Social Justice

Coronavirus woman loads sheep skin into truck bed
Coronavirus Native Americans Turn to Traditional Farming as COVID Decimates Food Supply

The pandemic led to an initiative that provides Navajos with sheep to raise and the means to start their own gardens.

August 3, 2020 12:30 pm MST
Social Justice Photo by Ross D. Franklin, Associated Press
Social Justice Maricopa County Reverses Policy on Anti-Gay Adoptions

The policy was put in place by former Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery after a state law legalized gay marriage in 2015.

July 28, 2020 10:19 am MST
Education school resource officer looking students in cafeteria
Education ACLU Leader: We Need Counselors, Not Cops

Arizona's student-to-counselor ratio is the worst in the nation, with only one counselor for every 905 students.

July 23, 2020 8:05 am MST
Education school resource officer walking down school hallway
Education This School District Finally Decided to Not Have SROs on Campus

The Phoenix Union High School District announced it will not renew its contract with the police to provide school resource officers in its buildings.

July 9, 2020 8:28 am MST
Social Justice Photo by Matt York, Associated Press.
Social Justice This North Phoenix Street Is Finally Losing Its Derogatory Name

The city of Phoenix has begun the process to change the name of a road that uses a demeaning term for indigenous Native American women.

July 7, 2020 10:25 am MST

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Crime It’s Almost Been a Year Since Alicia Navarro Went Missing From Her Glendale Home. No One Knows Where She Is.

“If this would have been JonBenét Ramsey or a blonde-headed little girl, I feel like the media would put this on the news every damn day."

July 7, 2020 10:17 am MST
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