“Everyone is scared. The situation has never been this bad.” Abdulrahman al-Sadhan’s sister has not been able to see or even speak to her brother on the phone in the year since his arrest by the Saudi secret police. She believes he is being beaten or tortured in jail and may be in imminent danger. … Read more
“Remaining true to the independent spirit, the AZ Film Festival is a venue for independent filmmakers in search of an independent audiences. The Festival theme of “Words Matter, Indie Films Matter” provides a way for independent cinema to share images and voices from diverse cultures from around the world with Arizona communities. Since 1990, the … Read more
“Trumpism” is the new American fascism, and no one has been a more loyal foot soldier in implementing Trump’s anti-immigrant white nationalist agenda than Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielson. She has consistently and repeatedly lied to Congress under oath about the Trump administration’s child separation policy for legal asylum seekers, detaining those children in cages, and … Read more
Full disclosure: I really don’t want to write this post. As someone who has spent most of his adult life on college campuses in some form (as an undergrad, grad student, and now faculty member), I find the “free speech on campus” debate to be absolutely tiresome. It is a fake controversy mostly manufactured by … Read more
While it is right that Arizonans celebrated and hailed the forced resignation of Legislative District One State Representative David Stringer citizens need to remember that he is not the only reactionary legislator that does not serve the public good that needs to be defeated. Some of his vile comments on education like “public schools should … Read more