Email Author Stephen Lemons

Awards

• 2012 - Education Reporting Awards/National Education Writers Association, published May 12, 2011

  "White Lies"

• 2012 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published November 3, 2011

  "Sourpuss"

• 2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published February 3, 2011

  "Recalling Russell Pearce"

• 2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published April 14, 2011

  "His Own Worst Enemy"

• 2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published November 3, 2011

  "Kissing His Political Career Goodbye"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards

  Feathered Bastard

• 2011 - Arizona Press Club Awards

  Feathered Bastard

• 2010 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing

  "Are Your Papers in Order?"

• 2010 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc.

  "Are Your Papers in Order?"

• 2009 - Arizona Press Club Awards

  Feathered Bastard

• 2009 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists

  Feathered Bastard

• 2006 - James Beard Journalism Awards/The James Beard Foundation, published April 7, 2005

  "Behind the Green Door"

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2009 Stories by Stephen Lemons

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  No Thanks, Joe Arpaio: St. Mary's Food Bank Suspends Use of MCSO Deputies (w/Video)

  published Dec 31, 2009

  Due to the efforts of local activists lead by Phoenix litigation support investigator Jameson Johnson, St. Mary's Food Bank has suspended the use of off-duty sheriff's deputies to help direct traffic ... More >>

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  Joe Arpaio, Clueless or Cunningr Sheriff Does His Sgt. Schultz Impersonation During Seven Hour Depo in Racial Profiling Lawsuit (Depo Attached)

  published Dec 31, 2009

  A cross between Ronald Reagan post-presidency and Sgt. Schultz from a Hogan's Heroes rerun: That's the impression Sheriff Joe Arpaio gave recently during a seven hour deposition under oath as part of ... More >>

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  Linda Ronstadt Calls Joe Arpaio "a Sadistic Man," Will Participate in Anti-Arpaio Human Rights March Saturday, January 16

  published Dec 29, 2009

  In a conversation this morning via phone, Tucson native and rock legend Linda Ronstadt denounced Sheriff Joe Arpaio's reign of tyranny in Maricopa County and promised to march alongside thousands of a... More >>

• Joe Arpaio and His Flunky Andy Thomas Flayed Alive in Country Tune "Goodbye, Joe!"

  published Dec 28, 2009

  Props to the spirit of country legend Hank Williams and YouTuber "politicatty." The latter has borrowed the tune from the former's Cajun-styled hit "Jambalaya" for an anti-Joe Arpaio ditty entitled, "... More >>

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  Joe Arpaio's Willful Ignorance, the MCSO's Shredding, and David Hendershott's Secret AOL Account

  published Dec 26, 2009

  Lawyers for the plaintiffs in the big Melendres vs. Arpaio racial profiling lawsuit fired another salvo at the MCSO on Wednesday. In the latest bid for sanctions against the MCSO, attorneys fro... More >>

• Nativist Violence: "Angry Jim" and the Hatred and Bigotry He Represents

  published Dec 23, 2009

  Why do local nativists feel emboldened and increasingly willing to express themselves violentlyr Well, it's no coincidence that most local nativists are rabid supporters of Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Arpaio'... More >>

• Joe Arpaio's Longtime Foe Mary Rose Wilcox Earns Supporters' Prayers

  published Dec 22, 2009

  Long before the judges and lawyers got into the act (excepting such stalwarts as Danny Ortega and Antonio Bustamante, who've been active since the beginning), Maricopa County Supervisor Mary ... More >>

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  Joe Arpaio Fundraising Effort Pimped by Sonoran Alliance, as One of SA's Bloggers Peddles Anti-Mexican Prejudice

  published Dec 21, 2009

  The far-right wingnut blog Sonoran Alliance just posted a whiny e-mail from Sheriff Joe begging for campaign contributions, even though his next run for sheriff wouldn't be until 2012. At tim... More >>

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  Joe Arpaio Henchman Jack MacIntyre Takes Blame for MCSO Destruction of Evidence in Civil Rights Lawsuit

  published Dec 18, 2009

  You'll recall that in November, I reported that MCSO deputies had admitted under oath to destroying documents requested by the plaintiffs in the big Melendres vs. Arpaio racial profiling laws... More >>

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  DOJ Committed to Investigation of Joe Arpaio, According to Spokesman

  published Dec 18, 2009

  Yesterday, I spoke with Alejandro Miyar, a spokesman for the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, which is currently investigating civil rights violations by Sheriff Joe Arpaio a... More >>

