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Arizona
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Vigilantes at Dawn
A forgotten deportation, a family archive, and the cost of belonging.
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A Theology of Smuggling
“In the early 1980s, in Tucson, activists and religious leaders joined forces to protect refugees at the U.S.-Mexico border. Their collaboration galvanized the Sanctuary Movement.”
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In Arizona, a Fight Against a Deadly Fungus Is Under Threat From Trump’s Health Policies
“What one doctor’s quest to stop valley fever says about America’s preparedness for climate-driven disease.”
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The Man in the New Boots
“Maybe it’s that it’s goddamned insane to ride a bull, and America is full of crazy people who for no earthly reason see that sort of thing and want to try it themselves.”
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Highway 89 Revisited
“A 1,400-mile trip through several national parks takes a writer deep into his past.”
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A Septic Tank in This Tiny Arizona Town Could Crack a 2006 Cold Case
“Keith King vanished 19 years ago in Seligman. A private detective thinks he knows where King’s body is — and who killed him.”
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Death in Nogales
“An unarmed Mexican migrant was shot dead on an Arizona ranch. The response revealed widespread support for violence at the border.”
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A Family Ranch, Swallowed Up in the Madness of the Border
“Desperate migrants. Cartel violence. It’s all happening in the Chiltons’ backyard.”