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Terry Greene Sterling is affiliated faculty and writer-in-residence at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University. She is the co-author, with Jude Joffe-Block, of Driving While Brown and the author of Illegal. Her writing has been published in the Washington Post, the Rolling Stone, Newsweek, the Atlantic, Slate, The Daily Beast, the Village Voice, High Country News, the Guardian, the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting, and other publications. Sterling is Editor-at-Large for the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting.

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How Immigrant’s Son Joe Arpaio Became the Bane of Immigrants

EXCERPT

The child of an Italian American grocer, Arpaio spent much of his life chasing drug dealers for the U.S. government, foreshadowing his terror-inducing reign in Arizona.

Terry Greene Sterling and Jude Joffe-Block | Published May 10, 2021

Art in the Age of National Security

New Exhibit

At a one-of-a-kind exhibit in Arizona, a group of artists shows their responses to post-9-11 surveillance and the effects of increased U.S. security around the world.

Terry Greene Sterling | Published Sep 26, 2014

Is the Arctic Circle About to Die?

Global Warming

Bettles, Alaska has been a gateway for intrepid travelers who want to explore the pristine wilderness of the Arctic Circle. But now, they are on the front lines of global warming's effects.

Terry Greene Sterling | Published Apr 01, 2014

A Border Patrol Oasis Rises

Boondoggle?
Terry Greene Sterling | Published Sep 22, 2013

The Dream 9 Ripple Effect

Immigration

The nine undocumented immigrants who tried to enter the U.S. may have sucker-punched immigration reform.

Terry Greene Sterling | Published Aug 04, 2013

Anatomy of a Blaze

Tragedy

Investigators are only beginning to understand how 19 firefighters lost their lives in Arizona this weekend. Christine Pelisek and Terry Greene Sterling reconstruct what we know so far.

Terry Greene Sterling, Christine Pelisek | Published Jul 02, 2013

Death Row Debbie No More

After more than two decades in prison for killing her son, an Arizona woman wins her appeal.

Terry Greene Sterling | Published May 26, 2013

Crossing the Border Alone

Desperate Kids

The number of children coming into the U.S. on their own is soaring, reports Terry Greene Sterling.

Terry Greene Sterling | Published Mar 23, 2013

Steven Seagal, Protector of Kids

Hands Up

Teaming up with notorious Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the action hero is part of a ‘posse’ to protect schools in Phoenix. Terry Greene Sterling on the strange sideshow.

Terry Greene Sterling | Published Feb 08, 2013

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