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How Skin Color Influences Daily Life for Latinos

TL/DR - The skin color of Latinos significantly affects their lives, including career advancement opportunities, according to 62% of respondents in a Pew Research study. Dr. Edward Vargas discusses the concept of colorism, explaining that it includes prejudices and discrimination based on skin tone and can influence everyday activities like…
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Horizon High’s 1st Female Baseball Player Shatters Norms

TL/DR - Chloe McKendry, a 9th grader at Horizon High School in Phoenix, Arizona, has become the first girl to play on the freshman baseball team. McKendry, who has been playing baseball since she was seven, said she earned her spot on the team through hard work and is treated like any other player. Despite some teasing from players on other…
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1 Dead in North Phoenix Shooting After Dispute; Suspect Detained

TL/DR - Phoenix police are investigating a shooting that resulted from an argument, leaving one man, 39-year-old Prince Lackey, dead and another man, 29-year-old Pedro Vazquez, in custody. Security video footage verified accounts of Vazquez arguing with Lackey and pulling a weapon from his waistband; Lackey was subsequently shot and Vazquez was…
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Arizona Supreme Court Approves Near-Total Abortion Ban: NPR

TL/DR - The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that the state should follow an extremely restrictive abortion law dating back to the 1860s, which outlaws abortions except in cases where the pregnant person's life is at risk. The law, which makes no exceptions for cases of rape or incest, carries a prison sentence of two to five years for those who…