Another Tucson mural is about to be recognized. This time will celebrate the history of the Mission Garden site, originally the Tohono O’odham village known.
We lived the majority of our lives in New Hampshire (the 44th largest state with a little under 9,000 square miles) and Vermont (the 43rd largest state with a little
Anita Torrez sits smiling in her sunlit Tucson living room. | Al Neal / PW
People’s World has learned of the passing of Anita Torrez. A fuller story is on the way from her comrades in Arizona but for now we reprint the following article in her memory.
This article won a first place award in the Best Profile Story category at the 2020 Labor Media Awards, presented by the International Labor Communications Association.
It’s a lonely two-lane stretch of Arizona desert highway from Phoenix to Tucson. To your left and to your right greenish-brown desert brush, solitary cacti, and tan, rocky valleys and hilltops seem to dance before your eyes. A mirage.