Points Of View

The Show's Points of View series presents different points of view from the community in roundtable form. Two African American scholars are watching the protests against police violence unfold this week in Arizona and across the country.

The COVID-19 pandemic is highlighting the inequities that already existed for marginalized and underserved communities. Many communities — where data is available — are seeing higher rates of infections and deaths among Latinx, black and indigenous people.

As the number of American COVID-19 cases continues to rise, health officials and government authorities have asked people to practice social distancing through measures such as avoiding crowded locations and staying six feet apart from another person. However, when disasters hit, can we expect people to step up and do their part?

Anxiety, stress, depression — all of these issues can be exacerbated when there is a public health emergency. So, how can we cope? To delve into that question, The Show set up a remote Points of View roundtable discussion with Jillian McManus and Nika Gueci.

Arizona has for a long time been known as a transplant state. Everyone’s from somewhere else. And that’s what we tackle in our next Points of View roundtable. How have our demographics changed over time — and what does it mean for our state’s identity?

The Show sat down with Lindsay Ashworth of the Arizona Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence, Christopher Tiffany with the social services group Raising Special Kids and KJZZ’s Kathy Ritchie.

It’s the end of the year, and that means it’s also the end of the year-long series with Chris Malloy, Phoenix New Times food critic. To cap it all off a year of Sonoran Arcana, Chris Malloy led a Points of View roundtable discussion on the question he’s been tackling in this column all year: What is Arizona food?

The median age in Arizona is about 38, according to census data, but that is likely to change. While fairly young compared to the rest of the country, Arizona’s population has also been aging faster than the rest of the country on average.

Kids who "age out" of the foster care system at age 18 nationwide face daunting odds. But, for a lot of important reasons, only about a quarter of them take advantage of services designed to help them transition into adulthood.

Trade between Canada, Mexico and the U.S. has become an integral part of our economy in Arizona. Now, pressure is rising for Congress to ratify a new deal between the three countries: the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement, known better as the USMCA or the new NAFTA.