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Discussion: Mobilizing Latino voters — perspectives from Texas and Arizona

Every 30 Seconds

How are grassroots organizations mobilizing Latinos to go to the polls? What was the impact of Latino voters in the 2020 election in Texas and Arizona?

Reyna Montoya is an Arizona resident and the founder of Aliento, an immigrant aid organization.

Why is Arizona trending blue? Ask Latinos and immigrants who live there.

2020 US presidential election
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Getting legal status opened the path to college for this Arizona immigrant family

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As DACA fix remains elusive, Arizona ‘Dreamers’ focus on in-state tuition

Immigration

Intentional Flaws

Arts, Culture & Media
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Matt Moore

Arts, Culture & Media

The unrelenting sprawl of tract houses and big box stores has made its way to Wadell, Arizona, outside of Phoenix, pushing out small farms. Matt Moore’s family has farmed there for decades, and before his farm becomes a subdivision, he decided to make art about it, by plowing the floor plans of tract houses into […]

Los Suns

Arts, Culture & Media

Last fall Studio 360 looked at how the NFL used throwback jerseys to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the old American Football League. Those uniforms used design to honor the game’s past. But now the NBA’s Phoenix Suns are using uniform design to try to impact the present. Yesterday the team celebrated Cinco de Mayo […]

Novelist’s Loner Protagonist is All Too Real in Tucson

Arts, Culture & Media

Like the rest of the twitterati,the novelist Walter Kirn quickly tried to make sense of the Arizona shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and several others. As events unfolded, Kirn’s tweets stood out. By Sunday night, Kirn realized the uncanny similarities alleged shooter Jared Loughner shared with Kent Selkirk, the socially-inept-loner-on-the-internet protagonist of Kirn’s novel, The […]

The Peculiar Sadness of a Toothbrush

Arts, Culture & Media

A group of artists turns refuse from the US-Mexico border into sculptures that bring home the migrant experience.

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An American family finds their way in Mexico after deportation

Global Politics

“We surrendered to a journey that was wonderful but forced upon us,” says Katerina Barron. She and her two children were born in the US and moved to Mexico after her husband was deported.

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