• Joe Arpaio Under the Microscope: DOJ Team in Phoenix, According to Multiple Sources

  published Dec 16, 2009

  What a difference a couple of days make. Less than 72 hours ago, members of the pro-immigrant community in Phoenix were kvetching to me about the lack of follow-through on the part of the U.S. Departm... More >>

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  Joe Arpaio vs. Nightline's Martin Bashir: The Good and the Not So Great

  published Dec 16, 2009

  As I've been on deadline the last couple of days, I haven't been able to comment on Nightline's recent, two-pronged report on Sheriff Joe, the second part of which I enjoyed immensely. That segment de... More >>

• The American Artist: A Naturalized Citizen, Painter, and Valley Legal-System Translator, Ramon Delgadillo Was Refused Entry to Arpaio's Jail Because He Didn't Carry Proof of Citizenship

  published December 17, 2009

  Editor's note: This is one of a group of individual accounts of racial profiling... More >>

• Sheriff Joe’s Tortured in Hades, and Will Arizona’s New U.S. Attorney Follow El Diablo’s Lead?

  published December 17, 2009

  ARPAIO IN HELL I'd perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on just about any man — if his... More >>

• Joe Arpaio on Nightline: Mexicans Bring Disease Into the U.S. (Ahem, Not Really), and Probably Built His House

  published Dec 14, 2009

  Nightline's piece on our corrupt top constable runs tonight -- you know, the one ABC was working on when they sent Nightline talking head Martin Bashir to Phoenix to cover o... More >>

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  Joe Arpaio's Goon Squad Blasted by Chicanos Por La Causa, MCSO Fishing Expedition Under Way

  published Dec 11, 2009

  Chicanos Por La Causa officials and their supporters held a press conference today to blast the MCSO's recent day-long raid on CPLC's headquarters in Phoenix. CPLC CEO Edmundo Hidalgo and attorney Dan... More >>

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  Dennis Burke Admits There's "a Problem" with Joe Arpaio's Rampage; Source Says the U.S. Attorney's Office Will Act in a Matter of Weeks

  published Dec 11, 2009

  Though I didn't make Dennis Burke's swearing in as the new U.S. Attorney for Arizona yesterday, I did make the after-party -- a reception at the University of Arizona's College of Medicine in d... More >>

• Nativists Harass Applebee's Over Macehualli Fundraiser, Fail Miserably

  published Dec 11, 2009

  The nativists talked a big game on the United for a Sovereign America Web site, calling for a protest of two Applebee's restaurants in Phoenix that were participating in a fundraiser for Sal Reza's Ma... More >>

• Activist Dennis Gilman's Letter of Disgust to Eric Holder's DOJ Investigators

  published Dec 10, 2009

  Like a lot of anti-Arpaio activists in town, videographer Dennis Gilman has been helping the U.S. Department of Justice gather evidence of abuse of power and racial profiling by the Maricopa County Sh... More >>

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  Denver University's "Architecture for Immigration Reform" and the Possibility for Compromise

  published Dec 09, 2009

  After a year of debate and study amongst its 20 panel members, the University of Denver's Strategic Issues Program released a final report today titled "Architecture for Immigration Reform," which pro... More >>

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  Help Sal Reza's Macehualli Center Thursday by Eating at Applebee's

  published Dec 09, 2009

  Phoenix human rights activist Sal Reza's Macehualli Day Labor Center at 25th Street and Bell Road is in dire financial straits, and you can help by eating at one of two Applebee's locations Thursday, ... More >>

• Don't Suspect Joe Arpaio, Report Him on the DOJ's New Arpaio Abuse Hotline

  published Dec 08, 2009

  As that great Phoenix philosopher Fronzo "the Fonz" West once asked in a riddle worthy of a Buddhist koan, "How do you call the cops on the copsr" Here in Mari-Kafka County, the problem's compounded b... More >>

• A New Law Spawns Fear in the Immigrant Community, and Artists Tackle the Ongoing Repression in Maricopa County

  published December 10, 2009

  THE LIE THIS TIME One of the most insidious myths of the anti-immigrant movement is that the... More >>

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  Joe Arpaio Slammed by Goldwater Institute Over Stoddard Mess

  published Dec 07, 2009

  The Goldwater Institute can be reactionary on various issues, particularly when it comes to denouncing President Obama on health care reform, siding with the tea bag types or rah-rahing charter school... More >>

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  Joe Arpaio Skewered in Opening of Arizona Latino Arts and Cultural Center

  published Dec 06, 2009

  I've often fantasized about an anti-Joe Arpaio art show utilizing the talents of the Phoenix art community, a show that would address the ongoing repression and tyranny here in Marikafka County (as so... More >>