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Social Justice
A new report by a pair of human rights groups details a years-long tally of human rights abuses by Customs and Border Protection officers and Border Patrol agents against migrants.
Aug. 8, 2023
There are 26 social equity licenses available in Arizona, aimed helping communities impacted by harsh marijuana laws. But a new investigation shows many of those licenses are owned by corporate dispensaries instead.
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Aug. 2, 2023
Arizona is one of 12 states and two tribal communities to receive a grant from the Department of Health and Human Services for a Diaper Pilot Program. Introduced Monday, the Arizona program will provide free diapers to qualifying low-income families in 10 counties.
Jul. 31, 2023
A bill introduced this week by Congressman Raúl Grijalva and other lawmakers would strengthen federal protections for workers exposed to extreme heat.
Jul. 26, 2023
The city of Tucson will receive a $50 million grant from the Housing and Urban Development Department to expand affordable housing options.
Jul. 26, 2023
A farmworker in his 20s died last week in Yuma from heat-related causes. The death comes as both national and local lawmakers are calling for stricter regulations to protect workers from extreme heat.
Jul. 26, 2023
We’ve heard a lot about the Valley’s roughly 200 cooling centers. In addition, some churches and nonprofits offer “heat-relief respite centers” where unhoused people can sleep during hours of operation.
Jul. 24, 2023
Across the country, one in 19 secondary schools has a Native American mascot. In Arizona, that number is one in 168. People Not Mascots works on policy to remove Native mascots from schools that do not have consent from a tribe.
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Jul. 17, 2023
This is at least the third time Grijalva, a Democrat in southern Arizona, has introduced the Fairness for Farm Workers Act.
Jul. 13, 2023
Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne was in federal court in Tucson on Monday. He was defending the state law prohibiting transgender girls from playing on girls’ sports teams.
Jul. 10, 2023
The Arizona House Speaker Ben Toma claims the governor’s executive order banning the use of public funds for "conversion therapy” is illegal. Toma says it’s overreach and appears to violate parental rights.
Jul. 4, 2023
On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the state of Colorado could not compel a graphic designer to make websites for same-sex weddings as doing so would violate that person’s values.
Jul. 1, 2023
Earlier this year the United Nations appointed Cindy McCain to be the executive director of the World Food Programme.
Jun. 26, 2023
The Phoenix City Council will be asked to approve more than $2 million to create a new court for people experiencing homelessness. It’s called community court — there’s one for veterans only and one for people with behavioral health issues.
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Jun. 23, 2023
Advocates celebrated earlier this month when the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision that kept intact one of the few ways people with disabilities, older adults and their families can protect their rights when a federally-funded program like Medicaid isn't safely administered.
Jun. 21, 2023
When Salt River Project announced its proposal two years ago to expand a gas-fired generating station, it was met with swift opposition from residents of Randolph, a historic African-American community near Coolidge.
Jun. 15, 2023
The wall at the U.S.-Mexico border has long been a source of controversy — for its political message, impacts on the environment and costs, among other things. But for a group of children in a small Sonoran town, it’s also become a canvas.
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Jun. 14, 2023
A new law that went into effect in Arizona in January allows people arrested and convicted of some, non-violent criminal offenses to ask the court to seal their records.
Jun. 13, 2023
Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne is defending a state law that bans transgender athletes from competing on school teams that differ from the gender they were assigned at birth.
Jun. 13, 2023
Mexico’s military prosecutor has charged 16 soldiers in connection with the killing of five civilians last month. The arrests come after a news outlet released footage of the incident captured on a security camera.
Jun. 12, 2023
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