By By Briannon Wilfong, Ashley Fredde, Vianney Cárdenas, Rosa Garcia, Kathleen Giles, Jillian Hanlin, and Michelle Rascón-Canales/El Inde The vote to make Tucson an official Sanctuary City might have failed last November, but those who worked to get Proposition 205 on the ballot say they are going to continue to fight for the rights of…
By Priya Jandu/Arizona Sonora News Florence, Arizona, is known for a few things: the annual County Thunder music festival, a few triathlons, an annual motorcycle run and, most notably, the prison complex. With Gov. Doug Ducey’s announcement of plans to close the 112-year-old Arizona State Prison Complex — Florence during his State of the State…
By Priya Jandu/Arizona Sonora News Arizona students might soon be turned away at polling stations if they show up with their student IDs. A bill introduced by Rep. Kelly Townsend, R-Mesa, would not allow high school, college or university ID cards to be an acceptable form of identification when voting in Arizona. Townsend declined to…
By Pei-Yu Lin/Arizona Sonora News Belly dancers often face sexual harassment when audiences mistakenly associate belly dancing with the sex industry. Pei-Yu Lin interviewed belly dancers at Xanadu Dance Studio in Tucson, and senior dancers Carmen Evans and Ramona Grewe, to shed light on this issue and provide solutions to the problem. Music: “Mystery Bazaar” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Carmen Evans dance footage, courtesy of Carmen Evans. …
By Hayat AlQattan/Arizona Sonora News The kettle whistles on the stove, in a small white kitchen with white tile floors to match while Sumanpreet Dosanjh rushes around the kitchen, trying to make her dirty chai, pack her book bag, submit her latest assignment and eat breakfast simultaneously. She runs frantically around like she’s trying to…
