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Summer Heat
Jul 13 2009, Andrew

Summers in Phoenix can be long and lethal for those who can’t escape the heat.

Outside a homeless shelter in downtown Phoenix, a few dozen people are vying for every scrap of shade on the lot. It’s not even lunchtime, and already a thermometer reads...

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