Tempe Juneteenth celebration combines art activism with reflections on social justice, racial equality
TEMPE – Downtown Tempe's Juneteenth Block Party, organized by the Downtown Tempe Authority, showcased Black history and social justice through interactive art, hip-hop dance battles, personalized poetry, a pop-up roller skating rink and a barber battle.
Entertainment or exploitation? Controversial Micro Mania Tour that highlights wrestlers with dwarfism stops in Phoenix
PHOENIX – The Micro Mania Tour primarily showcases wrestlers with dwarfism but it raises questions about exploitation and derogatory language.
Low staffing, space crunch hobble state museum’s Native American repatriation work at UArizona
TUCSON – The Arizona State Museum holds the largest number of Indigenous remains in Arizona. But the museum has struggled to comply with a 1990 law to repatriate Native American remains and artifacts because of staffing and space shortages.
Misplaced artifacts, inaccurate inventories and 2% of Native American remains returned to tribes: Inside ASU’s repatriation record
PHOENIX – Arizona State University has made under 2% of its Indigenous human remains and artifacts available to Native American tribes, one of the lowest rates in the nation, according to an analysis by Cronkite News and the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at ASU.
Experts, beekeepers weigh in on local honey for seasonal allergies
SCOTTSDALE – The evidence that eating local honey can help with allergies is largely anecdotal; what's not in dispute is that local honey is both tastier and healthier than honey at the supermarket, beekeepers and experts agree.
Spring training treasures: Exploring the intersection of baseball and card collecting in Arizona
PHOENIX – Against the backdrop of Arizona's spring training season, there's a thriving sports card market as collectors converge at shows and vendors capitalize on the enthusiasm of baseball fans.
New Sage Memorial Hospital transforms Navajo health care
GANADO – A new $177 million state-of-the-art medical facility in the Navajo Nation is nearing completion. Before the new hospital opens, staff must keep caring for patients in cramped spaces and with outdated equipment. All of that will change this fall when the new facility opens. Here’s a look at how radically different the new hospital will be.
Sage Memorial Hospital in Navajo Nation constructs new facility to improve health care
GANADO – Sage Memorial Hospital is opening a new facility in Ganado, looking to improve rural health care for the Diné people. Despite project hurdles and construction setbacks, the community is looking forward to the hospital’s opening.
Nod to the past: The ties between baseball and bobbleheads
PHOENIX – Bobbleheads are some of the most popular giveaways around MLB, which makes them a hot commodity for baseball fanatics. Here’s why teams give so many away, why fans collect them and the significance they have for players and their families.
‘You’re Goth, welcome to the club’: Arizona’s Goth scene is gaining prominence due to events, exposure
In recent years, the Goth scene in Arizona has gained prominence through events and festivals and evolved into an accepting space for new and older generations of Goths alike. Goth-centered artisan markets, Goth nights at clubs and Goth festivals have emerged to provide the community with opportunities to express themselves in a welcoming environment.
From robots to real connection: Arizona initiatives take on letter writing
PHOENIX – With advancements in technology speeding up how humans communicate with each other, slower methods of communication, like letter writing, have been losing popularity. But two Arizona-based projects have created new approaches to the personalization of letter writing. One uses robots while another encourages individuals to write through monthly prompts.
Keeping the faith: GCU, others believe religion and sports can coexist
PHOENIX – GCU is an interdenominational Christian university whose messaging of faith exists in a world where religion and sports can sometimes be uncomfortable bedfellows.
