In 2019, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, eleven percent of Arizona’s population needed to use the Supplemental Food Assistance Program (S.N.A.P. or Food Stamps.) In the United States, the number is 12 percent. Of that eleven percent in Arizona: 72 percent are families with children (Nationally, it is 67 percent.) 24 … Read more
Donald Trump, whose lawyers told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that he is simply too busy to be bothered with having to meet with his lawyers to raise frivolous objections to subpoenas sent to third parties, spent the weekend as he usually does when he is not golfing at one of his resorts — rage … Read more
The Arizona State Supreme Court, by a majority vote, has declined to grant relief to the petitioners behind the organization of citizen ballot initiatives like Invest in Ed, Save Our Schools Arizona, and Outlaw Dirty Money that would allow them to electronically collect petition signatures. No majority or minority opinion has been published yet. A … Read more
If you agree with the premise that the Coronavirus pandemic is World War 3, what must we do to ensure victory against the epidemic, and save our economy? First, we must resist and thwart those calling for a surrender to the virus. Second, we need to build a public health infrastructure capable of containing and … Read more
Following the op-eds by Mary McCord and Jonathan Kravis, more than 2000 (now 2300) former Justice Department officials have signed onto a letter calling for Attorney General William Barr to resign over what they describe as his improper intervention in the criminal case of former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn. More than 2K former … Read more