By Emma Peterson Emma Peterson announces award winners for Best Feature Story. From left to right: Quinn Smalley (JRN 185 and 285), Patrick Molina (Student Media Club) and Beatrice Perez (Student Media Club). Photo by Benjamin Kelly. On Thursday, April 30, Pima Community College’s Downtown Campus held their annual Student Media Celebration to acknowledge and […]
By Joseph Cunningham Photo: ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP / Getty Images Last week on Dec. 2 during a cabinet briefing, President Donald Trump went on a rather racially charged rant, directed at the people of Somalia while discussing alleged fraud in social service systems. Calling them “garbage,” Trump expressed his desire to get Somalis out, […]
By Joseph Cunningham The Netflix and HBO Max logos, 2025. Last week Netflix announced that it and Warner Bros. Discovery had reached a merger agreement for $27.75 a share, or $72 billion total, in addition to taking on $10 billion in debt. The deal does not include cable networks owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, such […]
By Joseph Cunningham The latest government shutdown was officially the longest government shutdown ever, since President Trump’s first term. The government during this time was not paying most federal workers. Not including, of course, ICE agents, who were still on payroll. The government officially reopened as seven Senate Democrats and one Independent switched sides and […]
By Joseph Cunningham Photo by Cheryl Evans/The Republic Sixty miles west outside of Phoenix is a place called Oak Flats. Oak Flats has been the subject of legal battles for close to 10 years now. In 2013, two of the largest mining companies in the world came together to create a mining operation in Arizona. […]
Joseph Cunningham Warning: Spoilers Ahead Cover for Hades II game. Roughly one month ago on Sept. 25, 2025, Hades II, the sequel game to their title Hades released in 2020, was released in full by Supergiant Games. The game falls into the roguelike category of games, where you, as a character, progress through procedurally generated […]
By Joseph Cunningham Screenshot taken from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services website On Wednesday, Oct. 3, there was a federal government shutdown due to Democrats and Republicans in the senate being unable to agree on a budget bill. Because of this, nationwide around 40% of the federal workforce will be placed on temporary leave, Including […]
By Joseph Cunningham Photo by AP Photo’s Michael Conroy On Monday, Sept. 22, President Donald Trump claimed during a press conference that taking acetaminophen, or Tylenol, while pregnant increases risk of autism in the child. Trump, along with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Dr. Mehmet Oz, made many other controversial claims during the conference relating […]
By Joseph Cunningham Photo from Google Weather Across Arizona this week flood warnings were issued, as long rains were expected to bring 1-3 inches of rain. Tropical moisture continued to increase as Hurricane Priscilla moved closer to Mexico’s west coast. High chances of rain ranging from 50-70% were expected all weekend. While most Tucsonans welcome […]
By Joseph Cunningham Photo by London, Ky., Mayor Randall Weddle Recently across America, tornados have ravaged the central parts of the country, with reports of 28 dead and hundreds of dollars of damages to families. Tragic images have been caught of entire neighborhoods reduced to debris. State officials reported 19 people were killed in Kentucky, […]