By Bree Brettell/El Inde “This is my best friend, Dusty. He sniffs, ‘hello,’” says a young man as he gestures toward a golden Palomino horse. The broad horse marches slowly toward the edge of his pen to sniff an outreached hand. Standing a few feet away and smiling fondly is Scott Tilley. He is tall,…
By Luke Wink-Moran/El Inde The Tucson Improv Movement’s theater is small, maybe the size of two shipping containers in a very big trench coat. The chairs, walls, and stage are all painted black, except for two walls on either side of the stage, which are made of chalky bricks. I’m standing against one of these…
By Gloria Gomez/UA Don Bolles Fellow/AZ Mirror PHOENIX — Valley residents spend an average of 62 hours a year staring at license plates while stuck in traffic. But specialty license plates are more than just decoration: They’re an active cash flow to nonprofit organizations that have raised over $8 million in the current fiscal year, which began…
By Gloria Gomez/UA Don Bolles Fellow/AZ Mirror PHOENIX — Last week, Phoenix’s third-largest school district issued a statement in support of transgender youth across the state, denouncing recently passed legislation that targets trans student athletes. The governing board of Phoenix Union High School District unanimously approved a resolution opposing Senate Bill 1165, which bars trans girls and women…
By Gloria Gomez/UA Don Bolles Fellow/AZ Mirror PHOENIX — Khalil Rushdan knows firsthand what a prison looks like during an execution. In 1997, he was hard at work in the kitchen of an Arizona prison the day it happened. “That day was the only day that it was silent. Everybody in that yard knew what…
