Tucson

Tucson bans Mexican-American studies, students walk out

January 26, 2012 By Blake Skylar

On Monday, after the Tucson, Ariz. school district banned its acclaimed Mexican-American studies program, hundreds of high school students throughout the city walked out of their schools in protest.

Occupy Tucson has new home

November 7, 2011 By Alex Maldonado

Activists believe the Occupy Tucson movement, with it's new and improved downtown location, is growing and has gotten its second wind.

Tucson’s Cesar Chavez march says “Save ethnic studies”

March 28, 2011 By Alexander Monarrez Maldonado

Tucson came out to celebrate the legacy of Cesar Chavez.

Palin’s “blood libel”: it’s time to say No

January 12, 2011 By PW Editorial Board

Why would Palin and her right-wing extremist colleagues choose to use such an inflammatory term," blood libel," after all the talk about toning down the rhetoric after the terrible shootings in Arizona?

Arizona’s wake up call

January 12, 2011 By Joe Bernick

The Tucson tragedy is a wake up call for all Arizonans. It's time to take back our state from the right-wing, anti-people demagogues and their corporate masters.