AltWeeklies Wire
Identification Issuesnew
How can we get the homeless off the streets if they don't have the identification needed to receive services?
Tucson Weekly |
Mari Herreras |
10-30-2014 |
Homelessness
Arizona Cannabis Nurses Association vs. Humblenew
The legal wrangling over PTSD and medical marijuana continues with new complaint filed against Department of Health Services
Tucson Weekly |
Mari Herreras |
09-04-2014 |
Health
Sponsor Appealnew
The drama over the termination of a University of Arizona assistant professor and the future of marijuana research continues.
Tucson Weekly |
Mari Herreras |
07-29-2014 |
Education
Computer Justicenew
Computer hardware malfunction has turned immigration courts upside down, and in some cases kept detainees from posting bond.
Tucson Weekly |
Mari Herreras |
05-02-2014 |
Immigration
Incarceration Inc.new
The Arizona Department of Corrections says inmate population is on the rise, so more private prison beds are needed.
Tucson Weekly |
Mari Herreras |
10-10-2013 |
Policy Issues
For Carlosnew
Phoenix muralist devotes first Tucson mural to 19-year-old killed by Border Patrol agent.
Tucson Weekly |
Mari Herreras |
09-03-2013 |
Immigration
No Helpnew
Another family speaks out about the failures of TUSD's special-education services.
Tucson Weekly |
Mari Herreras |
10-15-2012 |
Education
Tags: TUSD
Finding Hopenew
A parent speaks out about TUSD's special-ed troubles
Tucson Weekly |
Mari Herreras |
09-27-2012 |
Education
Tags: special education, TUSD
Preponderance of Evidencenew
The federal DOE's Office of Civil Rights determines that TUSD officials retaliated against a whistleblower.
Tucson Weekly |
Mari Herreras |
09-13-2012 |
Education
Tags: TUSD, Tucson School District
Walk or Take Sun Tran!new
Some Pueblo High students are surprised to learn their school buses have been sent elsewhere
Tucson Weekly |
Mari Herreras |
08-16-2012 |
Education
After Speaking Outnew
A $1 million libel lawsuit against Mexican-American studies teachers continues.
Tucson Weekly |
Mari Herreras |
08-10-2012 |
Education
Broken Recordsnew
A whistle-blower complaint leads to a public-information lawsuit against the Pima County Attorney.
Tucson Weekly |
Mari Herreras |
06-14-2012 |
Politics
TUSD and Desegregation: a Historynew
Desegregation efforts in the Tucson Unified School District started with a lawsuit filed 38 years ago. In 1974, two families filed separate lawsuits against the district to address disparities in the education of African-American and Mexican-American students...
Tucson Weekly |
Mari Herreras |
05-10-2012 |
Education
Ties That Bindnew
Internal struggles in the University of Arizona Mexican American Studies department continue to grow.
Tucson Weekly |
Mari Herreras |
05-03-2012 |
Education
Morals Before Profitnew
Activists demand that former U.S. Sen. Dennis DeConcini resign from a private-prison company's board
Tucson Weekly |
Mari Herreras |
03-31-2012 |
Politics
