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Getting "Anti-Social" with author Andrew Marantz.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: The conclusion of Youth Crossing Gender Borders: "The Roots of Transphobia".

Taken at the 2019 Tucson Pride celebration.

Youth Crossing Gender Borders, Episode 5: The Roots of Transphobia

Why is gender identity so controversial?

Experts recommend the M-CHAT-R test, which is taken by the parents of children 16 to 30 months of age, to detect autism and other communication and behavioral disorders.

Hispanic children less often diagnosed with autism, CDC says

Behavioral health experts say that's due in part to cultural barriers and lack of awareness.

Arizona Theatre Company presents "Master Harold" ...and the Boys.

Finding perspective on race and privilege: "Master Harold"... and the Boys

Also on Arizona Spotlight: A conversation with James D. Diamond about his book "After the Blood Bath", and Part 2 of Youth Crossing Gender Borders, "Changing Expectations".

Tucson’s Pride celebration includes transgender youth from preschool through high school as well as their families and friends.

Youth Crossing Gender Borders, Episode 2: Changing Expectations

Raising a Transgender Preschooler.

The crew of the whaling vessel Pequod, portrayed by Ryan Parker Knox, Christopher Pankratz, Aaron Shand and Eduardo Rodriguez, in The Rogue Theatre's stage adaptation of "Moby Dick".

The great white whale, sighted in Tucson!

Also on Arizona Spotlight: A conversation with ecologist Brad Lancaster; and the series "Youth Crossing Gender Borders" begins.

A Sonoran Desert bee (genus Melissodes) identified by The Tucson Bee Collaborative, photographed by Bruce D. Taubert.

How to ID a Bee.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: A closer look at how Tucson neighborhoods voted in the last local election; The 89-90 Trip: Day Three begins in Panguitch, Utah; and "Tilly the Trickster" at the Live Theatre Workshop.

A study has found more than 8% of Arizona children are uninsured.

Study: Arizona among states with highest rates of uninsured children

Researchers put the state at more than 3 percentage points above the national average

Smoke from a cigarette.

Tucson raises minimum age to purchase tobacco products to 21

The 6-1 vote makes Tucson the fifth city in the state to adopt such an ordinance.

UA graduate student in geosciences Becki Beadling on a research vessel in teh Southern Ocean, deploying robotic floats that gather information for the SOCCOM project.

Ocean & Space

Learn about UA scientists in the Southern Ocean measuring climate change; and celebrating the past and future of space exploration at Spacefest X.

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Arizona drops one spot to 46th in report on children's well-being

The annual National Kids Count grades Arizona poorly on children's health, education and security.

Immigrant children rest at a detention facility in Nogales, Arizona in 2014.

Feds cut services to unaccompanied migrant kids in shelters

The agency overseeing shelters is slashing education, legal aid and recreation for migrant kids.

Children play inside Casa de los Niños's Kelly Early Education Center on May 29, 2019.

Inside Casa de los Niños's new early education center

How the center creates learning opportunities for 3 and 4 year olds.

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Arizona Schools Chief Hoffman to Develop School Safety Plans

The superintendent of public instruction says she'll create a task force aimed at preventing violence on campuses.

File image of the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix.

Arizona Ups Oversight of Groups That House Migrant Children

Most of the new law's provisions take effect immediately.

Children perform a dance routine in a class at the John Valenzuela Youth Center in South Tucson on April 15, 2019.

South Tucson Youth Center Serves Low-Income Families Year Round

A discussion about services offered at the John Valenzuela Youth Center.

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