The Commonwealth of the Bahamas was devastated this week by the deadly category 5 hurricane Dorian that parked on top of the islands for almost two days. Hurricane Maria was a deadly Category 5 hurricane that devastated Dominica, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico in September 2017. Puerto Rico has yet to recover. It … Read more
By 2020 Arizona Congressional Eight District Democratic Candidate Michael Muscato A friend of mine likes to say, “Democrats don’t shoot themselves in the foot; they aim higher.” Much like Will Rogers’ “I’m not a member of an organized party, I’m a Democrat,” or Pogo’s famous Earth Day cartoon quote, “We have met the enemy and … Read more
Back in February, President Trump declared a national emergency in order to gain access to billions of dollars in the Department of Defense budget, money that Congress refused to give him to build his “big beautiful wall” on the border with Mexico. After losing a battle with lawmakers over that funding — a fight that led … Read more
On Wednesday, a new report (.pdf) by Joanne M. Chiedi, Acting Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services, shed more light into how the Trump administration’s controversial “zero tolerance policy” last year affected thousands of children who were separated from their families at the Mexico border and placed in the custody of the Office … Read more
Some of the leading proponents of the Red for Ed Movement wrote a collective piece in AZ Central on August 29, 2019, critical of the budget and fiscal choices made by the Republicans in the last legislative session, and calling for an additional infusion of one billion dollars into public school funding. These leading advocates … Read more