Last Week This Morning: “The law is not just the law”
The bitter terms of America’s racial contract. What Ahmaud Arbery’s murder and the coronavirus crisis reveal about America. Essential but illegal. The cruel paradox at the heart of American’s immigration laws. Don’t your voters live in cities? Martha McSally, Arizona’s unelected senator, doesn’t think cities and towns deserve any federal aid. A failed response to an unprecedented crisis. Republicans in the […]
Last Week This Morning: Resilience in the desert
Resilience in the desert. One Arizona tells the story of the fight against Arizona’s infamous racial profiling law, SB1070, and everything that’s happened in the decade since. Paying the price for years of cuts. Arizona spends less on public health than almost any other state in country. Compounded injustice. Tribal governments have yet to receive the money they are owed from the latest […]
Last Week This Morning: A 99% Infection Rate
Absolutely terrifying. A new model suggests that 99% of people incarcerated in Arizona prisons are likely to contract coronavirus. Insensitive and out of touch…as usual. During a recent interview, State Senator Sylvia Allen implied that people out of work were being paid too much. Speaking out without saying a word. Lauren Leander is one of the nurses who stood silently in […]
Last Week This Morning: Astroturfing on a National Scale
Astroturfing on a national stage. The protests over stay at home orders have been tiny (a few dozen people!). They’re backed by far-right militias and by a conservative group linked to the DeVos family. Headed for Arizona. The same is likely true of the protest planned for Arizona on Monday. When debt is a good thing. The federal government has added trillions to the […]
Last Week This Morning: Deep Breaths
“Soap At No Cost”. The steps being taken inside Arizona’s prisons are deeply inadequate. California is letting people go—why aren’t we? Tell the Truth. The lessons of the 1918 pandemic. This Is a Crisis—Act Like It. Republicans in the Arizona House are refusing to pass $55 million in emergency relief for Arizona families. Some of them seem to think this whole situation is […]
Just. Stay. Home.
Flatten the Curve. An animated explanation of the importance of just staying home. Wait, So Why Were We Shutting Off People’s Water In the First Place? As governments scramble to respond to the pandemic and an associated economic crisis, they’re taking much needed steps to ensure paid sick and family leave, halt some evictions and utility shut-offs, and more. Some are […]
Where the Remaining Democratic Candidates Stand on the Issues We Care About
With the Arizona primary coming up on Tuesday, March 17th (find your voting location here) and the last day to vote early in person or drop off your ballot to a physical location being Friday, March 13th, we understand the importance of knowing where candidates stand on the progressive issues that matter to us. We […]
How Arizona is Responding to the Coronavirus
Over the last 24 hours, Coronavirus news has moved FAST. Keeping people healthy and safe means canceling events & closing everything. That, in turn, means missed work, smaller paychecks, shrinking bank balances and a lot of stress & worry for working people. Luckily, AZ already has paid sick leave, thanks to Prop 206 passed by LUCHA & […]
A Week That Felt Like a Year
Elizabeth Warren Exits the Race. Monica Hesse speaks to the heart-brokenness felt by Warren’s supporters. An Act of Pure Hate. A white supremacist unfurled a Nazi flag and shouted anti-Semitic slurs at Bernie Sanders’ rally in Phoenix this week. Stay Safe, Folks. Coronavirus is continuing to spread, with several new cases confirmed in Arizona. Here’s what to do if you have symptoms. […]