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On Course
‘The College Tour’ show makes campus tours accessible to immigrants, low-income students
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On Course
DACA could end in federal court. Most of today’s high school graduates can’t get protection from the program anyway. 
Rodney Montreuil grew up in Cap-Haitien, Haiti and has lived in Phoenix for the last two decades.
Migration
This Haitian schoolteacher helps new arrivals from Haiti resettle in Arizona
Afghan refugees walk through an Afghan refugee camp at Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst, New Jersey, on Sept. 27, 2021. 
Refugees
6 months after evacuation, thousands of Afghan families are waiting to reunite
The office of the Culinary Workers Union is seen through a car window in Las Vegas, Nov. 9, 2020. The union represents 60,000 people, most of them immigrants, in the Las Vegas area who work in the hospitality industry. 
Jobs
Undocumented people bring grassroots organizing skills to the labor movement
Woman holding hose from truck to fill water trough
Avoiding water bankruptcy in the drought-troubled Southwest: What the US and Iran can learn from each other
Figures of a 7-year-old migrant girl walking with a woman and unidentified man silhouetted at night
Borders
Many asylum-seekers are returned at the US-Mexico border under Title 42. Advocates call it a ‘sham.’
A pregnant person wearing a red shirt holds her belly, wearing a face mask and gloves.
Commentary
For pregnant women, getting the COVID-19 jab is a challenging choice
A group of noncitizens crossing the border at night, silhouetted against a light
Biden proposes a legal term change to recognize the humanity of ‘noncitizens’
Ricky Hurtado, the first Latino candidate to run for North Carolina's House of Representatives, poses for a portrait by a mural in Graham on March 10, 2020. It's been a tumultuous few months for Hurtado. In November, the 32-year-old son of a Salvadoran im
Every 30 Seconds
What impact will Latino voters have on North Carolina in the future?
Adela Diaz says the coronavirus pandemic has brought new urgency to her college major in public health.
A young Latina voter in Arizona reflects on the contentious 2020 election
A girl wearing a pink shirt drinks a beverage with her mother, wearing a grey shirt, outdoors at a table.
Immigrant communities connect with Indigenous products to nurture, heal during pandemic
For the last year, construction workers have passed by Darby Wells en route to the border to build the Trump administration’s 30-foot, steel bollard wall. President-elect Joe Biden has vowed to stop the wall’s construction, but there are still big questio
Borders
Under a Biden presidency, what will become of Trump’s border wall? 
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Every 30 Seconds
Discussion: Mobilizing Latino voters — perspectives from Texas and Arizona
Reyna Montoya is an Arizona resident and the founder of Aliento, an immigrant aid organization.
2020 US presidential election
Why is Arizona trending blue? Ask Latinos and immigrants who live there.
Eight square-size pictures of young men and women appear over a white background.
Every 30 Seconds
2020 Election: The voting power of Latino youth
Adela Diaz, who will be a first-time voter in 2020, at home in Phoenix, Arizona.
Every 30 Seconds
As polls open in Arizona, Biden wins this Latina’s vote with his health care platform
Politics with Amy Walter: Raising (Votes in) Arizona
Full Episode
President Donald Trump arrives for a Latinos for Trump Coalition roundtable at Arizona Grand Resort & Spa, Monday, Sept. 14, 2020, in Phoenix.
Every 30 Seconds
Trump, Biden battle for Latino vote in Arizona
People attend a bilingual health care town hall sponsored by local organizations that work in Latino voter outreach, disability advocacy and community health at the Ability360 Center in Phoenix, July 5, 2017. Senators John McCain and Jeff Flake were invit
Every 30 Seconds
As Election Day nears, it’s not just about winning the ‘Latino vote.’ It’s about making a real connection.
Organ Pipe cactus
Borders
US-Mexico border wall threatens sacred Native lands
Adela Diaz, who will be a first-time voter in 2020, at home in Phoenix, Arizona.
Every 30 Seconds
Health disparities are top of mind for Latina student voter
Un grupo de mujeres sonrien y miran a un politico hablar.
Every 30 Seconds
Las mujeres latinas: La clave para ganar el voto latino en las presidenciales de 2020.
Latino leaders and immigration reform supporters gather at the University of Colorado to launch a voter registration campaign to mobilize Colorado's Latino, immigrant and allied voters on Oct. 28, 2015.
Every 30 Seconds
The key to winning the Latino vote in 2020? Latinas.
A family wearing protective face masks walks toward the US at the Paso del Norte International Border bridge.
COVID-19
US-Mexico border closure brings local economy to a halt
Adela Diaz, who will be a first-time voter in 2020, poses on her campus at the University of Arizona in Tucson.
The top issue for one Arizona first-time voter? Health care.
Riparian forest in northern Mexico
Environment
This land and water preservationist is a ‘force of nature’ in northern Mexico
Close-up photos of Irineo Mujica, left, and Cristobal Sanchez at news conferences after their release in Tapachula, Mexico.
Immigration
Facing US pressure to reduce migration, Mexico cracks down on migrant activists and shelters
An empty water bottle lays on the dirt behind a string of barbed wire
Immigration
Crimes of compassion: US follows Europe’s lead in prosecuting those who help migrants
A man crouches in the dirt surrounded by others as they review a few maps.
Borders
An aid worker is on trial for helping migrants. But groups like his are still doing their work.
Workers in a dark building sort trash from a conveyor belt.
Pushing plastics
Inside the long war to protect plastic
A woman holds a visibly distraught woman with her face in her hand.
Immigration
Arizona volunteers form ‘underground’ network to house migrants released by ICE
A young child is shown holding a doll by the arm.
Global Politics
Arizona monastery, motel turned into migrant shelters
A man pours beer into a glass from a growler as several people are seated around a table.
Culture
This tour group takes you beyond the border to Nogales’ culinary scene
Dead cactus on the ground.
Environment
Trump’s wall will harm wildlife along the US southern border, say environmental experts
A young man sits at a table and talks with his mother.
Getting legal status opened the path to college for this Arizona immigrant family
A group of young people walk in front of the Arizona state Capitol.
Immigration
As DACA fix remains elusive, Arizona ‘Dreamers’ focus on in-state tuition
Former US Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano gives her final official speech at the National Press Club in Washington on August 27, 2013.
Immigration
Wall would be ‘wasteful and ineffective,’ says former Homeland Security chief Napolitano
A voter carries a 'blue wave' poster at a rally
Politics
The US midterms ‘blue wave’ has mixed results for the environment
Miguel Paiz Domingo sits on the cement tomb of his son, Misael Paiz.
Immigration
Misael Paiz, 25, dies in the desert after a 2,000 mile trek from his small village in Guatemala
US Army soldiers install razor wire
Immigration
US troops’ arrival prompts unease on both sides of the border in Arizona
People stand in auditorium-like room in front of folding table with a clipboard on it, surrounding a woman, in support
Politics
Republicans are vulnerable in Arizona, but it’s about more than the so-called ‘Latino vote’
sinks where migrant children allegedly bathed in Phoenix
Immigrant kids held in second Phoenix office seen bathing in sinks
Water is life
Environment
Navajo women struggle to preserve traditions as climate change intensifies
Alabama Memorial Confronts America’s Legacy of Lynching
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19 Years Later, Columbine Looms Large Over Today’s Mass Shootings
Full Episode
A white truck is parked between gaps in a fence against a sky of grey clouds.
Global Politics
Texas sends 250 National Guard troops to Mexico border
Arts, Culture & Media
Intentional Flaws
Arts, Culture & Media
Matt Moore
Arts, Culture & Media
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