The Rise of South Phoenix and Team Awesome, two groups that have built a reputation of mobilizing their friends, family, and neighbors during local, state, and federal elections, are empowering the community beyond the ballot box. They continuing hosting neighborhood clean-ups, organizing food drives, and urging more civic engagement. On…
Notorious “birther” attorney Larry Klayman is being investigated by the State Bar.Although Arizona State Bar spokesman Rick DeBruhl confirms to New Times that the investigation exists, he says there are no public documents associated with the case at this time.See also:-Larry Klayman Sues New Times, Is Really Weird-Judge: Klayman “Inappropriately…
Anti-abortion fanatic/Congressman Trent Franks’ bone-headed argument that a “very low” number of rapes result in pregnancies ended up being a losing argument.Franks’ bill banning abortions past 20 weeks of pregnancy has since been changed, exempting victims of rape and incest.See also:-Franks: Not Many Rapes Result in Pregnancy-Franks Submits Another Abortion…
The Phoenix City Council adopted on Tuesday what officials are saying is one of the “toughest ethics policies in the nation,” a set of rules that guide how elected representatives conduct themselves in office. Although some of the details are still being worked out, policy provisions will require elected officials…
A new approach to evidence in domestic-violence strangulation cases has quadrupled prosecutions for the crimes and garnered an award for the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office. Last year, County Attorney Bill Montgomery’s office partnered with local law enforcement agencies and Scottsdale Healthcare to make sure victims were properly examined after an…
Anti-abortion fanatic/Congressman Trent Franks thinks the number of rapes that result in pregnancies is “very low.”Franks’ comments are now going viral across the county, although it’s not surprising for us back home, who have heard Franks belittle Black people, Jews, and women in general, to make points about his hatred…
Former Republican Congressman Rick Renzi was found guilty yesterday of 17 felony charges in his corruption trial.Renzi’s pal James Sandlin was also found guilty of 13 felony charges, in a corrupt land-swap deal, in which Renzi essentially used his position as a congressman to turn a profit.See also:-Congressman Rick Renzi…
Today in Found at the Border: A Mexican national trying to smuggle more than $1.6 million out of the United States discovered that dogs can be trained to sniff out cash.Cosme Barcelo-Quijada, a 56-year-old with permanent resident status who lives in Yuma, broke the record for the most cash seized…
Today in Found at the Border: For the second time in two weeks, a Mexican national was busted trying to smuggle weed into the United States by hiding the product in jalapeños.Whereas the Mexican national who attempted to bring more than 3,300 pounds of weed on May 27 stuffed the…
Black progressive community leaders in Phoenix are speaking out against a recent editorial written by Cloves Campbell Jr. in which he referred to one of the City Council District 8 candidates as a “house negro.” Campbell published the opinion piece in his newspaper, the Arizona Informant, on May 22. He…
Toilet policeman and Republican Representative John Kavanagh has given up trying to tell transgender people which toilets they can and cannot use, at least this session, according to multiple reports from the state capitol.Kavanagh tried to regulate transgender toilet usage twice this session, with one proposal making it a crime…
Viri Hernandez, a DREAM Act student organizer who has spent the last few years mobilizing Latino voters in West Phoenix, is criticizing Pastor Warren Stewart for his stance on gay relationships. (The DREAM Act was intended to grant a pathway to U.S. citizenship for individuals brought to this country as…
Today in Found at the Border: A 14-year-old boy trying to cross the border into the United States through Nogales was busted with six pounds of meth, and almost six grams of cocaine.According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the boy was carrying a bag full of what appeared to…
Anti-abortion fanatic/Republican Congressman Trent Franks is celebrating his latest abortion bill passing out of a House subcommittee, which really isn’t much to celebrate about.We understand it’s difficult to keep track of which abortion bill of Franks’ is the newest, since his bread-and-butter issue of abortion seems to be all he…
Now that school is out for the summer, teens find themselves with more time on their hands. Apparently two teens living in the border town of Agua Prieta, Sonora, decided to find summer jobs smuggling dope over the border. In two separate and unrelated seizures, U.S. Customs and Border Protection…
Today in Found at the Border: A 34-year-old Mexican national tried to come into the United States through Nogales yesterday with thousands of jalapeño cans.The problem was that 2,000 of those cans were light on the jalapeños, but heavy on the marijuana — more than 3,000 pounds of it, in…
With just 18 months and change left until the 2014 election, the National Republican Congressional Committee is heating up its campaigns against Democratic Congressmen Ron Barber and Ann Kirkpatrick.The NRCC’s been actively campaigning against the two since at least April, a whole four months into the two-year term, but they’re…
Cloves Campbell, publisher of the Arizona Informant, shocked a good deal of people when he labeled Pastor Warren Stewart’s opponent, Lawrence Robinson, a “house Negro” in a May 22 editorial. On the Informant’s Facebook page, the editorial is labeled as “provocative.” Most seem to call it offensive. Councilman Michael Johnson,…
Arizona resident Alexander Michael Herrera, 23, made “unusual statements” before trying to open a door in the emergency exit row of an Alaska Airlines jet preparing to land this morning in Portland, Oregon, the FBI says. Herrera was one of 137 passengers on Flight 132, originating from Anchorage. After the…
It’s getting downright dirty in the race for a District 8 seat on the Phoenix City Council. In the latest round of mud-slinging, one of the candidates is accused of going to Scottsdale for dinner, stopping at random Starbucks for caffeinated beverages, and even going to happy hour with “new…
A video posted on YouTube this morning shows the pain of five U.S.-citizen children are feeling because their undocumented mom was arrested six months ago. We dare you to watch the video (see below) and not be moved by the tears and pleas of these kids, two of whom go…
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery has given his response to a federal appeals court ruling Arizona’s 20-week abortion ban, and it’s about as dramatic as the programming for the Lifetime TV network.”The ruling is disappointing in that it permits the Kermit Gosnells of the country to continue their grisly operations…
