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The School of Human Evolution and Social Change is the anthropological and archaeological research arm of Arizona State University. The school’s collections include Indigenous human remains and artifacts subject to repatriation under NAGPRA. (Photo by Chad Bradley/Cronkite News and the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at ASU)

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Misplaced artifacts, inaccurate inventories and 2% of Native American remains returned to tribes: Inside ASU’s repatriation record

by Sam Ellefson and Aspen Ford June 10, 2024June 12, 2024

A special exhibit at the S’edav Va’aki Museum in Phoenix that closed in May told the story of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990, or NAGPRA. (Photo courtesy of the S’edav Va’aki Museum)

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What is the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990?

by Staff June 10, 2024June 10, 2024

Cronkite News and Howard Center reporters, from left, Christopher Lomahquahu, Aspen Ford and Chad Bradley reported on the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act and wrote about the experience as Indigenous journalists. (Photo by Aspen Ford/Cronkite News and the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at ASU)

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Community, healing and justice: Indigenous journalists share what reporting on repatriation meant to them

by Chad Bradley, Aspen Ford and Christopher Lomahquahu June 10, 2024June 12, 2024

Eight graduate students reported on the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act as part of a project on the compliance records of Arizona’s flagship public universities in returning Indigenous remains and artifacts. (Photo by Madison Perales/Cronkite News and the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at ASU)

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How Cronkite News and the Howard Center reported on NAGPRA

by Staff June 10, 2024June 12, 2024

Abortion-rights activists rally outside the Arizona Capitol in June 2022 to protest the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs, which overturned Roe v. Wade. The Arizona Supreme Court’s enactment of an 1864 law and its subsequent repeal has brought abortion and related issues like contraception to a new level of salience in Arizona. (File photo by Troy Hill/Cronkite News)

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Senate Republicans block right-to-contraception bill backed by Sens. Mark Kelly and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona

by Alex Cunningham June 5, 2024June 6, 2024

Alejandra Gomez, LUCHA executive director, says if HCR 2060 proceeds to the ballot in November, Arizona voters will be heard on Election Day. “While Republicans believe this will rally their base, I can assure you that a different story will be told on the day after the election,” Gomez says at a news conference in Phoenix, on June 5, 2024. (Photo by Stella Subasic/Cronkite News)

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LUCHA files lawsuit, vows to fight controversial HCR 2060, the Secure the Border Act

by Lauren De Young June 5, 2024June 5, 2024

Rep. Greg Stanton, D-Phoenix, speaks with reporters at the White House on June 4, 2024, after President Joe Biden’s announcement on asylum policy. (Photo by Cronkite News)

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Biden order shutting the border to migrants seeking asylum draws mixed reviews in Arizona

by Benjamin Adelberg June 4, 2024

Rep. Ruben Gallego campaign photo

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Ruben Gallego faces election year pressures in vote against noncitizen voting in D.C., but it’s not unusual in local elections

by Alex Cunningham June 3, 2024June 3, 2024

The number of Arizonans in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – or food stamps – surged in the past year, as the pandemic hit the economy. But a new report says not everyone eligible for SNAP is able to access the system, and advocates worry that may still be happening despite increasing need. (Photo by USDA/Creative Commons)

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In rare bipartisan agreement, House and Senate push to lift ban on felons with drug-related convictions receiving SNAP benefits

by Amaia J. Gavica June 3, 2024June 3, 2024

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a news conference at Trump Tower following the verdict in his hush-money trial at Trump Tower on May 31, 2024, in New York. Trump will stump Thursday in Phoenix, his first public campaign event since a New York jury convicted him on 34 felony counts. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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Donald Trump will campaign in Phoenix on Thursday after felony convictions in hush money case

by Alex Cunningham June 3, 2024June 5, 2024