La frontera que define a Tucson y la visión de Gabriela Rangel en MOCA
Gabriela Rangel llegó a Tucson con solo la mitad de sus libros. La otra mitad la donó a una biblioteca pública antes de trasladar su vida de Nueva York al desierto de Sonora. Se llevó consigo a sus dos gatos —Olga, de Argentina, y Conrad, de Nueva York— y emprendió el camino para dirigir el…
The border is what defines Tucson for new MOCA director Gabriela Rangel
Gabriela Rangel arrived in Tucson with only half her books. The other half she donated to a public library before moving her life from New York to the Sonoran Desert.…
If an ICE detention center opens in Marana, who would hold it accountable?
The childhood memories of visiting her father while he was detained at Florence Correctional Center are seared into Brinley Carrillo’s mind. “Every month we packed tortas in a cooler and…
Voters approve RTA Next plan to fund transit for 20 years in unofficial results
Pima County voters are projected to approve the RTA Next transportation plan, extending a half-cent sales tax to fund regional road and transit projects for the next 20 years, according…
“People power”: New Tucson mural celebrates Black history and liberation
“Going at it with true people power.” That’s the message behind new murals in Tucson, says Brandon Rogers, president of the University of Arizona Black Student Union. Tucson is long…
Pueblo High, Maxwell K-8 named as ASDB cooperative sites, teacher pay cuts tabled
After a month to reflect since officials voted to close the Tucson campus of the Arizona State School for the Deaf and the Blind and lay off about 60 employees…
Federal order seeks major capacity increase at proposed Marana ICE detention center
A former prison in Marana slated to become an immigration detention center has a capacity of 513 people, according to…
TUSD budget cut rollouts continue as fine arts, interscholastics, school safety all in the 40-department mix
The somewhat tropical, yet metallic sounds of steel drums opened the Tucson Unified School District Board meeting Tuesday night. As…
Resultados preliminares muestran que votantes aprueban RTA Next para financiar transporte en 20 años
Se proyecta que los votantes del condado de Pima aprueben el plan de transporte RTA Next, que extiende un impuesto…
“It’s a new kind of threat”: Thousands of TUSD staffers ask for more ICE training
Students and staff will ask for more specific and comprehensive training on how to deal with potential U.S. Immigration and…
UA study aims to understand how teacher identity shapes Southern Arizona classrooms
Teaching Korean at an all-boys high school was foundational for Ji Hong’s research as an educational psychologist. But her curiosity…
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