Read Political views also heard outside outside GOP debate, written by the Chronicle’s Curt Prendergast and published on TucsonSentinel.com: “Political views weren’t only being heard inside the Mesa Arts Center where Republican presidential hopefuls gathered to debate Wednesday night — they could be heard outside, as well. DREAM Act supporters, including activist Dolores Huerta, chanted… [Read more…]
By Paul M. Ingram – Mesa, AZ - Among GOP supporters were two distinct groups, a young and vocal throng of Congressman Ron Paul supporters who pushed through the crowd chanting “revolution…Ron Paul” and an equally youthful alliance of DREAM act supporters, who carried signs saying “Veto Romney, not the Dream Act.” For a moment, these… [Read more…]
Below is a comparison of the Republican presidential candidates’ comments on immigration and border issues during last night’s debate in Mesa, Ariz. and the first debate of the primary on Sept. 7, 2011 in Texas. The comments from Feb. 22, 2012 were taken from a CNN transcript and the comments from Sept. 7, 2011 were… [Read more…]
Read Binational border collaboration, written by the Chronicle’s Curt Prendergast and published in the Nogales International: “Thanks to eco-toilets that compost human waste, 75 families in Colinas del Sol, a hardscrabble neighborhood clinging to a hillside just south of the border, don’t have to use homemade latrines anymore. On Saturday, students from the Technological Institute… [Read more…]
Read U.S. tightens grip on remote Mexico border areas, written by the Chronicle’s Curt Prendergast and published by Reuters. “(Reuters) – U.S. authorities have upgraded six miles of border fencing in a remote Arizona ranching town with a taller barrier that will be tougher to breach, in the latest effort to tighten their grip on… [Read more…]
Bird on Fire: Lessons from the World’s Least Sustainable City, by Andrew Ross, Oxford University Press, 2011, 312 pages. Review by Paul M. Ingram The cause remains a mystery, but in early October 1947, a fire incinerated the entire Phoenix streetcar fleet. The city, suddenly without a public transport system had two choices: rebuild the… [Read more…]
February 23, 2012
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