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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  Anti-Joe Arpaio Action Scheduled for This February 28 in Phoenix

  published Feb 12, 2009

  Looks like February will be going out like a lion, with a massive anti-Joe protest scheduled for the 28th demanding the termination of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's 287(g) agreement. Some 70 activist gr... More >>

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  Joe Crummey, KTAR's L.A. Wing-Nut, and What the MCSO and Al-Qaeda Have in Common

  published Feb 12, 2009

  Is there a lip-flapper at the Mormon Church-owned, right-wing talk radio station KTAR 92.3 FM that doesn't have his lips surgically connected to Joe Arpaio's flaccid penisr Excluding, perhaps... More >>

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  Former President Jimmy Carter Discusses Bringing Peace to the Middle East, President Obama, and Raising Kids in the White House

  published Feb 11, 2009

  It's not every day you get to chat with a former President of the United States. And since President Jimmy Carter will be in town on Friday, signing copies of his book We Can Have Peace in the... More >>

• He Comes in Peace

  published February 12, 2009

  Cynics will scoff at the title of former President Jimmy Carter’s new book, We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land. After all, the... More >>

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  Maria Weeg Out as Dems' Executive Director, And Dandy Don Bivens Plans to Run for Chair (Again)

  published Feb 10, 2009

  So, Maria, what took you so longr The two e-mail missives below just arrived via third parties, and though I've yet to receive an official confirmation from the AZ Democratic Party, the letter f... More >>

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  Shepard Fairey, Watch Your Back: Keith Haring Meets DOSE at Scottsdale's Bentley Gallery

  published Feb 10, 2009

  For those who doubt Phoenix graffiti writers have the stuff to invade the realm of fine art, Scottsdale's Bentley Gallery has a one word rebuttal: DOSE. The PHX's sultan of street art is known for his... More >>

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  Video of Joe Arpaio's 200 Mexican March, Footage of a Redneck Riot, and KPHO's Piece on the Posse's Big Lie

  published Feb 08, 2009

  A video of Joe's medieval Mexican march from the organization Puente. Two timely videos have made their way to me. The first is from Sal Reza's organization Puente, and documents Joe Arpaio's racist 2... More >>

• Arizona Dems in Freefall as Paul Eckerstrom Steps Down as State Party Chair

  published Feb 06, 2009

  To cop a line from that Don McLean song, somewhere Satan is laughing in delight. And Zona Republicans are laughing right along with him. This, at the news that Arizona state Democratic Party Chair Pau... More >>

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  Janet Napolitano as Supreme Court Justicer Puh-leeeeeze

  published Feb 06, 2009

  Literally, it's the most inane piece of twaddle I've read since the days when erstwhile pop star Jewel penned poetry. I'm talkin' about O.J. Simpson-expert and CNN talking head Jeffrey Toobin's sugges... More >>

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  New York Times Slams Joe Arpaio's Latest Stunt, Demands Janet Napolitano Rein Him In

  published Feb 06, 2009

  The Gray Lady of Journalism boldly ventures where Arizona's paper of record shudders to tread. Today the New York Times, in a scathing editorial, slammed Sheriff Joe Arpaio's medieval 200 Mexican Marc... More >>

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  Andrew Thomas Calls Joe Arpaio's Hispanic Tent City "Unconstitutional"

  published Feb 05, 2009

  KTAR's reporting that Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas called Arpaio's jail segregation of undocumented Hispanics "unconstitutional" in a press conference today. Apparently, Thomas cleared the s... More >>

• Janet Napolitano's Final Solution for Undocumented Hispanics: More 287(g) Men

  published Feb 05, 2009

  Ever since Janet Napolitano's nomination to be director of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, some liberals and immigrant rights activists have held out hope that Napolitano would rein in the... More >>

