The Supreme Court has sent a Texas case on race-based college admissions back to a lower court for another look, keeping alive the plaintiff’s case — and the chance to repeal Affirmative Action. The court’s 7-1 decision Monday leaves unsettled
By Xi Chen Cronkite News WASHINGTON – Charities in the Phoenix area ranked 23rd among the nation’s 30 major metro areas for financial performance, accountability and transparency in 2013, according to a recent report. Despite relatively strong revenues –
By Evan Bell Cronkite News Of 33 judicial candidates renominated by President Barack Obama in January, two have withdrawn and 27 have had Senate hearings or been confirmed. As of Friday, the remaining four had waited: • Rosemary Marquez District
By Diana Prieto-Bernal The dynamic announcing team of Miguel Quintana and Oscar Soria are the icons of Spanish-language broadcasting for the Arizona Diamondbacks. For over 15 years they have been working together and doing a sensational job broadcasting professional baseball
Protests continued in Brazil as citizens took to the streets to voice their anger over low-quality public services and a system of government infected with corruption among other things. A teenager in São Paulo became the first person to die
The U.S.’s southern neighbor, Mexico, was ranked a “tier two” country – meaning that while the country while the country is “a large source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children subjected to sex trafficking and forced labor…however,
By Emilie Eaton Cronkite News WASHINGTON – A year after the Obama administration said it would defer deportation of immigrants who were brought into the country illegally as children, only about half of eligible Arizonans have applied for the
Por Mariela Gomez De Ell Todavía festejan los defensores de los derechos de los inmigrantes y activistas a favor del voto la decisión de La Suprema Corte de Estados Unidos que fallo en contra de la ley en Arizona que
By Emilie Eaton Cronkite News Proposition 100 Arizona voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 100 in 2006. The ballot question said the proposition: “Adds to the list of non-bailable offenses serious felony offenses prescribed by the legislature if the person charged has
By Jonathan Reid Cronkite News WASHINGTON – The House on Tuesday voted to ban most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, capping a week of controversy with passionate debate over the measure before approving it largely on party lines. The
