2 min readby  Jimmy Ojeda Stand with striking fast food workers on Thursday, December 5th at 12:00 pm, on the Mc Donald’s 3856 E. Speedway (Speedway/Alvernon).  Workers will demand $15 an hour and the right to form a union without retaliation. Employers like McDonalds, Burger King and Wendy’s are raking in enormous profits while workers mostly adults with families, don’t get paid enough to cover basic needs like food, rent, health care and transportation. These employees are risking our jobs as they continue to stand up and say ENOUGH. Everyone who believes in justice should support them. It’s time to give every worker a

5 min readby Cesar Aguirre, A few weeks ago I was blessed with the opportunity to take my girls out to a pizza place for dinner. After playing arcade games with Alissa and Jasmine we sat down together to enjoy our pizza and salad. As we ate we talked about our day, they both told me about what they had done in school. I told them about my day in the soup kitchen. After eating I cut them loose to play a little more while I got a box for our leftovers. Once I had done that I sat for a moment and

3 min readby Brian Flagg $250 million City taxpayer dollars down the drain, up in smoke, squandered, siphoned off by who, corrupt individuals? While at the same time, bus riders are being threatened with fareincreases, city pools are closed, and there is little or no money for KIDCO or job training.  In this city, the City of Tucson, with the sixth worst poverty rate in the entire country. The Arizona Daily Star (Rio Nuevo Probe: Bad – but not criminal, October 11, 2013) reported that the Arizona Attorney General’s office released a memo outlining its decision to not prosecute anyone.  They referred to the