By Trevor Williamson/El Inde On December 15, 2016, the city of Tucson became the first city — and is still one of only two cities — in the United States to receive the designation as a City of Gastronomy from UNESCO (the United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organization). This meant that UNESCO’s Creative Cities…
By Abbie Kosoc/El Inde The fire season back in the year of 2016 was a long one. Thirty year-old Karl Yares and his fellow wildfire responders had been camping out on standby for over a month while awaiting the call to tame a fire. While anxiously expecting calls, Yares and his buddies would pass the…
By Jillian Bartsch/El Inde Saikat Guha sits at his desk with a pencil and sheets of paper. He looks down and begins to scribble math equations. In between working on his math problems, he can be found sitting in front of his computer in meetings with his students. A smile appears on his face as…
By Trent Anderson/El Inde Olivia Coleman has spent the last several months asking every stranger she has met: “Are you registered to vote?” She doesn’t care who you voted for. She doesn’t want to have a political debate. She just wants every eligible voter to participate. In fact, she likes asking people about voting so…
By Savannah Huls/El Inde It’s early morning on Sunday, November 9. The sun has not yet peaked over the horizon. Elm Street is dark and quiet. At four o’clock an alarm goes off. A light in the square, beige house on the corner turns on. Emma Carlton shuts off her alarm and reluctantly rolls out…
