2 min readby Cesar Aguirre and Brian Flagg Click here to read the story in the Daily Star This happened because parents and students from the five schools organized, went to the TUSD Board meeting and passionately stood up for their schools. And they made it clear that they would keep coming until their schools were no longer threatened. Until now there has been no real attempt by the plaintiff reps in this case to push back against the Special Master’s recommendation to strip the magnet status of five schools and the funding that goes with it. The Special Master and Judge Bury

2 min readAccording to the article in today’s Daily Star, Pope Francis’ big summit on family issues won’t endorse any changes to church doctrine on homosexuality or whether civilly remarried Catholics can receive Communion. And yet, it seems, everything has changed! “From the crucial role African bishops have played in the debate, to calls to remove “intrinsically disordered” from the church’s language on gays, to the freedom bishops now enjoy to speak their mind once-taboo issues, Francis’ synod on the family has at the very least shaken up the church for years to come.  The article reported that Francis delivered a “…bombshell of

2 min readSat. Oct. 17th, 9 to 11 a.m. Starts at IBEW Hall (750 S. Tucson Blvd.) Casa Maria is joined with enviros, neighborhood, union and church groups, housing advocates, the Living Streets Alliance and others to get this $815 million bond package passed on November 3. Granted there are some parts of it that will benefit too much the rich guys. But we all have fought long and hard to get our things in it too such as affordable housing, neighborhood reinvestment, open space and improvements to parks on the South side. Ultimately it really will stimulate the economy and bring

3 min readby Brian Flagg On Monday, October 5, my dad, William Dodge Flagg, passed away peacefully in his own bed in Huntington Beach, CA. He was 91. He only had one lung and had become pretty incoherent. It was time to go. Needless to say it was hard on my mom. They were married for more than 35 years. He is being cremated and there is no funeral. Which is fine with me but it really impresses on me what a white boy I really am. Can you imagine any Mexicano not having a big emotional funeral with lots and lots

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< 1 min readBaribie Urias, an enrolled member of the Gila River Indian Community based in Sacaton, AZ was adamant that we post this! To read Juniper Serra No Saint by Simon Moya-Smith and watch the video click here .

2 min readThe Nation recently published an article, The Gentrification of Higher Ed, and we beg you to read it, especially if you’re a fan of the University of Arizona! Read it here: http://www.thenation.com/article/gentrification-higher-ed/ In it, Michelle Goldberg likens the University of Arizona to a “country club” and she is right on! Google “Next, Level, and the Hub apartments” and check out the photos and prices if you don’t believe her. According to Goldberg, the “country club” aesthetic is the University of Arizona’s response and answer to budget cuts – the towers with rooftop pools attract wealthy students who can afford out of

2 min readby Coach Sanchez This story can be about any group of kids who get turned away from any sporting activities due to insufficient funding, but today its about the group of kids who live in Barrio Oscurro (6th ave and Bilby area) and the sport is futbol. Most of these kids parents live check to check and cant afford to pay $100 + to register so most soccer clubs say if you don’t pay you cant play. How unfortunate right, but if you read between the lines what races and groups are targeted by these fees? To shorten it up