I spoke with Dora Rodriguez, Tucson-based immigrant activist who nearly died crossing the desert in 1980, about her memoir.

Latest for @azluminaria.org
azluminaria.org/2025/07/23/l...

This is the moment we're in:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

BREAKING: The Center for Biological Diversity sued the Trump Admin today for unconstitutionally waiving dozens of enviro laws to speed border wall construction across San Rafael Valley in AZ’s Sky Island region, a biodiversity hotspot w/the most significant jaguar corridor remaining along border.

BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.

A mural depicting the Statue of Liberty covering her face in shame appeared on a building in Northern France.
hyperallergic.com/1026078/judi...

Imagine people migrating freely and negotiating a niche in their new communities.

This 34-min. podcast is an excellent summary of ideas from @jwashing.bsky.social’s humane book.

99percentinvisible.org/episode/633-...

The redlines are in—& let’s be clear: the core purpose of this bill remains unchanged. It’s a mass privatization scheme dressed up as housing reform. A calculated dismantling of public ownership, repackaged as “disposal.” A land grab by any other name.

westernwatersheds.substack.com/p/lipstick-o...

U.S. Customs & Border Protection has waived environmental, public health & Native American cultural protection laws, & awarded a > quarter of a billion dollar contract to Fisher Sand & Gravel to construct 27 miles of new border wall across critical habitat in the jaguar’s northern range.

ACT NOW: Tell your Senator that there will be hell to pay if they allow Trump and his billionaire oligarch cronies to seize and dispose of our nation's cherished public lands:
act.biologicaldiversity.org/kh3v25rZ0U63...

Binational Border Happening, May 31, 2025 Happened! Murmurations from the San Rafael Valley Borderlands Bird Flock, poetry, songs, wonderful food shared by our friends from Santa Cruz, Mexico. Joy and happiness is a strategy for resistance! 🙏🏽 @bluerobedcrone.bsky.social 📸 #AllWallsMustFall

New: Responding to a public rulemaking petition, the AZ Game and Fish Dept. and Commission colluded with state legislators to sever the agency's own legal authority to limit dog pack hunting and, in turn, harassment of endangered jaguars and ocelots.

biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...

Sharing this inspiring illustration and story from Denise Kester, Drawing on the Dream. #MakeMagic #ArtMattersMost