Devin Browne
Senior Field CorrespondentSenior Field Correspondent Devin Browne (Phoenix) was born and raised in a small suburb of Los Angeles known nationally for its natural disasters (fires, mudslides, and earthquakes, mainly). In 2008, she moved into the heart of the city, to one of L.A.'s most bustling immigrant portals. There she launched MacArthurParkMedia.com, a site about how the American experience now starts. A more personal account of her time in MacArthur Park, living with a Mexican family, can be found on the-entryway.com. She graduated from the University of Michigan in 2005, and later studied radio at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland, Maine. Her stories have aired on Marketplace, The Environment Report, and PRI's The World. She has also written for LA Weekly.
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Law enforcement in Arizona announced they dismantled a drug ring accused of smuggling $33 million worth of drugs into the state monthly. Over about a five-years, federal agents said the group generated approximately $2 billion in illicit proceeds. -
One of the Tohono O'Odahm Nation's lengthy legal battles ended Tuesday, which brings them one step closer to setting up a satellite reservation near Phoenix for gaming purposes. There are still three other lawsuits related to the project in the way. -
Prescription drug abuse is the fastest growing segment of illegal drug use in the United States. In fact, more Americans abuse prescription drugs than the number of people who use cocaine, methamphetamine, and heroin combined. -
Protesters claim to represent the 99 percent of Americans who have been left behind by the country’s economic growth. So who are the other 1 percent – the top 1 percent? -
The Department of Labor opened an investigation this summer into many of the largest home builders who led the real estate boom in the Southwest. Last month, the IRS joined them. At issue is the way home builders pay their workers and their taxes. -
A study by the University of Arizona's James E. Rogers College of Law finds that even though the majority of SB 1070's provisions were never enacted, it cause some migrants to move out of Arizona and they often left their children behind to finish school in the U.S.
- San Diego resident golfers teed off at their vanishing access to city-run courses
- Why aren't Americans filling the manufacturing jobs we already have?
- Mexico: US deal lets 'El Chapo’s' son’s family enter from Tijuana
- City Heights residents say proposed cuts to libraries, rec centers are inequitable
- Newsom outlines $12 billion deficit, freeze on immigrant health program access