April 7, 2020 is Arizona Gives Day, an annual day when people donate to their favorite nonprofit. This event online in the past has raised millions of dollars for worthy organizations in Arizona, since 2013. Now more than ever, due to the COVID 19 outbreak/pandemic, Arizona nonprofits need your help. Many of them have had … Read more
My colleague, David Gordon, wrote an excellent post, Democracy faces its Greatest Test here and around the World During the Coronavirus, which I highly recommend. David’s analysis is, I believe, dead on. But I’d frame the challenge differently. In a recent op-ed, Was the Fed Just Nationalized?, monetary expert Ellen Brown quoted this dire warning … Read more
The Washington Post reported this week that As virus takes hold, resistance to stay-at-home orders remains widespread — exposing political and social rifts. Pew Research Center finds Democrats are more likely than Republicans to see the coronavirus in the most serious terms. 5 facts about partisan reactions to COVID-19 in the U.S.: “As of last … Read more
Last Chance to Register for our next speaker at Noon tomorrow, April 6: Laura Conover, Candidate for Pima County Attorney Do you care about criminal reform? How about ending robocalls? What do you think about the cash bail system and the death penalty? This is your last chance to register to hear Laura Conover, candidate for Pima County Attorney. Register and discover … Read more
Above: Image courtesy of Demand Justice. (Oh no, now I have the Brady Bunch theme song ear worm in my head). Amy Howe at SCOTUSblog reported that the U.S. Supreme Court announced on March 16 that it would postpone the scheduled March oral arguments in response to the COVID-19 crisis. The justices did not set a … Read more