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A Mexico City Mayor Tried to Erase Street Food Art. The Community Is Fighting Back.

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The rótulo erasure was only the latest attack on Mexico City’s street vendors, who historically suffer from discrimination, marginalization, and economic exploitation in the form of bribes and corrupt government licensing and regulation. “We Alongside other social media accounts such as PinturaFresca.mx

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One-Horse Town

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What’s a year of social distancing when you’re Elsie Eiler, the longtime sole resident (and best burger chef) in America’s smallest small town? Ever since her husband, Rudy, died in 2004, dropping Monowi’s population by half, Eiler has been something of an international celebrity. to have such a population.

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The Boundary Pusher

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Peter Meehan’s transgressive vision helped redefine food media with the groundbreaking Lucky Peach , and later transformed the LA Times ’s food coverage. Social media has driven much of this reckoning by providing a space for rank-and-file editors and writers to speak out.