Cover Stories
DREAMers Deferred
Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced on Tuesday, Sept. 5, that the Trump administration would be ending the DACA program.
DREAMers and Dollars
The President’s elimination of the DACA program last week impacts close to 40,000 young people in Arizona today.
Wyatt Earp Needs a Home
Hi, I’m Wyatt Earp! I am a cool 2 year old domestic longhair cat looking for the purr-fect home! When I got to HSSA I was very overweight and my teeth were not very good shape. Now I am on a special diet that helped me get back on track for being a healthy, happy…
Wildcats Can Suit Up And Save
What do you get when you cross the UA career service center with JCPenney? For UA students with valid IDs, it’s some serious savings in the form of a 40 percent discount at a Suit Up event this Sunday, Sept. 24 from 6:30 to 10 p.m. For guys, that means the opportunity to pick up…
Laughing Stock: Set Unlisted is Free 2 for 1 Standup and Improv
As Leland Long was serially abandoning potentially lucrative UA degree programs, he stumbled across his true calling: comedy. Now, he confesses, “I have no money.” The sacrifice has so far been worth it. His comedy life is well-populated and fun-filled, and the rest of us get to enjoy its output. His latest project, in collaboration…
Quick Bites: Mister Bing, Milkshakes and Mysteries
Mister Bing’s The Supper Club Experience. Hacienda del Sol hosts international entertainers Jesse and Laura Berger and several other musical guests at this Hollywood-style celebration of the Great American Songbook. A swanky cocktail hour is followed by dinner and show. On the menu? Cesar salad to start, roast branzino or braised short rib for the…
The Weekly List: 21 Things To Do In Tucson In The Next 10 Days
Your Weekly guide to keeping busy in the Old Pueblo. Art Art Now! With Chuck Nanney. Artist Chuck Nanney’s sculptural works from the last three years, which are equal parts minimalist modern and whimsical chic, are showing at MOCA through Oct. 1. For this event, Nanney comes to the museum to talk about his work…
New TV Ad Asks McCain To Stop Latest GOP Healthcare Disaster
Sen. John McCain provided the critical vote to block the so-called “skinny repeal” legislation that ended the summer chapter of Obamacare repeal, so supporters of the Affordable Care Act hope that he’ll do the same with the Graham-Cassidy legislation that senators hope to pass by Sept. 30, when the reconciliation clock runs out for the…
A Little Late To the ‘Patriotically Correct’ Party
For some reason, I woke up this morning thinking about the conservative crusade against the Political Correctness. Then I thought about how conservatives go nuts over ideas and actions they don’t think are “American” and jingoistic enough. Same idea, different targets. So I asked myself, “What can I call the conservative version of political correctness? Can I…
Casa Video Top 10
There’s always plenty of events going on around town if you’re looking to go out. With fall just around the corner, a night in with a movie just might be more appealing. It’s just the right time of year where all the films of the summer are now available to watch from the comfort of…
Grijalva Arrested Protesting Trump’s Immigration Policies
Arizona Congressman Raúl Grijalva was arrested during an immigrants’ rights protest in front of Trump Tower Tuesday morning, along with U.S. Reps. Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) and Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) “I stood in front of Trump Tower today with a whole lot of DREAMers, immigrants and Americans to say enough to Trump and his criminalization of our immigrant…
Looking at Tucson Unified’s AzMERIT Scores: Another Approach
Last week, I took the Star to task for its article about Pima County districts’ AzMERIT scores in the post, To Understand Pima County Test Scores, Follow the [Parents’] Money. (The post had more likes, shares and comments than most of my recent pieces, and a number of letters in the Star voiced similar criticisms,…
Know Your Product: Frank Turner’s Current Obsessions Range From Hardcore to Folk
A British folk-punk singer in the tradition of Billy Bragg and Joe Strummer, Frank Turner sings “rock ‘n’ roll will save us all” with enough conviction to make it happen. His rousing tunes are filled with defiant punk poetry and across six albums, the 35-year-old troubadour has developed a formula that appeals across a wide…
It’s ‘Tucson Unified’ Now
As I was leaving the studio of the Bill Buckmaster Show Thursday, Bill told me that TUSD’s new superintendent, Dr. Gabriel Trujillo, was on the show last week, and Trujillo mentioned that the district is rebranding itself as Tucson Unified in place of the longstanding tradition of referring to it as TUSD. It’s not a huge deal,…
Making Time: Steff and the Articles Return With Expansive New Pop Album
Steff and the Articles’ Timekeeper album release With Birds & Arrows and Infinite Souls 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15 Club Congress 311 E. Congress St. $5, 21+ 622-8848 hotelcongress.com Seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, years… Time never stops. For Steff Koeppen, working on a new album with her band the Articles over the last several…
Dear Mexican
We’re Mexicans in a racist society, after all, not Jesus pinche Christ. And even He cried on the cross.
Burned Out
More than half the country may be in trouble come October as an amendment protecting medical marijuana and its patients failed a committee vote earlier this month.
Editor’s Note
Our expanded coverage on the Trump administration’s decision to end DACA.
Boys In The Bands
First of all, a “tallboy” just doesn’t refer to a dude that is well over 6′ 2″
Drum Roll, Please
People are milling about in groups with dogs (hot, veggie and even a few of the furry variety), exchanging hugs and stories.
Police Dispatch
A man who’d allegedly urinated in public concocted a near-plausible story
Vintage Vinyl
Had Columbia Records put a little bit of time and care into their relationship with the Dearly’s, their story of near misses and tragedy might have ended quite differently.
Police Dispatch
When a man was accused stealing a can of Steel Reserve from a convenience store, he pointed the finger at someone else.
Getting It Right
Whether you liked the book or not, or even read it, this movie has something wicked for everyone.
Reel Indie
This week’s offerings
Northside Brew
Open for roughly two months, Tap & Bottle’s new location is busy serving up beer and wine to the north side of Tucson
Storming the Wall
One hot day in Tabasco, southern Mexico, in 2015, author Todd Miller met three young Honduran farmers trying to escape catastrophe.
In Congress’ hands
Various bills have been sponsored to give the DREAMers legal status.
Congressional Briefing
Q&A with Congressman Tom O’Halleran
Love Connection
Whitney Linscott’s friends once bet her she couldn’t get 1,000 Tinder matches in a single night.
Danehy
I got something in the mail the other day that said that in a few years, I’ll be eligible to receive Social Security benefits.
Taking Flight
It’s no coincidence that former Black Crowes guitarist named his new outfit after another black bird.
Know Your Product
The Toadies formed just in time to light up the ’90s with some gloriously dark, poetic, but really catchy alt-rock.
