The Mayor of the fifth largest city in the country has had a busy first ten days in March meeting with important members of the Phoenix Community and advancing causes that will move the local area forward. On March 1, Mayor Kate Gallego and City Council passed an ordinance designed to prevent income discrimination against … Read more
Here we go again. Another year. More drama as the lines are drawn between Democratic and Republican budget proposals. Actually, wait a minute. Republicans, divided between the reactionary branch and the MAGA reactionary we have no interest in governing wing of their party have not presented their version of a budget for the next fiscal … Read more
In dueling developments affecting public school instructors, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs used her veto pen to protect teachers from harassment while Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne set up a hotline to do just that. The common denominator: The teaching of accurate history which the right masquerades as conveying critical race theory. Today, Governor Hobbs … Read more
In the Fascist State of Florida, Gov. Ron Desantis is trying to erase Black American history in his pursuit of White Christian Nationalism. Dean Obeidallah writes, Polls reveal the real reason Ron DeSantis is fighting the teaching of Black history (excerpt): The backlash is rightfully growing to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis blocking a proposed Advanced … Read more
As we are in the second half of Black History Month, it is important to recognize the importance of Bill Veeck and Larry Doby in shaping modern baseball history and, more specifically, the Spring Training Cactus League that now brings roughly half of Major League Baseball’s teams to Arizona from mid-February through late March. The … Read more