Every Child in Arizona Deserves Safety  

Deborah Howard, candidate for Arizona State House in LD27. A friend of mine once worked in a group home for girls under seventeen. Every one of them had been sexually abused by a family member or someone close to them. These are the children that “leave it to parents”  policy of Representative Fink fails. Most … Read more

Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego Reacts to Trump/Kennedy Jr. Proposed Gutting of Head Start Standards

In Phoenix, the Head Start-Preschool Program served 2710 children from some of the city’s poorest families in the 2024/25 school year. 2566 families were supported. 284 of the children were special needs. 52 were foster kids. 42 had suffered through homelessness. In addition to providing quality preschool options for Phoenix’s poorest families, the Head Start … Read more

30 Practical Tips to Be Happy from UA Professor Celestino Fernández

Can happiness be taught and learned? YES, says Dr. Celestino Fernández, who has served as Professor of Sociology at the University of Arizona since 1976. Although now retired, he teaches occasionally, including an innovative lecture on “The Art of Happiness: What the Research Tells Us.” He recently spoke in a class at OLLI, the University … Read more

Another Week in Trump’s America: Star Chamber Courts, ICE Running Amok, Public Executions, Making Deals with Putin, and the Mad King Being Nuts

There is a reason Democrats see electoral victory prospects improving in states like Mississippi with days to go until the Midterm Elections. Because the American People have to suffer through weeks like the last one constantly in Trump’s America. The week started out with America’s leading traitor, Mad King Trump, telling a crowd of approving … Read more