Fronteras Desk News
The recent wave of Central American families and children coming across the border has prompted outrage from some Arizonans, while it’s tugged at the heart strings of others.
Aug. 15, 2014
Almost 37,500 migrant children who crossed the Southwest border this year are now reunited with relatives or sponsors. Among them are a family in Phoenix back together after years of separation.
Aug. 13, 2014
The arrest of an undocumented Latino immigrant by Border Patrol brought human rights activists to the streets and to the Tucson Police Department.
Aug. 12, 2014
U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz visited the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico on Wednesday. He asked for the public's patience as the investigation into the cause of the leak continues.
Aug. 12, 2014
The week's top stories from Fronteras: The Changing America Desk.
Aug. 9, 2014
A seventh suspect in the 2010 killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent has been charged in the slaying that is at the center of a scandal over a botched U.S. gun-smuggling probe known as Operation Fast and Furious.
Aug. 8, 2014
For the first time Northern Arizona University researchers have linked uranium exposure to skin cancer. And one sub-population is especially at risk.
Aug. 8, 2014
Arizona scientists have produced two different types of maps that take our understanding of Mars to a whole new level.
Aug. 5, 2014
The Catholic population continues to grow in the United States, but the number of priests has been declining for decades. To fill this gap dioceses are increasingly inviting priests from around the world to serve their congregations.
Aug. 5, 2014
President Barack Obama awarded 22 people National Medals of Arts and Humanities earlier this week. One of the honorees was the elusive Flagstaff visual artist James Turrell.
Aug. 4, 2014
Clinics in El Paso and McAllen shut their doors, unable to meet new stricter state requirements. Now a legal team will challenge those rules in court.
Aug. 4, 2014
Another one of the five men accused of the murdering a Border Patrol agent has been extradited from Mexico to appear in federal court in Tucson.
Aug. 1, 2014
The week's top stories from Fronteras: The Changing America Desk.
Aug. 1, 2014
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Developers are negotiating with the Navajo Nation to build a $150 million tourist destination on the eastern edge of the Grand Canyon. But Navajo leaders are divided over whether to allow desperately needed economic development on a place many believe to be sacred.
Aug. 1, 2014
The tiny Arizona town of Tusayan wants to grow. Many in the gateway community to the Grand Canyon want hotels and tourist attractions to better capitalize on park visitors. They also want basic things — more housing, neighborhoods, a grocery store and a library.
Aug. 1, 2014
Fronteras Desk speaks with two keen observers of Texas and national politics about the political and strategic implications of Texas Gov. Rick Perry's decision to deploy the National Guard on the Texas-Mexico border.
Aug. 1, 2014
Fronteras Desk Correspondent Lorne Matalon spoke to Julian Worricker of the BBC World Service on July 19.
Jul. 30, 2014
Attorneys filed a civil rights lawsuit in Tucson, Ariz., Tuesday in the case of a Mexican teenager who was shot and killed by U.S. Border Patrol on the Southwest border.
Jul. 29, 2014
The endangered Mexican gray wolf would have a far greater territory to roam under new rules proposed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. It's the first proposed expansion since the agency began introducing wolves into the wild.
Jul. 25, 2014
In a classic Texas-style standoff between landowners and conservationists, a court ruling across the country may decide if water on the border is used for fracking oil and gas.
Jul. 25, 2014
