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1 week ago | propublica.org | Anjeanette Damon |Perla Trevizo |Cengiz Yar |Amy Yurkanin

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1 week ago | flipboard.com | Anjeanette Damon |Perla Trevizo |Cengiz Yar

2 hours ago“Is Tucson in Arizona?” John Lennon asked Paul McCartney as they worked out a hometown for Jojo in “The Beatles: Get Back” documentary. McCartney’s answer: “Yeah, it is, yeah — it’s where they make ‘High Chaparral.’” More than half a century later, Tucson’s vintage TV-Western identity lingers in the …

2 months ago | propublica.org | Melissa Sanchez |Benjamin Rasmussen |Rafael Carranza |Cengiz Yar

Una licuadora, todavía en su caja, ganada en la rifa de una tienda. Fotografías enmarcadas de la fiesta de cumpleaños de un niño. Un sombrero de fieltro de pelo de conejo y un par de botas de cuero marrón que costaron más de media semana de salario.

2 months ago | propublica.org | Rafael Carranza |Cengiz Yar |Mica Rosenberg |Melissa Sanchez

Este artículo fue producido para la Red de Reportajes Locales de ProPublica en asociación con Arizona Luminaria. El pastor Randy Mayer maniobra hábilmente su camioneta SUV por caminos de terracería accidentados, esquivando enormes baches y subiendo por empinadas pendientes en la oscuridad previa al amanecer. El terreno áspero en este tramo remoto de la frontera entre Arizona y México le resulta familiar.

2 months ago | propublica.org | Rafael Carranza |Cengiz Yar |Mica Rosenberg |Melissa Sanchez

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Arizona Luminaria. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. Pastor Randy Mayer skillfully maneuvers his SUV over rough dirt roads, dodging giant potholes and jostling up steep inclines in the predawn darkness. The rugged terrain in this remote stretch of the Arizona-Mexico border is familiar territory.