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  Joe Arpaio Goes Medieval, While Barack Obama's America is a Million Miles Away

  published Feb 04, 2009

  We live in two Americas: Joe Arpaio's medieval Maricopa County, where barbarism reigns, and our corrupt top cop parades hundreds of Hispanics through the streets in chains, like captives taken i... More >>

• “Baby Man” William Windsor Found Dead in Home

  published February 5, 2009

  DEAD DIAPER BLUES This funky finch could hardly believe his feathered ears. On the other end... More >>

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  "Baby Man" William Windsor Found Dead in Home, Autopsy Underway

  published Feb 03, 2009

  You might say he's gone to that Big Crib in the Sky. William Windsor, better known to Phoenicians as "Baby Man," has sucked his last pacifier. According to Phoenix police, Windsor -- a former ... More >>

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  Redneck Riot: Nativists Terrorize Macehualli's 6th Anniversary Celebration

  published Feb 02, 2009

  It was a beautiful celebration of the 6th Anniversary of the Macehualli Work Center in North Phoenix, with music, carne asada, Native American dancing and rituals, and children playing in the confines... More >>

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  No Abu Ghraib in Arizona, Yet: Governor Brewer Appoints Interim Director to Replace ADC's Dora Schriro

  published Jan 30, 2009

  Governor Jan Brewer's office has announced an interim replacement for Arizona Department of Correction's chief Dora Schriro, naming corrections veteran Charles Ryan to the post of Interim Director and... More >>

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  Photo Enforcement Follies: Why Sam Crump Rocks, and the Arizona Republic Bites

  published Jan 30, 2009

  Has anyone informed the graying fuddy-duddies at the Arizona Republic that its shoulder-padded goddess Janet Napolitano is no longer Guvr The Republic's fawning, faceless editorial writers continue to... More >>

• Joe Arpaio Caves, Backs Off Dumbass Plan to Transport Inmates Via Light Rail

  published Jan 29, 2009

  Has Sheriff Joe's well-oiled media machine finally blown up in his aged facer Will Lisa Allen have to revert to grooming dogs full instead of part time, and leave Arpaio's upkeep to another PR handler... More >>

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  Jan Brewer, Joe Arpaio, Dean Martin, Sandra Kennedy and More: Candids from the AZ Dems and GOPers

  published Jan 29, 2009

  So I had a load of photos left over from last week's two state party reorganization meetings, and I figured you might want view these as added illustrations for this week's Bird column. Think of it as... More >>

• Hobbit Lady Anna Gaines in Court Today, Trial on Trespassing Charge Set for March 10

  published Jan 28, 2009

  Sadly, I wasn't able to make Anna Gaines' arraignment today down at the Arcadia Biltmore Justice Court before Judge Steve Sarkis. But a clerk for the judge told me that the little Hobbit lady known fa... More >>

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  Arizona Abu Ghraibr Will Terry Stewart Take Over AZ Prisons from Dora Schriro Despite His Iraqi Prisons Linkr

  published Jan 28, 2009

  As you may have read elsewhere, Arizona Department of Corrections Director Dora Schriro has announced her resignation, and by the end of the week will have vacated her offices to follow ex-Gover... More >>

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  Joe Arpaio's Outrage Du Jour: Transporting His Prisoners Via Light Rail (w/Update)

  published Jan 27, 2009

  Do you need another reminder that you live in a police state controlled by Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his brown-shirted goonsr If so, just take a trip on the Valley Metro Light Rail, which our clownish to... More >>

• The Bird Documents Randy Pullen’s Smear of Lisa James and Hobnobs with Democrats and Republicans

  published January 29, 2009

  ALIEN OBSESSION One of the weirdest moments of the recent Arizona Republican Party... More >>

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  Rotten Tomatoes' Ofay-Centric Critics, and the Biggie Smalls Biopic Notorious

  published Jan 26, 2009

  There are very few film critics I can read without getting at least mildly peeved at their gasbaggery. But the critics' pool on the geek-fan site RottenTomatoes.com really ticks me off, particularly i... More >>