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Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

Gray Hawk chicks in the nest. Photo by Ariana La Porte/ Arizona Sonora News Service.

A day with a field researcher in a vulnerable riparian ecosystem

Cali Nash May 4, 2016

After miles of off-roading and a quarter mile of hiking around a small, rocky river, Ariana La Porte spots it. She fixes her black binoculars to her eyes, moving around the sequoia but never drifting...

Border checkpoint in Naco, AZ. Photo by Cali Nash / Arizona Sonora News Service.

Border road trip reveals desire for change

Cali Nash April 21, 2016

One day, three cities, five people. The trip from Douglas to Naco to Nogales is a classic look into the American Southwest. The sun is hot, there is a sea of yellow grass, and each downtown vaguely...

Mother breastfeeding her baby. Photo from: freedigitalphotos.net / Arizona Sonora News Service

Activists fight breastfeeding stigmas

Cali Nash March 3, 2016

In the heart of cowboy country, Renee Cooper has been on a mission for 22 years. Cooper, Cochise County’s director of the Women, Infants and Children Program and its breastfeeding coordinator,...

Studio portrait of Native Americans Emma and Stephen Noyes. Photo by Will Wilson/Arizona Sonora News Service

Native American artists break down stereotypes

Cali Nash February 11, 2016

Consider the ubiquitous sepia portrait of an American Indian, donned in an elaborate headdress,  embodying a kind of displaced dignity. This image irks Will Wilson. The stereotypical depiction dates...

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