Colombia/Latin America

Fleeing Venezuela, migrants flood Colombia amid region’s worst humanitarian crisis in decades (USA Today)

Mexicans work to reclaim corn as their own (Southwest Borderlands Initiative/Howard G Buffett Foundation) 

For migrants fleeing Venezuela, social media plays key role in surviving life-or-death situations (ThinkProgress)

After El Chapo: Ignore Drug ‘Kingpins’, say Experts (The Crime Report)

Politics

The Trump Administration Just Rolled Back Rights for Transgender Prisoners (Refinery29)

Trump picks top Koch recipient for secretary of state (OpenSecrets.org)

Note: Cited on Senate floor at confirmation hearing, printed on Congressional Record.

Flake, witnesses recall ‘indiscriminate firing’ at lawmakers in attack (Arizona PBS/Cronkite News)

As Paul Ryan rose through the House, his money rose with him (OpenSecrets.org; C-SPAN)

Immigration/Border

Borderland crisis: Arizona border checkpoints put more migrants in danger (USA Today/The Arizona Republic)


As DACA anxieties circle, 2 Phoenix ‘dreamers’ find reprieve at churh (The Arizona Republic)

Trump backs ‘merit-based’ visa bill that could halve legal immigration (Cronkite News; Arizona PBS)

Lobbying on immigration, border ticks up despite "shadow lobbying" (Opensecrets.org; POLITICO; Truth-Out)

Metro/Breaking

It runs in her culture': Spelling bees transforming one Navajo community (The Arizona Republic)

Schools serving Navajos hope for bus aid (The Arizona Republic)

Anti-Trump billboard artist receives death threats (USA Today; The Arizona Republic) Note: broke story nationally

A hotel, a war and a family tethered to Phoenix's history (The Arizona Republic)

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