Colombia/Latin America

Here’s Why Colombia Opened Its Arms to Venezuelan Migrants—Until Now (Foreign Policy) 

Meet the Women Who Detonate Land Mines in Colombia’s Former War Zones (Teen Vogue)

Kitchenware cacophony: How 'cacerolazos' became the symbol of Colombia’s anti-government protests (Public Radio International)

Here’s Why Colombia Opened Its Arms to Venezuelan Migrants—Until Now (Foreign Policy)

U.S.-Mexico Border/Immigration

‘Should I be planning for the worst?’: Uncertainty looms as DREAMers fight for justice (ThinkProgress)

Passage Prevented: Trump’s border wall threatens delicate wildlife habitat (Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting)

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

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

U.S. 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)

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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