Mar 29 Photos: What migrants leave behind on their journeys through the desert By Joshua Barajas Personal effects are scattered throughout the Sonoran Desert, where thousands of undocumented immigrants have died making the journey up north from Mexico. Continue reading
Mar 28 This man has tried crossing the U.S.-Mexico border 5 times. He says he won't try again By Joshua Barajas PBS NewsHour visited a soup kitchen for recently deported migrants in Mexico that’s a stone’s throw from the Mariposa port of entry in Nogales, Arizona. There, he met a husband and father who, days earlier, tried to cross the border… Continue reading
Mar 16 Photo: Handprints at the border By News Desk, William Brangham Handprints are left on the iron posts when people try and scale the border wall to get into the U.S. Continue reading
Mar 15 Photos: Remembering fallen migrants in the Arizona desert By Joshua Barajas As part of an ongoing reporting trip, PBS NewsHour’s Joshua Barajas joined members of a group called the Tucson Samaritans in Arizona's Sonoran Desert. Continue reading
Feb 20 Watch 7:44 These volunteers search for migrants who go missing trying to reach the U.S. By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 28 Arizona children could lose big under ACA repeal By Will Stone, KJZZ In recent years, Arizona has had one of the highest rates of uninsured children in the country. But the Affordable Care Act has begun to change that. Continue reading
Jan 14 Watch Homeless veterans take refuge at Arizona encampment By PBS News Hour A camp in Tucson, Arizona, serves about 20 homeless people, the majority of them U.S. military veterans seeking shelter, food, camaraderie and refuge from the streets. The camp, run by the group Veterans on Patrol, has grown with the help… Continue watching
Dec 24 Licensing medical marijuana stirs up trouble for states By Rebecca Beitsch, Stateline States have struggled with how to give out potentially lucrative medical marijuana licenses. Continue reading
Nov 10 Watch 4:55 News Wrap: Judge rules campaign statements are fair game in Trump University civil suit By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, President-elect Donald Trump still faces legal troubles over his now-defunct Trump University. A federal judge in San Diego refused to issue a blanket ban on using campaign statements as evidence in the civil lawsuit, which… Continue watching
Nov 05 Supreme Court reinstates Arizona ballot collection ban By Bob Christie, Associated Press The U.S. Supreme Court on Saturday reinstated an Arizona law that makes it a felony to collect early ballots. Continue reading