Dianna M. Nanez

Dec 23, 2024 | azluminaria.org | Dianna M. Nanez

Me da gusto en anunciar que el periodista Rafael Carranza – quien ha crecido y ha reportado en nuestro estado durante la última década – se incorporó al equipo de Arizona Luminaria en colaboración con el Local Reporting Network (Red de Reportajes Locales) de ProPublica. Rafael trabajará de manera conjunta con editores de Arizona Luminaria, al igual que con editores y equipos especializados en investigaciones dentro de ProPublica, por los próximos tres años en Tucson.

Dec 23, 2024 | azluminaria.org | Dianna M. Nanez

I’m thrilled to announce that veteran journalist Rafael Carranza — who grew up and spent the past decade reporting in our home state — has joined our Arizona Luminaria team full time in partnership with the ProPublica Local Reporting Network. Rafael will collaborate with Arizona Luminaria editors as well as ProPublica editors and specialized teams on investigations for three years while based in Tucson.

Jun 29, 2024 | palabranahj.org | Reportaje De |Beatriz Limón |Fotos De |Dianna M. Nanez

En 2008, Erika empezó a organizarse con un grupo de inmigrantes que se iniciaban en el activismo. Juntos crearon una comunidad para hacer frente a las leyes antiinmigrantes de Arizona. Empezó a reunirse con Carmen Cornejo, Luis Ávila, Daniel Rodríguez y otros migrantes para contarse sus historias. “Para mí, honestamente, fue un momento de empoderamiento”, dijo Erika, reconociendo la lucha de sus compañeros inmigrantes de Arizona.

Jun 29, 2024 | palabranahj.org | Beatriz Limón |Nathalie Alonso |Dianna M. Nanez |Ana Laura Lissardy

Reyna recalled that discussing immigration in schools was fraught: “We had to live in the shadows. That fear was very real and present.” And she added how it all began with the support of other young people: “They just encouraged me. They told me, ‘You speak up. It seems like you want to be a leader.’”That was how she discovered the power of words and the strength of community, and realized that activism boosts self-esteem. She built support networks that helped her and other students move forward.

Apr 24, 2024 | azluminaria.org | Dianna M. Nanez

This week’s grand jury felony indictment of 18 people — from sitting Arizona Republican senators to former top aides for Donald Trump — offers a window into the threats tied to an alleged fake elector scheme to overturn the 2020 U.S. presidential election won by Joe Biden: “Very strange and unsettling phone calls telling me to do my duty and vote to elect electors who will vote for Trump.