Solutions: Loneliness, Rent, and Roads: The Real Policy Agenda

Economic policies have human consequences. It’s time to stop talking about the problem and start working on solutions: turn Vision Into Action. Change is coming, and it will be from the ground up, not from the top down. I find these inequality problems particularly acute in my home state, Arizona. This posting is intended as … Read more

Anti-Consumer “Common Sense” Institute Wants to Cut Free Transit and Bury Tucson with Freeways

The right-wing “Common Sense Institute of Arizona” has blared its anti-consumer MAGA views by baselessly arguing that Tucson needs more freeways like Phoenix, fewer bike lanes, and no “luxury” free public transit. In the middle of today’s affordability crisis, this MAGA think tank called no-cost public transit a “luxury,” as if city buses are Porsches. … Read more

While Arizona Legislative Republicans Procrastinate on Their Budget Proposals, Democrats are Ready to Pass an Affordability Agenda for Arizonans

April 21 marked 100 days into the 2026 Arizona Legislative Session. Governor Katie Hobbs has had her budget out since January. Legislative Democrats have been putting forth proposals to make life financially palatable for Arizonans, with the great majority of them meeting the buzz saw of Republican obstructionism. Where is the Republican budget proposal? What … Read more

✅More TACO Time in Iran

TACO (“Trump Always Chickens Out) has arrived in Iran. ✅ Caving in again, Trump on April 25 called off the travel of envoy Steve Witkoff and nepo baby Jared Kushner to Pakistan for peace talks just before they were set to leave. Iran’s president said Tehran would not re-enter peace negotiations so long as the US … Read more