PHOENIX — A new bill in the Arizona state legislature seeks to create an AMBER Alert-style system for missing Indigenous people. The AMBER Alert system started in 1996 as a powerful tool to locate ...

From right, Rep. Michelle Paulene Abeyta, D-To'hajiilee, and Sen. Angel Charley, D-Acoma, prepare Senate Bill 41, which would create an alert system for missing Indigenous people, on Feb. 7, 2025.

Each year, thousands of Black youth and women go missing across the U.S. at a disproportionate rate. And despite the desperate pleas for media attention, their cases are often overlooked, failing to ...