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Tables at an event organized by the Southwest Fair Housing Council, October 2018.

Roots of housing discrimination in Tucson

In the first of three shows on housing, we look at the origin of discriminatory practices and the Fair Housing Act.

A volunteer at Tucson's Benedictine Monastery reviews when and where an asylum seeking family must appear for an immigration hearing, May 2019.

Report: Most asylum-seeking families show up to immigration court dates

In Arizona, almost every family that has legal representation makes every court appearance, according to aTRAC immigration report.

A University of Arizona professor is studying chemicals in our water and is researching methods to eliminate them.

Episode 187: New ways to eliminate dangerous chemicals

Developing new methods to eliminate dangerous chemicals from the environment.

Canned Food Nights at Skate Country

https://www.communityfoodbank.org/Events/Detail/skate-to-end-hunger-jun26-2019

In From the Heat Luncheon & Recital

https://catalinamethodist.org/organfestival/

Shakespeare & Hathaway Season: The Cursed Hand

Shakespeare & Hathaway Season 2: This Cursed Hand

A missing person’s case turns to murder as Frank and Lu investigate the disappearance of an eastern European oligarch.

The exterior of Banner University Medical Center.

Clashes between doctors and Border Patrol may be putting migrant health at risk

A health and human rights group says agents sometimes exceed the limits of their mandate.

Hoatzins are some of the most unusual birds in the world, often called stinkbirds due to the side effects of their strange diet. They eat leaves, and have a specialized gut to help them digest their food. They are essentially flying compost heaps. Their young are some of the only birds in the world to have claws on their wings.

Rivers of Life: The Amazon

See the secret wildlife and remarkable people of the Amazon, from shamans to electric eels.

Archie is a big brown bat, and has been taken care of by Bob & Debbie Beucher since being rescued more than sixteen years ago.

Bat night at the Mission Garden

Also: A new facility in Nogales, Sonora to help migrants following the Trump administration's "Remain in Mexico" policy; and strangers find common ground with "One Small Step".

Looking west from Gates Pass towards Saguaro National Park West.

Tucson City Council opposes proposed Interstate 11

A resolution lays out the environmental and economic reasons for the opposition.

Arrows in an archery target at a range near Tucson.

Pima County to update the backstops in its archery ranges

The county will replace equipment in the Tucson Mountain Park and Southeast Regional Park archery ranges

Volunteers check voter registration at a voting station.

Group looks to increase voter registration of underrepresented Arizonans

The group sends registration forms to younger and minority voters.

Soon-to-be U.S. citizens taking an oath at a naturalization ceremony at the Evo A. DeConcini U.S. Courthouse in Tucson, February 2018.

Feds aim to cut processing times for immigration applications

Agency data shows a backlog of more than 700,000 citizenship applications.

Cassini's view on approach to Phoebe (left) and departure (right). The dark, roughly spherical object is roughly 16 times smaller than Earth's moon.

Saturn's rings, moons raise questions about solar system, water origins

A discovery could prompt a rethinking of how the solar system formed.

Rescue crews during 2017 flooding from Hurricane Harvey in Texas

UA storm watchers predict active hurricane season

Annual forecast model shows Atlantic conditions similar to dangerous 2017.

Arizona drops one spot to 46th in report on children's well-being

The annual National Kids Count grades Arizona poorly on children's health, education and security.

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