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Children Are Denied a Day of Recognition as Anti-Maskers Disrupt Scottsdale School Board Meeting
June 2, 2021
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May 18, 2021, was supposed to be a festive day for children in the Scottsdale Unified School District. They were going to be honored for their academic and extracurricular performance at the monthly school board meeting. One student, seventh-grader Theo Joseph, was due to receive acclaim for the essay he submitted to the Phoenix Holocaust … Read more
Abortion and Gun Cases Should Ignite the Democratic Turnout in 2022
June 2, 2021
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Governor Doug Ducey must be delighted with the abortion and gun-rights cases the Supreme Court will decide in June 2022, five months before the midterms. However, there is sure to be a backlash the governor doesn’t recognize. Ducey signed a bill banning abortion if the fetus has a genetic defect such as Down Syndrome. The law … Read more
Jennifer Adams Wants to Continue the Work She has Started on the Tempe City Council
June 2, 2021
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Tempe City Councilwoman Jennifer Adams is seeking a second four-year term on the Tempe City Council. A civil and public servant for 40 years with ties to various local community organizations, Councilwoman Adams would like to continue working on the projects she specialized in her first term. Those include: Increasing affordable housing opportunities for the … Read more
American Democracy Is Under Assault, But Kyrsten Sinema Missed The Vote For ‘A Personal Family Matter’?
June 2, 2021
Our prima donna senator emerged from hiding in her chicken bunker since last Friday, speaking to reporters Tuesday in Tucson — after touring migrant facilities with the anti-immigrant Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, earlier in the day — Sinema had a short response when asked why she missed the vote on the January 6 Commission. Sinema on why she skipped … Read more
Texas Democrats Cause ‘Good Trouble’ To Block Most Extreme Jim Crow 2.0 Voter Suppression Bill In The Nation
June 1, 2021
Late on Sunday night, on a Memorial Day weekend when most Americans were distracted, the Texas Lege tried to pass the most anti-democratic, Jim Crow 2.0 voter suppression bill in the nation. EXPLAINER: How Texas Republicans aim to make voting harder. (Texas is already the most difficult state in the country to vote, it is … Read more
President Biden Honors Victims of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and Calls on the People to Fight Voter Suppression and Domestic Terrorism
June 1, 2021
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President Joe Biden visited Tulsa Oklahoma today to honor the victims of the 1921 Race Massacre against Black Americans. During his address after he toured the Hall of Survivors (of the Tulsa Massacre) where he acknowledged that it took one hundred years for a United States President to come “and acknowledge a truth of what … Read more
America Needs To Defeat The QAnon Conspiracy Cult Domestic Terrorist Organization
June 1, 2021
My father served in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific Theater, and his brothers and cousins also served in the Navy, Army and Marines in the Pacific and European Theaters during World War II. My family was lucky. None were killed in combat, but some returned home from the war decorated combat veterans. They were … Read more
Mayor Regina Romero Discusses the Current Issues Facing Tucson
June 1, 2021
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Safeguarding Voting Rights Championing Tax Fairness instead of trickle-down flat tax proposals. Implementing the American Rescue Plan and hoping for the American Jobs and Families Plans to pass. Navigating the new CDC Mask Recommendations Combatting Climate Change and Building a Clean Energy Sustainable Tucson. Reforming and Improving public safety. Ensuring equity for all communities in … Read more
