Despite politicians using the supposed escalating crime levels to justify recent legislation in Arizona, the numbers prove otherwise. As a matter of fact, violent crime in border towns like Yuma and Nogales have remained steady over the last decade—standing in stark contrast to what we have been seeing in mainstream media. [read more...]

Northern Arizona State University will soon be tracking and monitoring students as they enter classrooms and other locations, by a computer chip embedded in student IDs.

Each classroom will have an RFID (radio frequency identification) detector that logs the short-range radio transmission chip in the ID cards, similar to how an EZ-Pass device logs your car as you go through a toll booth.

Many students are highlighting civil liberties and privacy concerns,  questioning exactly how this data will be used and who it will be shared with. [read more...]