Learn about the University of Arizona's Land Acknowledgment honoring 22 Indigenous tribes, including the O’odham and Yaqui, and its commitment to diversity.
UArizona Land Acknowledgement Illustrates Commitment to Indigenous Students, Communities | University of Arizona News
The statement was assembled in consultation with leaders of the Tohono O'odham Nation and the Pascua Yaqui Tribe and with Native American scholars at the university.
Trump immigration proposals could hurt public safety, experts say
Legal experts and researchers say incoming President Donald Trump's promised mass deportations could actually end up undermining goals of public safety and national security.
Attorney General Mayes Files Lawsuit Against Trump’s Unconstitutional Order on Birthright Citizenship
PHOENIX — Attorney General Kris Mayes announced today that she is joining a multistate federal lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s unconstitutional order attempting to unilaterally strip citizenship from citizens across the United States, including thousands of babies born in Arizona each year.
Climate change is a strain on the 13,000 Navajo families without electricity
Nationwide, nearly 17,000 homes on tribal lands still need electricity hook-ups. A majority are spread across the Navajo Nation, where climate change is making it harder for families to keep cool. A mutual aid program, however, has helped to change lives.
The University of Arizona partners with the city of Tucson to shed light on challenges in Tucson when it comes to poverty. Several U of A undergraduate students displayed their findings on poverty.
A land apart : the Southwest and the Nation in the twentieth century - Flannery Burke
"A new kind of history of the Southwest (mainly New Mexico and Arizona) that foregrounds the stories of Latino and Indigenous peoples who made the Southwest matter to the nation in the twentieth century"--Provided by publisher.
University receives $1.5M grant for wrongful conviction reviews
The University of Arizona Innocence Project has received a $1.5 million grant from the Department of Justice to enhance its efforts in investigating wrongful convictions, particularly through DNA evidence analysis.
Women-led news outlet breaks the mold of local journalism
At the Women’s Plaza of Honor of the U of A, 10 women are standing together for the first official photo of their media outlet team. They gathered around its two founders. Caitlin Schmidt and Susan Barnett are seasoned journalists who saw an opportunity to build something new after their own disillusionment with the declining...
Arizona Health Care Providers File Lawsuit Challenging Abortion Ban and Resume Providing Care Across the State | American Civil Liberties Union
PHOENIX — Arizona health care providers filed a lawsuit today challenging a ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, which is in violation of the...
All Are Welcome - The Sexual Orientation and Gender Institute Of Arizona | Sexual Orientation and Gender Institute of AZ
Welcome To The Sexual Orientation & Gender Institute Of Arizona (SOGIA), A Comprehensive Behavioral/mental Health Center Dedicated To Meeting The Needs Of The Arizona LGBTQIA+ Community. Dr. Josh Kellison Phd And His Team Are Looking Forward To Meeting You Soon. Schedule A Consultation - Call 480-780-0278 Today!
Equality Arizona is a nonprofit organization that works to ensure that LGBTQ+ Arizonans are treated equally under the law, our full human and civil rights are respected by every level of government, and we have the same rights and obligations as every other citizen of our state and nation.
‘Disenfranchised and demobilized’: Native Americans face ballot box barriers in Arizona
Navajo Nation sued Apache county for a second time over alleged scramble to cure mail-in ballots – on top of other systemic hurdles like long lines and translation issues
ACLU of Arizona Statement on the Passage of Proposition 314
Arizona voters have approved Proposition 314, a sweeping and divisive law that will incite the discrimination and harassment of immigrants, Latine communities, and people of color. The ACLU of
Arizona’s 15-week abortion ban is expected to fall once the new constitutional amendment goes into effect. But there are dozens of other laws on the books regulating abortion.
‘I’m not afraid. Let’s do it’: the Arizona abortion clinic testing the limits of the state’s ban
The owner of the Camelback Family Planning is willing to take risks for patients that other doctors won’t, while staying within the bounds of the state’s abortion ban