Years-long court challenges attempting to stop the federal government’s transfer of sacred tribal land in Arizona to a copper mining company show how US religious protections haven’t been equally applied, academics and attorneys say.

U of A scholars Rebecca Tsosie and Michael Kotutwa Johnson urge society to embrace Indigenous seed stewardship as key to resilience and survival. Their new UCLA Law Review article, “The Seed is the Law,” calls for protecting heirloom seeds and traditional knowledge through Tribal, U.S., and international law.

Pres­id­ent Don­ald Trump’s immig­ra­tion crack­down is draw­ing Demo­cratic law­makers to an Ari­zona deten­tion cen­ter run by Immig­ra­tion and Cus­toms Enforce­ment. Their increased focus on ICE is one way the pres­id­ent impacted Ari­zona this week.

Judges put the transfer on hold while lawsuits over the sacred Apache site move forward.

Pima County Sheriff’s Department ends policy tracking deputy calls to Border Patrol, raising questions about transparency in immigration enforcement.

Federal funding cuts could put tribal colleges and universities like Tohono O’odham Community College in southern Arizona at risk of closing.

Advocates providing information and support outside immigration court, a report that ICE impersonated Tucson Electric Power workers, and how divided are we, ...

Formal letter from all Native organizations reframes cultural center closures as constitutional matter involving tribal sovereignty

Ofelia Zepeda is a renowned poet and linguist, and one of the world’s foremost experts on the Tohono O’odham language.

In a series of vetoes late Friday, May 2, Gov. Katie Hobbs rejected a variety of proposals from the Republican lead Legislature.

The Tohono O’odham language is at risk of disappearing, with far fewer people speaking it today. To help keep it alive, the Tohono O’odham Nation has opened the O’odham Ňi’okĭ Ki: Language Center, which offers classes and resources for learning the language. There have also been events put on by the community to discuss how to continue the language into the future. Efforts by educators, elders and the community continue to look for solutions to keep O’odham alive.

U.S. District Court Judge Douglas Rayes dismissed a challenge to a 2021 statute that makes it illegal to perform an abortion because of fetal defects.

The governor announced that she is placing a moratorium on any bill transmitted to her until she gets a version of House Bill 2945 that she can agree with.

The threat of federal funding loss for Arizona becomes more salient by the day as the Arizona Department of Education probes for compliance.

What's at stake isn't merely buildings with books and artifacts, but our shared commitment to an informed society.

The Arizona House is set to vote on whether to eliminate state funds for universities and colleges that offer courses on diversity, equity and inclusion.

On the heels of removing two diversity-related websites this week, the University of Arizona has deleted the phrase “committed to diversity and inclusion” from its widely used “land acknowledgement” statement.

Earlier this month, the U of A removed references to DEI from its website. Now more than 1,500 students, faculty, and staff have signed a petition questioning the elimination of the DEI language.

Arizona's legislature is set to vote on legislation to pay police $2,500 for every illegal immigrant they help deport, marking it the latest U.S. state to consider bounties to support President Donald Trump's hardline immigration policies.

Grijalva, who earned a sociology degree from the U of A in 1987, was a steadfast champion of the university’s land-grant mission and a testament to what it means to be a Wildcat for Life.

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Racist covenants once impacted where minority families in Tucson could live.

Longtime Tucson Congressman Raúl M. Grijalva, who inspired generations of environmental and inner-city activists in a political career that spanned more than a half-century, died Thursday morning.

Tucson has become a hotspot for growing protests, sparked by global issues like the Israel-Palestine conflict and local reactions to President Donald Trump’s policies. What began as a response from the University of Arizona students to the escalating violence between Israel and Palestine in October 2023 became a focal point for a new wave of...