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A Tucson Unified School District Bus.

Diversity and desegregation in TUSD

After decades of legal battles and diversification efforts, the Tucson Unified School District wants to be released from court supervision.
In this March 2019 file photo, Cindy Harrison rallies in Phoenix in support of the Equal Rights Amendment. Arizona has never approved the ERA, one of just 12 states not to have done so, but Virginia’s recent ratification led the U.S. House to remove a deadline for states’ ratification in hopes of reviving the amendment.

Divided House votes to reset deadline to ratify Equal Rights Amendment

Arizona is one of 12 states that have never approved the ERA, despite regular attempts by state Democrats to do so.
In "The Long Shadow", filmmaker Frances Causey follows the trail of racism across the Southern United States, staying aware of the many lives that have been stolen by it.

Penetrating the darkness of "The Long Shadow".

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Adiba Nelson considers the many special kinds of "Black Love"; and episode 4 of Youth Crossing Gender Borders: "The Ambiguity Train".
Juan Carlos García, former director of global commerce for Elektra and ex-CEO of Amazon Mexico.

Accusations against former Amazon CEO in Mexico ignite feminist debates

The recent murder of the wife of the former CEO have fueled the push for changes to laws.
Kevin Howard and Taylor patrolled the streets of Raqqa. In the battle for the city, Taylor was a sniper.

A beacon of hope in a war-torn country

The story of an American who traveled to Syria to fight the Islamic State.
Scott Warren outside U.S. District Court Nov. 20, 2019, following acquittal in the government's second trial.

Border humanitarian aid work on trial

A look at how federal immigration policy and religious freedom played out in the trials of a No More Deaths volunteer.
Archive Tucson is a project of the University of Arizona Libraries' Special Collections to preserve the stories of our neighbors in Tucson and Southern Arizona.

Archive Tucson: Jazz on Meyer Avenue

Cass Preston talks segregation, music on Meyer Avenue and growing up in the '30s and '40s.
Archive Tucson is a project of the University of Arizona Libraries' Special Collections to preserve the stories of our neighbors in Tucson and Southern Arizona.

Archive Tucson: Moving into a white neighborhood

Joel Turner describes the interactions he experienced moving into a white neighborhood in midtown Tucson in the 1960s.
Demonstrators call for the firing of a professor at the University of Arizona over a homophobic letter, Sept. 18, 2019.

Demonstrators call for firing of UA professor over homophobic letter

LGBTQ protesters and allies demanded the UA remove professor and former anesthesiology chair Randal Dull.
Students protest on the University of Arizona campus Sept. 13, 2019, over the university's response to a reported assault on a black student by two white students.

Students criticize university over response to alleged assault of black student

Members of the Black Student Union say the student was beaten by two white students who used a racial slur.
Students at the University of Arizona campus.

ADL of Arizona: Hate groups recruit near college campuses

The group's leader says Arizona has been a flashpoint for anti-immigrant rhetoric and policy.
Dozens of supporters at a hearing presenting a marriage equality reform measure in Hermosillo, Sonora. The sign in the center reads, "Love is love."

Sonoran marriage equality measure begins legislative journey

The reform measure would change Sonora's family code to allow same-sex couples to marry.
The west side of Old Main on the University of Arizona campus.

Equal pay lawsuit against Arizona regents settled

Three female former UA deans claimed they were paid less than men.
Katrina Folson, the youth advocate for Friends Advocating Mutual Individuality by Loving Yourself, gave out flyers for the LGBTQ+ support group during the Tohono O'odham Nation's first Pride event June 28, 2019.

Tohono O'odham group celebrates Pride with poetry, storytelling

Organizers said the event was the first-ever Pride celebration on the nation.
A small sample of the types of jewelry made by local artisans for the annual Tucson Juneteenth Celebration.

Tucson Juneteenth Celebration 2019

Also on Arizona Spotlight: A cross-cultural program inspires Native students in the UA College of Medicine; and, is it a piece of cake for the brain to interpret a metaphor?
Entrance of an Arizona state prison in 2017.

Arizona prisons urged to end ban on book about black men

The book "Chokehold: Policing Black Men," examines law enforcement and mass incarceration through its treatment of African American men.

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