Lorenzo Gomez
Lorenzo Gomez

Lorenzo Gomez is a master’s student at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. He holds bachelor’s degrees in political science and psychology and has experience working as a policy analyst in the nonprofit sector. His work includes helping to establish Flagstaff, Arizona’s first Indigenous cultural center. His work as a writer and photographer focuses on Indigenous communities, borderlands and culture. In 2025, he traveled to Panamá to report on global migration through the Cronkite Borderlands Project.

‘Inhumane’: Immigration enforcement targets noncriminal immigrants from all walks of life

President Donald Trump ran on a platform of detaining and deporting criminal immigrants – those he has called terrorists, drug dealers and gang members. However, his administration’s policies are targeting noncriminal immigrants, too, and even those in the U.S. legally under student visas, Temporary Protected Status and other measures.

‘No thrones, no crowns, no kings’: In rallies across America, millions hit the streets to protest Trump

An estimated 5 million people nationwide protested against the Trump administration during the “No Kings Day of Defiance.” News21 journalists documented the day in four cities.

The last corridor: How conservationists are protecting wildlife in Arizona’s San Rafael Valley amid border wall construction

Conservationists are working to protect wildlife in Arizona’s San Rafael Valley, where they say border wall construction threatens endangered species in one of the state’s critical wildlife migration corridors.