A Different Kind of America

I am going to tell you something awe full. If you turn to wild nature in the winter,  Not merely…

You’d be hard-pressed to find an author who has done more to drive awareness of Tucson’s rich agricultural history than Gary…

At least forty-seven species of birds that recently depended upon spring-fed habitats have not been recorded at the Quitobaquito oasis in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument since the border wall construction began nearly a year ago.

UNESCO’s first City of Gastronomy in the U.S. relies on its built-in biodiversity and a wide network of food justice…

The Tumamoc Resilience Garden at the base of Tumamoc Hill will be an inspirational setting where the community can have hands-on participation…

For decades, we have been told that agriculture in the U.S. Southwest evolved from a blending of pre-Spanish-contact Indigenous crops…

It’s in response to mandatory Colorado River cutbacks triggered by drought. The first major report forecasting Arizona’s mandatory Colorado River…

The steel posts, some filled with concrete, are a familiar sight to anyone who has walked along Arizona’s border with…

On February 27, Senator Elizabeth Warren, Democrat of Massachusetts, unveiled a bill that had the potential to positively affect the lives of millions of Americans. It was intended to immediately divert money from President Donald Trump’s border wall to the U.S. response to the coronavirus. At the time, we could only guess how badly such funds would be needed. Now, more than a month later, public health officials have informed New York Governor Andrew Cuomo that a minimum of 140,000 hospital beds and 40,000 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds will be needed by April 15 in his state alone to deal with the predicted peak of COVID-19.

President Trump has declared a national emergency to fund a wall along our nation’s southern border. The border wall issue…

Construction is underway on a 30-foot-high steel wall along Arizona’s southern border in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. As several…

We often hear about a divided United States — separated by politics, race, economics and other factors — but Gary…

Farmers and ranchers hold the key to carbon storage. As we celebrate Earth Day’s 50th anniversary, the environmental movement finds…

Academic Editors: Francesco Meneguzzo and Federica Zabini   1 Southwest Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA 2 Desert…

The recent acrimonious debates about further fortifying barriers all across the 2000 mile US/Mexico boundary line beg a larger question:…