Featured Stories
“Justice” at Arizona Theatre Company
April 4, 2022
JUSTICE Book by Lauren Gunderson Lyrics by Kait Kerrigan Music by Bree Lowdermilk Directed by Melissa Crespo A world premiere musical journey with two of the world’s most iconic women at the height of their power. “It is 1993, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg has just joined the United States Supreme Court; the first
At this Pivot Point in History, Mike Nickerson is Running to Protect Voter Rights and Democracy
April 4, 2022
Vince Leach has long been on the wrong side of voter rights and decisions for legislation that help the citizens of Arizona since he first served in the House in 2015. At Blog for Arizona, he has been cited as one of the worst legislators in the Grand Canyon State. In the 2022 elections, Mike
A Feel-Good Story Of A David v. Goliath Grassroots Union Organizing Victory At Amazon
April 3, 2022
Permanent musical accompaniment, A Change Is Gonna Come, by Sam Cooke (1964). We all could use a feel-good story of late. This story has the biblical proportions of David v. Goliath: an Amazon worker fired for specious reasons engages in grassroots organizing of a union with little or no outside support, and defeats the mighty
AZDems Must Not Normalize the Abnormal by Attending a Special Session
April 3, 2022
When Governor Ducey (and if, but, really, it’s certain he will…) calls a special session to repeal and replace their massive flat income tax cuts for the wealthiest that voters worked in good faith to refer to the ballot, AZDems should not show up. Today the Democratic House Leader Reginald Bolding tweeted: Expect a fierce
Walking Dead Week at the AZLeg: April 4-9th
April 3, 2022
We survived another week of the #AZGOP legislative terrorists’ domination of our #AZLeg, much to our State’s detriment. All the bills that have not passed their assigned committees in both the House and Senate are now officially dead; but we know that often the dead will rise to stalk the living once again until Sine
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Had To Endure The Slings And Arrows Of Disrespectful Fools In Order To Achieve The Greater Good
April 3, 2022
The New York Times’ legal columnist, Linda Greenhouse, writes How Low Will Senate Republicans Go on Ketanji Brown Jackson? When Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination reaches the Senate floor soon, every Republican who votes against her confirmation will be complicit in the abuse that the Republican members of the Judiciary Committee heaped on
Data Analyst Sam Almy Describes How to Keep Arizona Blue
April 3, 2022
Our speaker Sam Almy, a Data Analyst with Uplift Campaigns, describes what the new districts mean to Democrats and Republicans. At Uplift Campaigns, he works with all progressive candidates. Sam places and analyzes digital ad performance on Facebook and YouTube. He also tracks early voting for Arizona and makes cool charts and graphs. Sam has
For “Health and Safety,” Arizonans May Get a Sales-Tax Exemption for Guns
April 3, 2022
The Arizona State Legislature proved once again that they are looking out for the best interest of guns buyers. The Senate Appropriations Committee agreed on March 29, 2022, to make guns slightly more affordable by exempting gun purchases from sales taxes. Unfortunately, Republican senators said they would support an exemption only for selling used guns
