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We Belong Here Too

Local Asian American leaders talk about how friends and loved ones are coping with and responding to the recent surge in violence against AAPI communities.

The Rise of Substance Abuse

Substance abuse of all kinds has greatly increased during COVID 19. (8:39)

Tucson Cancer Conquerors

A local group strives to educate, inspire, and encourage people both during and after cancer diagnosis and treatment. (7:05)

Hope for a Better Tomorrow

How the Tucson refugee community connects and expresses themselves. (8:21)

Tigist: Midwife

A look at Tigist Ejeta and the long road it took for her to become a licensed home birth midwife. (6:34)

The Talk

Covering issues of race and racism, and how Black people can be perceived by non-Blacks. (08:30)

TANGO

While most international aid groups work from headquarters in DC, Nairobi or London, Tucson's own TANGO is involved in projects all over the world - from their offices on South Stone Avenue.

Jewish Mysticism

Enter the world of Jewish mysticism with Rabbi Sandy Seltzer.

Two Restaurants

We check in with two family-owned Tucson staples to see how they adapted and coped during a difficult year. (06:08)

January 8th - Ten Years

A decade has passed since the tragic mass shooting tragedy in Tucson; we talk to survivors, witnesses, and medical personnel on the front lines that day.

Grand Mama Jones

Grand Mama Jones, as she is known in her family, has been a rock for everyone around her. (07:32)

Politics as Unusual

Research reveals that we might not be as politically polarized as we think. (03:23)

Miles to Go

Two Tucson doctors travel the Midwest on bikes to talk to people about the US healthcare system (9:42)

Just Listen: Assume No Harm

A healthy conversation requires active listening. Sam Brown and Debi Chess, two cultural leaders in southern Arizona’s black community, explore what it means to “Assume No Harm”. (04:32)

Reopening Safer

With the reopening of the campus nearing, the University of Arizona’s plan to Test, Trace and Treat is critical to making it safe. Testing and treating are well underway, but, what about tracing?

The Keeper of The Schedules

While women have slowly made economic and professional gains over the last half-century, the pandemic is revealing and exacerbating gender inequality in alarming ways…at work, and at home.

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