As people of faith, we believe that a prison sentence should not be a death sentence. Yet, the spread of COVID-19 throughout Arizona’s prison systems threatens the lives of thousands of incarcerated individuals. New cases of COVID-19 have reached an all-time high in the month of August, and without adequate testing, social distancing, or access to proper health care this pandemic is anticipated to continue to threaten our State.  Arizona Faith Network.

Both Republicans and Democrats want to come up with new stimulus legislation to boost a U.S. economy ailing from the coronavirus pandemic. But both sides are at odds over how much the price tag for that relief should be, leaving millions of Americans waiting for more financial aid.

Juan Carlos Ruiz, a Mexican pastor in Brooklyn, does everything from human-rights advocacy to grocery delivery.

The only way to adequately meet the needs of a reeling economy, struggling families, and cash-strapped states and localities is for President Trump and Congress to come to agreement on a robust, bipartisan economic relief package.

On Tuesday August 4, it was reported that half the population of the Whetstone Unit of the Arizona State Prison Complex (Tucson), 517 individuals, have tested positive for COVID-19.

Join Arizona Interfaith Network (AIN) statewide clergy and leaders and sign on to the letter calling on Arizona Senators to act immediately to keep Arizona families safe by supporting the full $600/wk federal supplemental unemployment insurance that expired July 31.

Mike Buchheit is the director of the Grand Canyon Conservancy Field Institute and one of the lucky few residents of the park. He recently wrote an essay for Arizona Highways magazine in which he described the bittersweet experience of being in the park nearly alone. And he used Easter Sunday as the prime example. Earlier, I spoke at Buchheit. KJZZ’s Steve Goldstein started by asking him describe what Easter the canyon is usually like and how different it was in 2020.