International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (Aug. 11)

  “Join us to celebrate International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. We will have music, speakers, food, spoken word, and more! Program TBA (see flyer below). August 11, 5 to 10 p.m. at Global Justice Center, 225 E. 26 Street, Tucson Special memorial celebration of Jose Matus, founder of the Alianza Indigena Sin Fronteras/Indigenous … Read more

Donkey Feed for August 5, 2018

By Michael Bryan

The Donkey Feed is here again, the skies are clear and blue again, happy days are here again! Seriously, though, this is the Donkey Feed: time to put on your specs, shift the browser to reader mode, and get down to the most relevant news stories, opinion, and long-form journalism I could find over the past 5 days. Please note our new, and much cuter, logo! Look at that! Awwwwwww…

I found some cool stuff online for you to get you started: a great visual breakdown of Arizona’s income inequality, a visual comparison of how the states raise their revenue (note how heavily Arizona relies on sales taxes), and a visual breakdown of America’s land use by area.

For best video of the week, I present U.S. Senator Chris Coons schooling the President on the criminality of collusion with Russia by simply reading the U.S. Code (BTW, here’s what real national security lawyers think about collusion, and seven theories of the case Mueller might consider).

As per reader requests, I have limited myself somewhat in the number of stories I present to you. This week, 10 stories for Arizona, 10 for national news, and 5 international stories, plus 3 books I’m reading this week. Hope that makes things a bit less overwhelming.

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Political Calendar: Week of August 5, 2018

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Early voting in the August 28 primary election is now underway – VOTE!

Political Calendar for the Week of August 5, 2018:

Monday, August 6, Noon: Democrats of Greater Tucson luncheon, Dragon’s View Restaurant (400 N. Bonita, South of St. Mary’s Road between the Freeway and Grande Avenue, turn South at Furr’s Cafeteria). New price: buffet lunch is $10.00 cash, $12 credit; just a drink is $3.50. (New) Featured speakers are Chesney Richter & Maya Holliday on GOTV Opportunities. Next Week: Leila Counts, candidate for TUSD Board.

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