Tiny, Author at 48 hills

News + Politics

The spirit of Standing Rock

January 12, 2017

Each step a prayer, through snow so deep your body can’t think. Sharp blue sky filled with whispers from ancestors, a river so sacred...

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Homelessness and colonial media

December 7, 2016

"The Homeless caused the fires, they are always leaving trash and causing a mess everywhere they go," read the headline scrolling across the...

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Mamas fight for justice for their African sons

August 24, 2016

Sala Haquiyah Chandler and other mothers stood outside the SF courthouse recently, waiting while the alleged murderer of her son and three other young...

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For homeless people, normal life becomes ‘dangerous’

June 28, 2016

Editor's note: News media all over San Francisco are writing about homelessness this week. We though we could offer a very different perspective. Our...

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The tragedy of poverty

January 12, 2016

JANUARY 13, 2016 -- Gripping the steering wheel so tightly my hands hurt, I saw my mama so many years before, looking straight ahead...

Arts + Culture

‘Lowrider Lawyers’ put the city on trial

January 7, 2016

SCREEN GRABS A cherry lipstick red 1974 Chevrolet glided down 24th street in La Mision, as it’s called by La Raza and so many other...

News + Politics

The case against Junipero Serra

August 17, 2015

Native Americans and their allies meet to discuss the disaster of making a colonizing killer into a saint By Tiny AUGUST 18, 2015 -- The screams...

News + Politics

The Ellis Act, elder abuse, and a trip to the DA’s Office

February 11, 2014

By Tiny, aka Lisa Gray-Garcia FEB. 11, 2014 -- On Wednesday, Feb 5, citing California Penal Code Section 368, we -- the evicted,...