Voto Latino Launches Six-Figure Campaign To Unseat Sen. Kyrsten Sinema
Gabe Ortiz at Daily Kos posts, ‘Adiós Sinema’: Voto Latino announces campaign to replace Arizona senator: Voto Latino announced Monday evening that its launching a six-figure campaign to unseat and replace Arizona’s Kyrsten Sinema. The advocacy group says on the Adiós Sinema website that in siding with the Jim Crow filibuster over critical voting reforms, “Sinema’s actions directly undermine … Read more
AZ Humanities Black History Month events in February, 2022
Black History Month 2022 presented by the Tucson Humanities Festival College Of Humanities <coh-news@humanities.arizona.edu> Announcing Black History Month events! “Presented as part of our Tucson Humanities Festival spring series, the College of Humanities and Africana Studies Program are hosting several events to celebrate Black History Month. Join us in February for special guest speakers and more! Events … Read more
Call to Action: Stop Environmental Racism in Randolph, AZ!
The issue of preservation of historic Black spaces and environmental racism has come to the fore in the last several years with the preservation of the Underground Railway, slave cabins on the plantations in the South, several museums including the National Museum of African American History and Culture on the capital mall, and the Legacy Museum documenting the … Read more
Young Democrats of Arizona Vice President Payson Hudson Discusses 2022
The Young Democrats of Arizona are gearing up to engage all voters (especially the younger ones) in 2022. Among the front line issues important to this organization (which has chapters at Arizona State University, Northern Arizona University, the University of Arizona, Maricopa County, and Pima County) is protecting the right to vote, ensuring election integrity, … Read more
ADL Report: Extremism On The Ballot In 2022 (Arizona Candidates Featured)
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) released a report today on Extremism on the Ballot in 2022: The American political landscape one year after the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol reflects the yawning divides highlighted on that violent day and reveals the extent to which extremist beliefs have become part of the mainstream. As … Read more
The Unethical Justice Clarence Thomas And His Influence Peddling Wife, Ginny Thomas
Above image: h/t Slate. Jane Mayer in another lengthy, richly detailed investigative report at the New Yorker poses the question, Is Ginni Thomas a Threat to the Supreme Court? (excerpts – I recommend you read the full report): President Joe Biden recently established a bipartisan commission to consider reforms to the Court, and members of … Read more
Speak UP for Pending Bills that Support Electric Cars
There are some good bills and some bad bills being heard in committees at the State Legislature starting Monday. Some of the good measures support electric vehicles (EVs). I recommend you use the Request to Speak. Bills have to go through committees before they can be heard and voted on the floor of the House … Read more
