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He is the first Latino to win this award, with the judges citing his work on issues affecting the community as the reason for his win.

TEMPE – It all started over a bowl of “medicinal menudo,” a term political cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz coined as part of a running joke.

Political cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz is the latest contributor to the COVID Latino project, which aims to disseminate information – and counter COVID-19 misinformation – through art.

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Support from readers like you make content like this possible. Please take a moment to support Radio Survivor on Patreon! About Jennifer Waits Jennifer Waits is co-founder of Radio Survivor and is its College Radio and Culture Editor. Shes fascinated by the culture of radio and has visited more than 165 radio stations in the United States and in Ireland. She is passionate about radio history and is Co-chair of the College, Community and Educational Radio Caucus on the Library of Congress Radi...

Figueroa appointed to Yuma County position focusing on economic prosperity for region Published: 12 May 2021 12 May 2021 Yuma, Arizona - Yuma County Administrator Susan Thorpe has announced the appointment of Julio (Alejandro) Figueroa as the County’s Economic Development and Intergovernmental Affairs Director. This position is responsible for planning, organizing and directing economic development activities to include attracting new industry, business and investments to Yuma County. Th...

Why do words matter? A conversation with communities of color about the importance of words As a way to be a more inclusive community, we have created a space to start a conversation about the impact certain words can have in someones life. We invited members of our Asian, Latino, Black, and LGBTQ communities to this conversation. and last updated 2021-04-01 22:06:28-04 ABC15 has been reporting on the importance of words and how discrimination can occur against communities of color when using c...

At the new large-scale vaccination site at State Farm Stadium in Glendale on Monday, Arizona officials performed vaccinations on a group of educators and law enforcement, members of the new 1B vaccination eligibility phase. The site will open at midnight July 12 and run 24 hours a day, seven days a week, by appointment.

Trash is piled near the U.S.-Mexico border, where sewage from Tijuana flows through. / Photo by Adriana Heldiz On a stormy day, 1 billion gallons of water can rage down the river crossing from Tijuana to San Diego. None of that water is captured for reuse now among the two desert cities it splits, which are regularly prone to drought, because it’s considered polluted by sewage spills on the Mexican side. If successfully recycled, that water could prove to be valuable as the Southwest grows mo...

Earning his doctorate from Purdue University’s Program in American Studies, Lee Bebout is a professor of English at ASU, where he is affiliate faculty with the School of Transborder Studies and the Program in American Studies. His articles have appeared in Aztlán, MELUS, Latino Studies, and other scholarly journals. His book, "Mythohistorical Interventions: The Chicano Movement and Its Legacies" (Minnesota 2011), examines how narratives of myth and history were deployed to articulate politic...