DHS relents, Mexican woman can visit terminally ill husband after pleas for clemency

An Arizona congressman is pleading with the Dept. of Homeland Security to allow a Mexican woman the chance to see her terminally ill husband one last time.


Drinking clubs for white millennial men, or fraternities for hate?

The Proud Boys and Identity Evropa say they're defending the endangered white race, but those who track hate groups say they're part of a “millennial male phenomenon” that's changing the face of white nationalism.


Lack of trust in law enforcement hinders reporting of LGBTQ crimes

Violent crimes and other hate incidents against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans are consistently not reported and prosecuted because of chronic distrust between the LGBTQ community and police.


Rising hate drives Latinos and immigrants into silence

More than one in five suspected hate crimes victimized Latinos, according to a News21 analysis of responses to the National Crime Victimization Survey data from 2012 to 2016.


Millions are victims of hate crimes, though many never report them

Many victims of hate crimes are reluctant to report them, and reported crimes do not always lead to arrests, prosecutions or even a record of hate crimes.


Court rejects Gila River tribe’s suit against VA over cost of vets’ care

PHOENIX - The Department of Veterans Affairs does not have to reimburse the Gila River Indian Community for health care it provided to tribal veterans, after a federal court ruled that the decision should be left to the VA secretary.

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No More Deaths duels with Border Patrol over water and food drops for migrants

No More Deaths volunteers have been working for a decade to provide gallons of water and food drops to migrants illegally crossing from the Mexican border.


Ugly legacy of the ‘lynching era’ continues to resonate in America

The lynching era’s legacy can still be seen today. Senators introduced legislation in June to make lynchings a federal crime, saying it is long past due.


Transgender sex workers vulnerable to violence, but when is it a hate crime?

Society shuns transgender people from corporate jobs because of their gender identity, forcing them into sex work and other means of underground economy.


Free speech or hate speech? Americans struggle to decide when that line is crossed

Many people struggle with the boundary between offensive protest speech and hate speech.


Gallego: Latino and immigrant hate are ‘one and the same’

U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Arizona, said Latinos have become entangled in rising anti-immigrant hate over the past couple decades.


Vehicle crashes and fatalities continued to rise in 2017, ADOT report shows

From 2010 to 2017, motor-vehicle crashes have increased 16 percent, the Arizona Department of Transportation says. Fatalities increased in 2017, to 1,000, from the previous year.