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The play "Roosters" at Scottsdale Desert Stages Theatre was supposed to open this month. Instead, it was controversially canceled and the stage sat empty.  When a white actress is accidently cast to play a Mexican-American girl, is recasting the role considered discrimination?

The Republican lawmakers' letter could signal potential legal action from Arizona to resist federal oversight of the Phoenix Police Department.

Southwest Airlines has racked up more than $300,000 in labor-related fines after Arizona workers filed complaints saying the company retaliated against them for taking their earned sick time.

Interest in labor unions has been growing nationally — and in Arizona. During the first nine months of the federal fiscal year, the National Labor Relations Board saw efforts to unionize spike nearly 60%. In Arizona, it increased more than 50%. 

The firm leading the investigation into the Phoenix Suns and owner Robert Sarver has begun conducting in-person interviews of current and former employees, but its unclear whether those who signed non-disclosure agreements will be able to speak freely.

One attorney said Tesla's response to the racial harassment verdict — publishing a blog post outlining flaws in the decision — was "very unusual."

It's time our nation retire affirmative action and focus on bigger issues, such as dismantling the deeply rooted inequalities of America's education system.

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