Scenes From the Front Lines of America’s Immigration Crisis
Aug 8, 2018 A volunteer from a group that helped migrants in Tucson, Ariz., recounts stories of those most affected by a dehumanizing situation the U.S. helped create.Arizona Students Back in Class After Six-Day Teacher Strike
May 4, 2018 The state's educators win a 20-percent pay raise by 2020 after a walkout that was part of a bubbling national uprising over low pay and school funding.
Border Detention Images Show How U.S. Abuses Migrants
Aug 19, 2016 Security camera images unsealed in a federal lawsuit show immigrants detained by Customs and Border Protection wrapped in emergency blankets and squashed together with no room to move.
Bernie Sanders in Tucson: Immigrants Are ‘Doing the Hardest Work in America’
Oct 10, 2015 The Democratic presidential candidate called for reforms that would protect from deportation the estimated 11 million immigrants who are in the U.S. without permission. He also called for an end to the easy availability of assault weapons.
Terror
Apr 26, 2013
Loughner Pleads Guilty in Arizona Shootings
Aug 7, 2012 After being ruled competent to stand trial, Jared Lee Loughner pleaded guilty Tuesday to 19 charges stemming from a shooting rampage that left six people dead and a dozen others, including former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, wounded.
NRA’s Legacy
Jul 23, 2012
Not So Fast, Mitt
Jan 6, 2012 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Bill Boyarsky complicates the conventional wisdom on Mitt Romney; the Rev. Madison Shockley has a beef with the Catholic Church; a judge wants to ban Mexican-American education in Arizona; Mr. Fish applies his skeptical wit to the political process, and Robert Scheer on Iowa.This week on Truthdig Radio: Complicating the conventional wisdom on Mitt Romney; Catholic recruiters; banning Mexican-American education in Arizona; Mr. Fish on the political process, and Robert Scheer on Iowa.
Not So Fast, Mitt
Jan 6, 2012 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Bill Boyarsky complicates the conventional wisdom on Mitt Romney; the Rev. Madison Shockley has a beef with the Catholic Church; a judge wants to ban Mexican-American education in Arizona; Mr. Fish applies his skeptical wit to the political process, and Robert Scheer on Iowa.
Leaving Arizona: Tucson Group Pushes Secession
May 10, 2011 Organizers in Tucson and surrounding Pima County have launched a petition drive that would put their plan to secede from Arizona on the ballot in 2012, a movement born out of liberal disgust with the conservatism of Phoenix and other northern neighbors. (more)
