Larry Bodine 
Tre’Davon Rhodes knows what public schools can do for students whose futures are anything but guaranteed. Raised by a single mother with an incarcerated father, he worked throughout high school and wasn’t certain college was his next step. A Sabino High School counselor helped him find direction. His grandmother supplied another reason: Before she died, … Read more
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes promised to pursue ICE agents who may show up at vote centers and violate Arizona law, and to protect voting facilities from interference. Mayes spoke at a Democrats of Oro Valley town hall in Marana on Oct. 9 with Jo Mendoza, a congressional candidate in Arizona’s 6th Congressional District. Accountability … Read more
Congressional candidate Jo Mendoza (D-CD6) promised to fight rising living costs and corporate price gouging, protect access to food assistance and health care, and demand closer scrutiny of immigration detention facilities during an October 9 town hall in Marana. Speaking at the Democrats of Oro Valley event with Attorney General Kris Mayes, the Arizona 6th … Read more
Can happiness be taught and learned? YES, says Dr. Celestino Fernández, who has served as Professor of Sociology at the University of Arizona since 1976. Although now retired, he teaches occasionally, including an innovative lecture on “The Art of Happiness: What the Research Tells Us.” He recently spoke in a class at OLLI, the University … Read more
In response to public outrage, Executive Editor Alexis Huicochea of the Arizona Daily Star said, “I apologize for the inappropriate cartoon that was published in today’s Arizona Daily Star. It did not serve the community in any way, and it’s not reflective of the Star’s work or our editorial standards. We have issued a public … Read more