Last Week This Morning: Invest in Ed kicked off the ballot…again
Invest in Ed kicked off the ballot. Again. Educators & public school supporters collected nearly 400,000 signatures in the middle of a pandemic. Then a judge booted the initiative from the ballot. The initiative plans to appeal. “I’m sorry, but it’s a fantasy.” An Arizona school superintendent on the impossible position that schools have been left in. The end of […]
Rep. Walter Blackman Publicly Supported Consequences for Abortions
For as long as most of us have been alive, we have seen the continuous attacks that conservatives have hurled out to those fighting for reproductive rights. Reproductive rights embody a variety of services, many of which are life saving and allow individuals to add on to their family. However, the most demonized reproductive service […]
Last Week This Morning: A terrifying act of arson
A terrifying act of arson. Someone set fire to the Phoenix headquarters of the Democratic Party early Friday morning. The offices of the Maricopa County Democrats were completely destroyed. What is happening in Portland? The use of federal agents as a de facto internal security force is horrifying. And it has its roots in our systems of criminalization and deportation. What […]
Corporate Cash in the State Legislature Primaries
If you’re an Arizona voter, you probably have a ballot sitting on your kitchen table right now for the August 4th primary (unless you’re the kind of go-getter who’s already mailed yours). Our presidential primary is months behind us. So you’d think that with just county and state races on the ballot (county attorney, state […]
Last Week This Morning: Rest in Power
Rest in power. John Lewis and Rev. C.T. Vivian both passed away this weekend. As writer Adam Serwer says, they deserve to be counted among American’s founders: they led a revolution that remade American democracy. Arizona deserves better than this. In the middle of a devastating crisis, our state and federal governments are floundering. Vote no on Catherine Miranda. Anti-choice, corporate-backed politician Catherine […]
McSally is Lying. Again.
A recent fact check piece in the Washington Post called out a trio of Republican senators for lying about their records on pre-existing conditions. Does it surprise anyone that Martha McSally was on the list? In 2015, Martha McSally voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act. In 2017, she voted to replace the ACA with […]
Our New Look
Progress Now Arizona is now Progress Arizona, with a new brand, a new logo, a new website (welcome!) and, yes, a shorter name. Over the years, Progress Arizona has helped block countless attacks on voting rights, working people, public education and immigrant families. We’ve called out state legislators and our governor for racism, bigotry and […]
Our Message to Governor Ducey
The numbers are grim. Arizona diagnosed 4,273 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, and we now have one of the worst outbreaks in the world. More than 300,000 Arizonans are out of work, and 5,000 families could lose their homes over the next few weeks in Maricopa County alone. We’re dealing with a health crisis, an unemployment […]
Last Week This Morning: Arizona in crisis
Number one. Arizona’s coronavirus outbreak is, by some measures, the single worst in the world. How we got here. Governor Ducey opened the state too soon and failed to implement much-needed health measures. The results have been disastrous. “His death is due to the carelessness of the politicians.” When her father died of COVID-19, Kristin Urquiza wrote an obituary telling the truth about […]