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#RedForEd march draws at least 50,000 educators, supporters

Teachers demanded increased funding on Thursday during a #RedForEd march through downtown Phoenix. Phoenix police estimated 50,000 people attended the march, which started at Chase...

Downtown community initiatives receive ASU Campaign 2020 funds

Arizona State University's Downtown Campus is seeing the benefits of ASU's Campaign 2020 through funds received by its colleges and programs. The university started Campaign...

The downtown educators behind Red for Ed

On April 19, the majority of Arizona teachers involved in the grassroots Red for Ed movement voted to support a statewide teacher walkout. This...

Downtown is growing and so is the cost to live here

Downtown's landscape is set to change as developers begin to build toward the sky. A surge of multi-family construction is reshaping the housing market...

Phoenix approves installation of rainbow crosswalks

Two intersections in downtown Phoenix are going to be filled with color after the Phoenix City Council voted to install two rainbow crosswalks to...

Devil’s Advocate: We stand in solidarity with #SaveStudentNewsrooms

Downtown Devil was created in a dorm room by a handful of journalism students in downtown Phoenix. In the past nine years, we have...

Where is the Phoenix Ethics Commission?

Due to screening errors and miscommunication, the City of Phoenix has yet to seat an ethics commission despite having nominees chosen for more than...

Video: Easley’s Fun Shop set to close after 72 years

https://vimeo.com/266448779 After 72 years of family-owned and run operation, Easley's Fun Shop is set to close by the beginning of next year, according to the...

Where shade is a growing problem, trees come to the rescue

When Caitlin Watters, a third-year law student at Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, is not studying for the bar exam...

Van Jones speaks on democracy at Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church in Phoenix

CNN political commentator and former Obama White House advisor Van Jones spoke to nearly 2,000 attendees at Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church in downtown Phoenix...