Deciding who is essential: how the virus has impacted small businesses in Texas
Patrick Tamayo
May 1, 2020
As the highly contagious novel coronavirus spread across the nation, small businesses have had crucial decisions to make — regardless if they were labeled essential or non-essential. Being deemed non-essential basically forced business owners to cease operations and close their doors if they could...
For the people, by the people
by Patrick Tamayo, archival photos courtesy of El Tecolote archives
March 20, 2020
A San Francisco plainclothes officer was shot and killed May 1, 1969. The officer and his partner had approached and confronted a group of men they suspected of possessing stolen items. A struggle ensued and one of the officers was shot dead. Several days later — like the start of a bad joke — four ...