Touring the historic Spanish missions of the Sonoran border region is now possible again after years of violence in Mexico. The Southwestern Mission Research Center has been doing tours of missions built by Father Kino since the 1970s, but in 2010 the center had to suspend them due to violence from gangs and warring drug…
About 43 percent of young Americans are still without health insurance, two years after the launch of the Affordable Care Act. As the second enrollment period gets underway, some advocates in Arizona are hoping to change that. They’ve launched seminars and presentations on Arizona’s college campuses and a social media campaign to encourage people from…
When you push the crosswalk button at any intersection in Tucson or Phoenix, you might hear beeps or a vibrating pulse, but you likely won’t see the light change. That’s because the pedestrian crosswalk buttons that we’ve long imagined put traffic control in our hands have almost nothing to do with changing the “Do Not…
When Arizona voters go to the polls this Tuesday, the younger demographic could have a big impact on election results. Voters will elect a new governor, secretary of state, treasurer, attorney general, and decide on several Congressional races including the hotly contested Second Congressional seat held by Democratic incumbent Ron Barber. Young voters have historically had a…
Arizona es uno de los mejores lugares del mundo para ver a las estrellas, pero sus días de observación de estrellas parecen estar limitados. La contaminación lumínica que viene principalmente de Phoenix está estropeando el cielo nocturno, disminuyendo la visibilidad de los cielos que han sustentado la industria multimillonaria de la astronomía. El tiempo…
