The top-line headline from Donald Trump’s Sunday corona virus task force press briefing was that he’s dropping his insane desire to “reopen the country” by Easter, after doctors Anthony Fauci and Debrah Birx convinced him of the recklessness of this action, and Trump instead extended social distancing measures until April 30. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director … Read more
Stephanie Stahl Hamilton would bring a spirit and commitment towards Public Service to the Arizona Legislature if she wins one of Tucson’s two statehouse seats in Legislative District Ten. Hamilton, an ordained Presbyterian Minister and community activist in the Tucson area, is one of three Democrats (the others being Domingo DeGrazia and Paul Stapleton-Smith) competing … Read more
The Coronavirus outbreak is now known to be loose among the staff and child prisoners in our cruel, punitive, and wholly unnecessary, immigration detention centers. An outbreak throughout the system is now wholly predictable and inevitable. The 15 private detention centers, along with local jails and shelters around the country, hold some 50,000 immigrants in … Read more
With Donald Trump making misleading (okay lying) about the state of the Coronavirus and his Administrations reaction to it over the last two months (including just yesterday, March 29, when he lied to reporters from PBS and CNN saying he did not make comments recorded on video the preceding Friday,) some of his most devoted … Read more
Due to the very limited testing across the country (entirely the fault of President Trump), official tallies of verified COVID-19 cases undoubtedly represent only a small fraction of the actual numbers. Arizona is dead last in per-capita testing in the nation, and has not even attempted contact tracing or active screening for infections or antibodies. For every verified case … Read more