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Social Justice Black Organizing Project Youth Leader Imani Snodgrass advocating for equal rights during their car caravan in early June. Community members visited the homes of Oakland school board members to urge them to support removing police from schools. (Photo courtesy of Ryan Sin Photography/Black Organizing Project)
Social Justice This Group Has Been Fighting to Remove Cops From Schools for Over a Decade

The Phoenix Union High School District is considering joining with districts nationwide in ending its contract to have police officers on campus.

July 2, 2020 3:29 pm MST
Politics Guy Phillips standing in front of boarded-up businesses
Politics Pretty Much Everyone Is Now Calling for This Councilman’s Resignation Over ‘Despicable’ George Floyd Comments

Scottsdale City Councilman Guy Phillips was also rebuked in March for sharing misinformation about COVID-19.

June 29, 2020 8:39 am MST
Breaking Tucson mayor standing next to police chief as he speaks at podium
Breaking The Tucson Police Chief Offered to Resign Over a Man Dying in Custody. The Mayor Said No.

The chief offered his resignation a day after the death went public. The city council and city manager would have to approve resignation.

June 24, 2020 1:05 pm MST
Healthcare person holding sign calling for LGBTQ rights in crowd outside of Supreme Court
Healthcare The Supreme Court Ruling Didn’t Fix These LGBTQ Discrimination Loopholes

Despite the Supreme Court recently strengthening LGBTQ protections in the workplace, healthcare discrimination is still possible in Arizona.

June 17, 2020 11:18 am MST
Education SRO locks school gate
Education While The Push to Defund Phoenix Police Grows Stronger, Activists Want Officers Out of Schools

In addition to community demands that cities defund the police, students are asking district leaders to remove officers from campuses.

June 16, 2020 10:44 am MST

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Black Organizing Project Youth Leader Imani Snodgrass advocating for equal rights during their car caravan in early June. Community members visited the homes of Oakland school board members to urge them to support removing police from schools. (Photo courtesy of Ryan Sin Photography/Black Organizing Project) Social Justice This Group Has Been Fighting to Remove Cops From Schools for Over a Decade
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Social Justice Memorial to Confederate soldiers outside Arizona's Capitol building
Social Justice Why Does Arizona Have Eight Confederate Memorials? Here’s Where They Are.

Worldwide protests against racial injustice have renewed the debate over why some states still display memorials to the Confederate States of America.

June 11, 2020 11:23 am MST