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Phoenix

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Society

Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio sued by Justice Department

Officials with the US Justice Department announced that they would be suing Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. The Sheriff's department is...

by Parker Haeg in United States on 10/05/2012

Our World

Latino community celebrates Cinco de Mayo - Phoenix

Thousands gathered in West Phoenix to celebrate Cinco de Mayo, a holiday with minor importance in Mexico, but has become a big tradition in the...

by Parker Haeg in United States on 05/05/2012

Society

Art installation aims to draw attention to genocide

The group One Million Bones lays symbolic bones on the lawn of the Arizona State Capitol, hoping to draw attention to genocides and atrocities in...

by Parker Haeg in United States on 29/04/2012

10/05/2012 - Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio sued by Justice Department - United States - Officials with the US Justice...
05/05/2012 - Latino community celebrates Cinco de Mayo - Phoenix - United States - Thousands gathered in West Phoenix to...
29/04/2012 - Art installation aims to draw attention to genocide - United States - The group One Million Bones lays...
29/04/2012 - AZ Unite Women rally to speak out on Republican Agenda - United States - Women from around the state of Arizona...
29/04/2012 - Former head of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev in Arizona - United States - Former head of the Soviet Union,...
26/04/2012 - March against US immigration laws - Arizona - United States - An assortment of groups and individuals...
25/04/2012 - Arizona Tea Party members voice support for immigration law - United States - While the Supreme Court was hearing...
25/04/2012 - Arizona Latinos pray while Supreme Court hears immigration law - United States - Religious members of the Latino...
24/04/2012 - Activists prepare for immigration march in Arizona - Phoenix - United States - While the US Supreme Court hears...
24/04/2012 - Latinos march to Arizona Capital in opposition to SB-1070 Law - United States - Young Latino people marched from...

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Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio sued by Justice Department

Society

Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio sued by Justice Department

Officials with the US Justice Department announced that they would be suing Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. The Sheriff's department is accused of flagrant civil rights violati...
by Parker Haeg, on 10th of May 2012
Latino community celebrates Cinco de Mayo - Phoenix

Our World

Latino community celebrates Cinco de Mayo - Phoenix

Thousands gathered in West Phoenix to celebrate Cinco de Mayo, a holiday with minor importance in Mexico, but has become a big tradition in the United States. One man said, "this a...
by Parker Haeg, on 5th of May 2012
Art installation aims to draw attention to genocide

Society

Art installation aims to draw attention to genocide

The group One Million Bones lays symbolic bones on the lawn of the Arizona State Capitol, hoping to draw attention to genocides and atrocities in areas like Burma, Democratic Republic o...
by Parker Haeg, on 29th of April 2012
AZ Unite Women rally to speak out on Republican Agenda

Politics

AZ Unite Women rally to speak out on Republican Agenda

Women from around the state of Arizona gathered on the lawn of the state capital to voice their collective outrage at legislation passed in Arizona and nationally targeting women's...
by Parker Haeg, on 29th of April 2012
Former head of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev in Arizona

Politics

Former head of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev in Ar...

Former head of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, spoke at the President Ronald Reagan Centennial Seminar on Leadership and Improving Government Effectiveness in Phoenix.
by Parker Haeg, on 29th of April 2012
March against US immigration laws - Arizona

Society

March against US immigration laws - Arizona

An assortment of groups and individuals marched through Phoenix to protest ongoing local and federal laws against "undocumented" immigrants. While mostly without incident, pro...
by Parker Haeg, on 26th of April 2012
Arizona Tea Party members voice support for immigration law

Politics

Arizona Tea Party members voice support for immigration...

While the Supreme Court was hearing arguments over Arizona's controversial immigration law in Washington, D.C., Arizona Tea Party members gather on the lawn of the State House to s...
by Parker Haeg, on 25th of April 2012
Arizona Latinos pray while Supreme Court hears immigration law

Politics

Arizona Latinos pray while Supreme Court hears immigrat...

