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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

< 1 min readby Brian Flagg Can’t help but think how nice it would have been if these two would have been in Tucson for the 6 week long bus strike that ended last week. They could have generated some spiritual and political power to get the local elected officials to come down sooner on the evil, union-busting multinational company that manages Sun Tran? Or maybe you and I need to arrange our lives so that we are transformed and thus able to generate that power to alleviate human suffering? Arizona Daily Star FIDEL Y EL SANTO PADRE  por Brian Flagg Que bueno

< 1 min readpor Laura Alameda Hola, soy Laura Alameda. Estoy muy orgullosa se mis raíces. Soy 100% Mexicana y a mucha honra el pasado domingo, 13 de septiembre fuimos al Ava Casino, mi hermana Rosa, sus hijos, sus nietos y Brian también nos acompañó. Estuvo muy emotivo más cuando dijeron viva México y el himno nacional saludando a mi bandera Mexicana y también escuchando a la banda de la guerra de los Banderos de Nogales, Sonora. Fue muy emocionante para mi en mi corazón. Hubo mucha música muy suave. Pasamos una buena tarde ese día, gracias a Dios.

2 min readReprinted from the OMOS bulletin: Pope Francis has written YOU a letter! AN INTRODUCTION TO POPE FRANCIS’ ENCYCLICAL Laudato Si’ ON “CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME” (Co-sponsored by the Care for Creation and Consistent Ethic of Life Committees). Come and find out what the letter says at our special 4-week introductory series beginning Monday, September 14. Pope Francis addressed his new encyclical (papal letter) on the environment to “every person living on this planet!” His inspiring and extremely important message is an appeal that describes how interconnected we are within God’s loving gift of creation and how we are now

< 1 min readby Blake Morlock in the Tucson Sentinel posted September 8, 2015. This is real journalism! just look what a real journalist can do when freed from the shackles of the likes of the Arizona Daily Star! We/I are going to make a donation to the Tucson Sentinel. Find this article here. Stay tuned for news of more Tucson Bus Riders Union Actions to pressure the powers that be to end this union-busting strike!

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