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Some of the poorest people in the U.S. end up spending more than 50 percent of their income on energy over the course of the year.
Officials from the tribe worry about the economic impacts of closing the Navajo Generating Station, but water conservationists are pushing for the region to move on.
As in other recent red-state teachers' strikes, the Arizona teachers were agitating not just for raises but for a wholesale improvement of the state's system of education.
A round-up of the strikes and protests organized by educators around the country who are frustrated with low pay and gutted school budgets.
Immigration authorities have erected 23 towers outfitted with cameras to scan hundreds of square miles in search of people attempting to cross the border.
Women in Arizona must now fill out a questionnaire before receiving an abortion.
Did the state undermine its own argument to block employers' cooperation with ICE back in 2012?
Five landmarks in the American Southwest illustrate the limits of engineering the environment to human favor.
Late-spring warmth encircled the Northern Hemisphere, with records on every continent.
Planes are grounded, tap water comes out hot, and we'd all better get used to it.
For Central American migrants, the promise of work in the fields of California has dried up.
We canvassed the world of the social and behavioral sciences, looking for rising stars whose careers promise to make a lasting mark. We'll be profiling the top 30 throughout the month of April.
A new law that forces doctors to give their patients misinformation about an untested procedure is just the latest example of how anti-choice restrictions undermine evidence-based medical care. It’s long past time to stop taking abortion opponents’ hypocritical claims of concern for “patient safety” seriously.
Arizona may become the first state to invest in predictive technologies to stop crimes before they occur.
Arizona’s state legislature is unhappy about losing the ability to draw district lines, which has resulted in a major lawsuit. What will the Supreme Court say, and will its decision call into question a host of other electoral reforms?
A politician's true ideological position, however unknowable that may be for an outsider, is an important consideration when attempting to determine motive. But it's not the only consideration.
Overheated Beltway cranks and the blood on their hands.
Interpreting the Yarnell Hill Fire, the deadliest wildfire ever in Arizona.
Despite cries to crack down on illegal immigration, a new analysis suggests that border crossings from Mexico have been falling for years and border crimes are less common than national average.
Arizona's law requiring police to check the citizenship status of those they suspect of being in the U.S. illegally has done wonders the state's governor — and for reducing cross-border trade.
John Dougherty, a journalist who helped make John McCain one of the Keating Five, is running a long-shot campaign to replace McCain as U.S. senator. Along the way, both will have to deal with the immigration monster under every Arizona bed.