Volunteers Help New AZ Voters Make Plan to Cast Ballots
By Mark Richardson What do you do for an encore after you register thousands of Arizonans to vote? You head back out and make sure they cast their ballots….
Border Patrol Raids at Humanitarian Aid Station
After sunset on October 5th in Arivaca, Arizona, US Border Patrol entered No More Deaths’ humanitarian aid station, Byrd Camp with a federal warrant, for a second nighttime raid in two…
Let’s Use Our Voting Power to Rebuild Our Country
Chris M. Frésquez The decades-long narrative of labeling our Latinx communities, our LGBTQ+ families, our Indigenous Relatives, our Black, Asian, Indian American Sisters and Brothers as “minorities” is incorrect….
Three Reasons to Vote in the Maricopa County Attorney’s Race
There is so much at stake this November. Our civil liberties are on the line in races up and down the ballot. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Arizona…
Arizonans Need to Register, Make Plan to Vote
By Mark Richardson With an important election coming up in five weeks, political observers are advising Arizonans to make a plan now on how they will vote. Sarah Vonck, lead…
Delayed Testing at Arizona Migrant Jail Reveals Massive Outbreak of COVID-19
La Palma Correctional Center now has had 366 confirmed Covid-19 cases, making it the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) jail with the highest cumulative case total in the…
Rep. Gallego Supports Bipartisan Bill to Extend Census Deadline
On Tuesday, Congressman Don Young (R-AK) and Congressman Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) introduced bicameral, bipartisan legislation, the 2020 Census Deadline Extensions Act (H.R. 8250), alongside Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Brian Schatz…
First-time DACA Applications Still Closed to AZ Youth
By Lily Bohlke Almost 24,000 undocumented young Arizonans rely on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program or DACA to live and work in the state. In July,…
Poder Latinx and Arizona Drag Partner to Increase Voter Participation
Poder Latinx, a national organization building a political wave within the Latinx community, continues to promote voter registration and electoral participation for this year’s general election in partnership with Arizona Drag,…
MALDEF Warns Arizona School Districts of Plyler Violations
A Latino civil rights group warned two Arizona school districts on August 14th, that enrollment forms seeking information about citizenship status violate the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling that guarantees…