Health Jul 06 Latino, Black neighborhoods struggle with COVID-19 test disparities As coronavirus infections explode in states like Arizona and Florida, people in communities of color are fighting to get tested. They say the tests, especially free ones, are hard to find in lower-income areas.
Health Jun 19 Vulnerable U.S. Latino communities hard hit by COVID-19 As the coronavirus spreads deeper across America, it is ravaging through Latino communities from the mid-Atlantic to the Southwest, infecting them at alarmingly high rates and amplifying the inequalities they live with.
Economy May 01 Jobless fret as rent comes due again amid virus outbreak Rent comes due again for more than 30 million people around the U.S. who have sought unemployment benefits amid shutdowns caused by the coronavirus outbreak.
Politics Feb 24 Crackdown on immigrants who use public benefits takes effect Advocates are scrambling to find other options to fill the needs of a traditionally low-income population.
Nation Aug 11 Mass shootings have Latinos worried about being targets The spate of recent mass shootings have some Hispanics looking over their shoulders, avoiding speaking Spanish in public and seeking out escape routes amid fears they could be next.
Nation Jan 31 U.S. border agency says fentanyl bust is its biggest ever U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials say they captured nearly 254 pounds of the synthetic drug that is helping fuel a national epidemic of fatal opioid overdoses from a secret compartment inside a load of Mexican produce heading into Arizona.
Nation Jun 16 New directive takes aim at immigrants fleeing gang violence A new directive from Attorney General Jeff Sessions declares that gang and domestic violence will generally cease to be grounds for asylum.
Education May 03 Arizona teachers end walkout after governor signs plan for 20 percent raise Teachers did not get everything they wanted, but they won substantial gains from reluctant lawmakers.
Politics Apr 25 Republican Debbie Lesko wins special U.S. House election in Arizona Republican Debbie Lesko won the special election in Arizona's 8th Congressional District on Tuesday, keeping the U.S. House seat in GOP control but by a much narrower margin than expected.
Politics Apr 05 Trump says he wants to send between 2,000 and 4,000 National Guard members to Mexico border Trump's comments to reporters on Air Force One were his first estimate on guard levels he believes needed, and would be a lower number of troops than the 6,400 National Guard members that former President George Bush sent to the…