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Banned Books: When they try to take away your actual history

Thus far this week we’ve been talking about the challenges and bans on works of fiction. But as the Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) reminded us this year, censorship isn’t just restricted to allegories and metaphors and fictional lessons; sometimes people really do want to erase your actual experiences. Or…

Arizona’s hateful climate gets uglier

If anyone thought the Arizona “papers please” law was going to be the end of the wildly racist legislating going on in Arizona, well, I wish I could say I had good news for you. But I don’t. Phase I appears to harassing adult Hispanics in Arizona, and now Phase…