Peter O'Dowd
News DirectorNews Director Peter O'Dowd leads a newsroom that includes reporters in seven Southwestern bureaus. His work has aired on The BBC, NPR's Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Talk of the Nation, and American Public Media's Marketplace. He's covered technology, the housing bubble and the constant flap over immigration policy that keeps Arizona in the national spotlight. Peter began his radio career at Wyoming Public Radio. He has a master's degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, and he's taught English in Tokyo, Japan.
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For every enforcement method the government implements, the drug cartels respond with a counter measure. -
About 22 million Americans use illegal drugs, leading to billions of dollars in profit for Mexico's drug cartels. This is the first in a series of stories exploring "The Drug War At Home."
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In Arizona, the immigration debate is taking place in the very homes where illegal workers make a living. Everyday families who hire undocumented workers to trim trees or paint walls are now deciding whether to keep breaking the law -- or to stop paying these workers under the table. -
Twelve percent of second-generation Arizona Latino voters say they support the new law, according to a recent Latino Decisions poll. One second-generation Mexican-American in Arizona says illegal immigrants need to get in line for immigration papers, just like his family did. -
Businesses are boycotting Arizona, whose controversial new immigration law has also prompted some city governments to prohibit their employees from doing business in the state. Hotels say guests have canceled reservations. Economists and business owners wonder how it will impact an already faltering economy. -
Cindy Vong is taking the state to court after the cosmetology board pulled the plug on her fish-pedicure business. The board says the practice is unsanitary, but Vong's attorney disputes the claim the spa fish put anyone at risk.
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