The GOP’s School Board Carnival: Unlimited Game Play for $500 a Candidate

The GOP has really outdone itself again, breaking the law without any fear of consequences. Heh, tell me something I don’t know, right? This time? The Pinal County Republican Committee LLC made illegal campaign contributions to several nonpartisan school board candidates in Arizona. My goodness! Isn’t the GOP and its offshoots gifted at devising these devilish … Read more

The Parent Trap: Balancing Students’ Rights with Parental Concerns

Oh, dear! The evening of Tuesday, April 4th was a doozy for Pima County public education, specifically Catalina Foothills School District. Yep, another day, another school board meeting full of “concerned parents” (aka transphobic activists, religious warlords, and so on). Sadly, there were lots of angry voices repeating the same convoluted talking points about transgender … Read more

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Arizona’s Heartless Kick the Homeless to the Curb…Again

They’re baa-ack! It’s those pesky Arizona lawmakers who have a burning desire to make life miserable for our unhoused friends. These legislative dingleberries are continuing to push a bill that would boot people from homeless encampments and then slap them with trespassing charges. Sounds totally kosher, right? (No, not really.) But despite warnings that the … Read more