Rose Dominguez looks at the clear, starry night sky from the last town on Interstate 10 before the Arizona state line: Blythe, California. A Denny’s sign glows over the parking lot. Dominguez looks at three friends around her, volunteers and staff from the Filipino Migrant Center (FMC) in Long Beach. They gas up and talk…
A dragon-like creature charges out from the side of the stage, his oversized red and yellow head sways back and forth to the beat of the drums. At the bang of a gong, the creature’s giant eyelids flutter as they reveal bright green eyes peering at the audience. The mythical animal jumps off stage and…
Pot. Weed. Mary Jane. Ganja. Dope. Grass. Reefer. Herb. Bud. No matter the street name, marijuana is rapidly becoming a huge business across the country, with $5.7 billion in sales over the last year. In Arizona, a recreational marijuana legalization campaign is reaching its goal to appear on the November ballot. The current laws in…
A colossal proposed housing development in Benson, Arizona, threatens to deplete the San Pedro River and the local water supply within five years of completion. *Click the Image for Full Article* Access a Microsoft Word version of the article and high-resolution photos click HERE Jordan Glenn is a reporter for Arizona Sonora News, a…
After miles of off-roading and a quarter mile of hiking around a small, rocky river, Ariana La Porte spots it. She fixes her black binoculars to her eyes, moving around the sequoia but never drifting her gaze from the nest. She sees a bundle of twigs and branches swathed together, with green vegetation on the…
