. The coffee comes out pure, light, sweet and I could drink it all day. Enjoy!

Davis Staedtler