He faced the Venezuelan Navy, survived the Darién Gap and U.S. detention. In Tucson, Mariano is forced out again.
A Long Way Home Part 2: Mariano trembles. Maybe from cold, maybe from fear, maybe from rage. His cheek is pressed against the hard and dirty asphalt under a rusty car smelling of old oil. His heart is beating so hard he thinks the immigration officers might hear it if they come closer.
Se enfrentó a la Armada venezolana, sobrevivió al Tapón del Darién y a la detención en Estados Unidos. En Tucson, Mariano vuelve a ser obligado a huir.
Capítulo 2: Mariano tiembla. Tal vez de frío, tal vez de miedo, tal vez de rabia. Tiene la mejilla pegada al asfalto, duro y sucio, bajo un auto oxidado que…
“Being a migrant is not a crime”: A Venezuelan mother’s fight to keep her family together after deportation to México.
A Long Way Home Part 1: Yesenia is barefoot, three days into a deadly trek through the jungle in Panama. Her kids traveling with her are stomach-sick. So is she.…
“Ser migrante no es un delito”: La lucha de una madre venezolana por mantener unida a su familia tras la deportación a México.
Capítulo 1: Yesenia va descalza, es el tercer día de una travesía mortal por la selva en Panamá. Sus hijos que viajan con ella sufren malestar estomacal. Ella también. Todos…
Local school districts pilot digital hall pass programs that track students from class to nurse, bathroom, library and back
Remember the clipboard with the sign-in and sign-out log in your fifth-period class? Or how about the hall pass attached to a toilet plunger or a chemistry beaker that you…
Project Blue opponents sue Pima County over alleged open meeting law violations
Attorneys representing the No Desert Data Center Coalition filed a legal complaint in Pima County Superior Court Wednesday alleging that…
Opositores del Proyecto Blue demandan al condado de Pima por presuntas violaciones a ley de reuniones abiertas
Abogados que representan a la coalición No Desert Data Center presentaron el miércoles una demanda en el Tribunal Superior del…
Una sombría reunión de la junta de Amphi termina con cierre de cuatro escuelas primarias
La Junta de Gobierno del Distrito Escolar Amphitheater Public Schools votó 5-0 la noche del martes para cerrar cuatro escuelas…
Somber Amphi Board meeting ends with vote to shutter four elementary schools
The Amphitheater Public Schools Governing Board voted 5-0 Tuesday night to close down four elementary schools next school year. After…
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A Long Road Home
Hola, Today we published the first two chapters of A Long Road Home, a deeply reported, three-part investigation produced in partnership with La Silla Rota that follows one family’s journey from Venezuela to Tucson — and back…
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