Last week, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) ignited a firestorm of criticism, from both the left and the right as well as the mainstream media, for calling US immigrant detention centers “concentration camps.” Republicans tried to cast her comment as demeaning to the memory of the Jewish survivors of the Nazi Holocaust, in keeping with their 2020 … Read more
Nearly 400 people packed into the El Rio Neighborhood Center to hear the Mayor and Council Candidate Forum on Gentrification and Affordable Housing on Saturday, June 22. This was an all-Democrat forum because of the hotly-contested Democratic primary elections coming up in August 2019. Attendees included mayoral candidates Councilwoman Regina Romero, former State Senator Steve … Read more
By Dianne Post, Attorney, Central Phoenix National Lawyers Guild I had not read “The Thin Blue Lie: The Failure of High-Tech Policing”, by Matt Stroud until after I wrote about the National Police Foundation (NPF) investigation of the Phoenix Police shooting “spike” in 2018. When I read the book, I was astounded at how our … Read more
The U.S. Supreme Court started the day with a dozen cases yet to be decided this week. The Court announced four decisions today, and also that it would be back on Wednesday for another decision day. I would expect at least one additional decision day. It was another day in what would appear to be … Read more
Out-of-state and foreign speculators are now descending on Tucson, are buying up aging houses in the west side barrio, making repairs and flipping them for much higher prices. This “gentrification” effect eliminates low-cost housing and raises rents and house prices. It also destroys the culture and heritage of a neighborhood. To the audience of 400 … Read more