While it is clear that gas fuels both star formation and nuclear activity 
in galaxies, the connection between the growth of their stellar content and 
that of their central supermassive black hole remains elusive. Previous 
surveys attempting to address this issue have been biased against obscured 
and/or moderate luminosity systems therefore only allowed us to sketch a 
partial picture, and an incomplete census of all the phases of black hole 
growth. Do the stars and central black hole grow in lock-step?  What are the 
governing physical processes?  I will present a recently-developed active 
galactic nuclei (AGN) selection method and a few surprises that were revealed 
upon its application. These include a high fraction of AGN in star-forming 
galaxies at intermediate redshifts 0.3<z<1, and connections between 
obscuration of the central engine and the host galaxies, linking the very 
small scale fueling region (sub-parsec) to an impressive variety of physical 
scales (perhaps up to ~kpc) within the surrounding galaxy. This work reveals 
the need to change conventional views of black hole fueling and obscuration.