Noorullah Dawari and his family stood patiently in the checkout line at a Tucson Walmart when a white woman behind them snarled, proclaiming that there are too many of “them” in this country. Her words cut to the core. There he stood with his wife their 2- and 6-year-old boys. The sadness was overwhelming. A refugee…
Just north of downtown, a wrought-iron fence surrounding a simple white building gives no clue of the historical importance of what’s inside. A barber academy in a small classroom and a dance academy in a standard school auditorium don’t hint at anything special, either. But behind an office door labeled “Staff Only” in the back of the…
Camp Lowell’s solider enjoyed themselves in the night life of downtown Tucson in 1866. But seven years of wine and women led military officials to call for a halt to this. In 1873, Camp Lowell moved seven miles to the northeast, where the Fort Lowell Military Reservation grew to become the central site for military…
