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Deported Civil Rights Leaders Return to Nogales Border Crossing
Today, Jaime Valdez who was deported by ICE (Immigration and Custom Enforcement) in retaliation for his and his families’ civil rights organizing, presented himself at the Nogales Port of Entry to request that the
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Life Near the Mexican Border
By John Heid “You have no rights here!” barked a U.S. Border Patrol agent to a resident of Arivaca, AZ who was passing through a Customs and Border Protection checkpoint 23 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico
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Trans Activist Monica Jones’ Trial Postponed
Constitutionality of “Manifestation of Intent to Prostitute” Statute Under Challenge Margie Diddams, member of Sex Worker Outreach Project, Phoenix PHOENIX— Dozens of supporters packed the courtroom this morning in support of ASU student and
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OP-ED | STANDARDIZED Lies, Money & Civil Rights: How Testing Is Ruining Public Education
Henry A Giroux, in a recent Truthout | Op-Ed, called attention to the fact that “The democratic mission of public education is under assault … by a host of religious, economic, ideological and political fundamentalists, the
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An Afternoon with Puente Ink
By Liisa Wale Arizona Community Press | www.azcommunitypress.org Recently Arizona Community Press had the opportunity to get together with Puente Ink at their offices in Phoenix and learn how to silk screen t-shirts. Puente
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Report Back From Laveen: No South Mountain Freeway
Originally Published at No South Mountain Freeway. Republished here with permission. Report Back From our Recent Information Session in Laveen On Tuesday, July 23rd, the No South Mountain Freeway group held an informational
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Climate Activists Greet Obama at Phoenix Speech
On Tuesday President Obama visited Phoenix and was greeted by 30 energized citizens putting pressure on him to reject the Keystone XL pipeline – a proposed project that would pump tar sands crude across
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National Day of Action Against Border Militarization
Arizona Community Press | www.azcommunitypress.org A National Day of Action Against Border Militarization was held on Wednesday, July 17th at border communities in the southern United States. Tucson, Arizona held an action that started
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Reexamining our Relationship with Animals
We are bombarded with information through advertisements, friends, movies and television about how to live. Rarely does this information provide knowledge of the costs involved in producing our materialistic society or its long term
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The fuss about the Keystone XL pipeline
On Sunday approximately fifty people were in attendance at the Valley Unitarian Universalist church in Chandler to educate themselves on the risks and rewards of the Keystone XL pipeline. Larky Hodges, a lifelong storyteller and
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