AltWeeklies Wire
Selective Enforcementnew
Animal advocates say Tucson Greyhound Park is still dodging the law.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
09-23-2011 |
Animal Issues
Bloody Aftermathnew
Following the brutal Arivaca killings, anti-immigrant groups struggle to change the topic
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
09-01-2011 |
Immigration
Incompetent or Ingenious?new
Some volunteers in the failed recall of Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer question the organizer's efforts
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
07-06-2011 |
Politics
Mickey Mouse Dealnew
The Veterans Affairs spends a hefty sum to hire Disney to train staffers.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
06-10-2011 |
Politics
Pets and Pathologynew
Keeping too many animals can lead to situations both dangerous and disgusting.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
05-27-2011 |
Animal Issues
Freedom From Regulation?new
The Koch brothers pump money into a new University of Arizona center
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
05-10-2011 |
Education
To the Streetsnew
Local services collaborate to help out homeless vets in Tucson.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
04-26-2011 |
Homelessness
Tags: Homelessness, Homeless Veterans
Your Tax Dollars at Worknew
As stressed immigrant communities live in fear, law-enforcement agencies reap financial rewards.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
11-18-2010 |
Immigration
Border Reporting 101: Experience or Safety?new
Arizona journalism students balance the desire for border-reporting experience with safety concerns. According to Reporters Without Borders, more than 60 journalists have been murdered in Mexico since 2000.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
04-22-2010 |
Media
Tags: U.S. Mexico Border
Confessions and Liesnew
A local sex-abuse victim reflects on the current crisis facing the Catholic Church.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
04-08-2010 |
Religion
Scientists Fight to Explain High Childhood Leukemia in Sierra Vistanew
In 2001, Pat Durkit's granddaughter, Jessica, then 2 years old, was diagnosed with leukemia. In 2004, Jessica's half-sister in Phoenix, Kellie, was given the same diagnosis. Their father and Pat's son, Dale, grew obsessed with finding a cause for the disease.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
03-03-2010 |
Science
The Town of Arivaca Attempts to Recover After a Grisly Double Murdernew
A double-murder in the small border-area town of Arivaca, Arizona, has the nation's anti-immigrant movement reeling. We have mementos from the night that armed intruders entered the modest home of Raul and Gina Flores, the 911 recording of Gina among them.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
01-13-2010 |
Immigration
Water Rights: An Activist Faces Prison after Refusing his Sentence for 'Littering'new
On Dec. 4, a year after he was cited for littering on the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, activist Walt Staton was back in federal court, because he refused to pick up garbage.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
12-10-2009 |
Immigration
A Border Project Faces Accusations of Lobbying Pressure and Wasted Moneynew
According to some critics, the push for consolidating services at the Nogales port comes from the Fresh Produce Association of the Americas, a powerful trade group representing 125 produce dealers, brokers and distributors who import Mexican fruits and vegetables. Big money is at stake: In Nogales, produce has grown into a $2 billion industry.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
10-07-2009 |
Immigration
One Arizona Sheriff Deals With the Challenges and Realities of Today's Bordernew
When Tony Estrada was a child in Santa Cruz County, there was no wall. Estrada misses those days. But when one is sheriff of a border county, there's not much chance for wistful melancholy.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
08-28-2009 |
Immigration