Religious members of the Latino community in Arizona pray on the lawn of the state capital during the morning while the Supreme Court hears arguments for and against the legislation. A ...
by Parker Haeg, on 25th of April 2012
Activists prepare for immigration march in Arizona - Phoenix

Politics

Activists prepare for immigration march in Arizona - Ph...

While the US Supreme Court hears arguments regarding Arizona's controversial immigration law, demonstrators will move into the streets to voice their outrage. On the day before the...
by Parker Haeg, on 24th of April 2012
Latinos march to Arizona Capital in opposition to SB-1070 Law

Politics

Latinos march to Arizona Capital in opposition to SB-10...

Young Latino people marched from different sections of the city to the state's capital to voice their displeasure with the state's controversial SB-1070 immigration law. The S...
by Parker Haeg, on 24th of April 2012
Senate Candidate Richard Carmona meets with Dream Act Students

Politics

Senate Candidate Richard Carmona meets with Dream Act S...

Former U.S. Surgeon general and US Senate candidate Richard Carmona met with Dream Act students. Carmona echoed calls for the United States to pass the Dream Act bill, granting children...
by Parker Haeg, on 15th of April 2012
Groups plan to march while Supreme Court hears immigration case

Politics

Groups plan to march while Supreme Court hears immigrat...

A coalition of civil rights groups have announced a plan to March on April 25th while the Supreme Court will be hearing the case of Arizona's controversial immigration law SB-1070....
by Parker Haeg, on 13th of April 2012
African Americans and Latinos decry racism in policing

Our World

African Americans and Latinos decry racism in policing

The Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI) in alliance with Puente Arizona came together in central Phoenix to reiterate their commitment to working together to end racism in Arizon...
by Parker Haeg, on 7th of April 2012
Parishioners reenact Stations of the Cross in Phoenix

Our World

Parishioners reenact Stations of the Cross in Phoenix

In a ceremony that has become an annual tradition, parishioners of the Most Holy Trinity church in Phoenix acted out the final moments in the life of Jesus Christ on the eve of Easter w...
by Parker Haeg, on 6th of April 2012
Justice Department breaks off talks with Sheriff Arpaio

Society

Justice Department breaks off talks with Sheriff Arpaio

File images: U.S. Justice Department officials informed Maricopa County Sheriff Arpaio's lawyer that they believed he was negotiating in bad faith. Arpaio is under investigation fo...
by Parker Haeg, on 3rd of April 2012
Pakistan Organization Holds Spring Kite Event-Phoenix

Arts & Entertainment

Pakistan Organization Holds Spring Kite Event-Phoenix

Celebrating the beginning of Spring the Phoenix area Pakistan Information and Cultural Organization, Inc. (PICO) held a kite flying event. Organizers say they were joining similar event...
by Jerry Burch, on 25th of March 2012
Arizona Hoodie March for Trayvon Martin

Politics

Arizona Hoodie March for Trayvon Martin

Over two thousand people marched through downtown Phoenix in protest over the shooting dead of Trayvon Martin by a neighbourhood watch leader in Sanford. Event organizers were surprised...
by Robert Haasch, on 25th of March 2012
Marchers demand Justice for Trayvon Martin

Society

Marchers demand Justice for Trayvon Martin

Thousands of marchers moved through Phoenix calling for justice in the case of Trayvon Martin, a 17 year-old unarmed Florida boy who was gunned down by a self-appointed block captain, w...
by Parker Haeg, on 26th of March 2012
Students Oppose Sheriff Arpaio and Immigration Laws

Society

Students Oppose Sheriff Arpaio and Immigration Laws

For the second time in three days, high school and college students took to the streets of Phoenix to voice their outrage at the treatment of immigrants in Arizona. The march was organi...
by Parker Haeg, on 23rd of March 2012
First US Female killed in Iraq War honored on anniversary - Phoenix

Our World

First US Female killed in Iraq War honored on anniversa...

Lori Piestewa died on March 23, 2003 in the same attack that Jessica Lynch was taken prisoner by Iraqi forces in Nasiriyah. Piestewa was the daughter of a Hopi Native American father an...
by Parker Haeg, on 23rd of March 2012

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