Telling the Stories of Urban Change in the Borderlands
Historian and writer Lydia Otero on growing up in the borderlands, Tucson's racial and urban history, and their most recent book, Storied Property: María Cordova's Casa.
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"It’s really just shocking how close to help a lot of people died," says Bryce, who led the report for the nonprofit No More Deaths.
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