Suzuka South West: Musselman Honda Circuit

By Matthew McNulty/El Inde Located 20 minutes from Downtown Tucson is Musselman Honda Circuit, a scaled-down replica of the famous Suzuka Circuit in Japan. Once a month, people from across Arizona and the South West make the journey here to practice their art of drifting. Each has their own stories, what got them interested in…

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Life below the poverty line

Bianca Aponte has been living below the poverty line in Tucson since she was born. The cities of Tucson and South Tucson are the poorest in the state. Nearly half of the residents of South Tucson are considered poor, according to the U.S. Census. Not all the faces of poverty are the same, though. Poverty…

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Serving community with a union print shop

By Phoebe Stevens El Independiente Dwight Metzger was pretty surprised when his business tripled in size after he relocated it to South Tucson six years ago. The building he constructed on the once empty property at 238 E. 26th St. now houses two six-color rotating presses, two automatic presses, a vacuum table and several high-volume…

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