South Phoenix has a history of redlining and racist city planning, which zoned it for heavy industrial use that contaminated the communities of color who were segregated there. It’s up to decision makers to hear us and address our concerns–it’s time for action and it’s beyond time for strict limits on the methane, soot, and other pollutant emissions that have devastating effects on human health.
Read More »Arizona hires new directors for corrections, public safety 
Arizona has new directors for its Department of Corrections and Department of Public Safety.
Read More »Study shows number of students chronically absent jumped significantly
Helios Education Foundation, in partnership with WestEd, headed research on chronic absences rates and found in 2021, one in five K-8 students in Arizona schools was chronically absent. The learning loss from absences, compounded with learning loss from the pandemic, continues to threaten student mobility and drop-out rates.
Read More »Tomorrow We Vote is a stand-out program 
Come meet Brent Whiting and Andrea Whiting, co-founders of Tomorrow We Vote, a Black and Brown-led 501(c)(3) non-partisan, nonprofit, organization focusing on registering young people to vote.
Read More »Free Black minds: Pass the Education Equal Opportunity Act 
Dear Editor, As another Black History Month comes to an end and we reflect on the sacrifices made in the past by so many in our country, no sacrifice is as valued in the black community as the sacrifices that ...
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