Social Justice

In the 1960s and '70s, Latino activists were fighting for equal rights, education and against police brutality and the Vietnam War. Documents newly released by the CIA confirm long-held suspicions that the federal government was monitoring their activities — sometimes even disrupting them.

The Interior Department identified 973 children who died in the care of the U.S. government during the 150-year federal Indian boarding school era. A yearlong investigation found three times as many deaths and nearly double the burial sites than previously reported by the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative, launched by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland.

When ASU professor Dr. Neal Lester was an undergrad, he got assigned in a poetry class to write a paper interpreting the work of a famous poet. He picked Nikki Giovanni, the world-famous civil rights icon who passed away earlier this month.

Two days after a defining election, pro-Palestinian protestors and Tucson activists gathered on the University of Arizona campus to lament a disillusionment in the two-party system and continue their calls for the University’s divestment in Israel.

Grace Pinson is a bit of an anomaly. As a trans woman serving time in federal prison, she’s part of a very small, and uniquely vulnerable, community.

Video of Phoenix police punching and tasing a Black disabled man while he was arrested in August drew national scrutiny just as the city tries to avoid federal oversight. Now, officers Kyle Sue and Ben Harris have been sent home on paid leave.

For Greg Moore, the violent arrest of Tyron McAlpin by Phoenix police means it is put up or shut up time for Black leaders here — and for anyone who stands against racism.

KJZZ's "Policing the Police" series examines the U.S. Department of Justice civil rights investigation of Phoenix by section, as well as the city's efforts to self-impose reforms. This report focuses on the finding by the DOJ that Phoenix police unlawfully restrict free speech.

It made national headlines when Surprise mom Rebekah Massie was arrested at a city council meeting in August. To put it into context, The Show spoke to Gregg Leslie, executive director of First Amendment Clinic ASU.

The Hilton Family Holocaust Education Center will be in the heart of downtown Phoenix and comes at an important time, according to Rabbi Jeffrey Schesnol.