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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  Arizona neo-Nazi J.T. Ready Leads NSM Rally in Riverside, California

  published Oct 25, 2009

  Dressed in black battle dress, helmet, and wielding a bullhorn featuring a smiley face with a Hitler mustache, Mesa neo-Nazi J.T. Ready helped lead a group of about 20 National Socialist Movement memb... More >>

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  Will the Anarchists and the Neo-Nazi NSM Go Toe-to-Toe on November 7 at the State Capitolr

  published Oct 23, 2009

  I'm hearing rumblings that local anarchists may show up to greet National Socialist Movement neo-Nazis on November 7, when the Hitler-wannabes show up for their shindig on the State Capitol lawn. Some... More >>

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  Joe Arpaio & Lt. Joe Sousa: We Don't Need No Stinking Badges!

  published Oct 23, 2009

  In a mentally-challenged media stunt, made more so by the ravings of Rhode Island redneck Lt. Joe Sousa, Sheriff Joe's self-described unit commander for human smuggling, MCSO's 287(g) task force membe... More >>

• Joe Arpaio Battles Isabel Garcia on Anderson Cooper 360

  published Oct 22, 2009

  For those who didn't catch it, here's the segment from Anderson Cooper 360 on CNN last night, which featured a face-off between Sheriff Joe and Isabel Garcia, Pima County Legal Defender and Co-Chair o... More >>

• Joe Arpaio Cites a Federal Law He No Longer Has Authority Under to Justify Racial Profiling (w/Update)

  published Oct 21, 2009

  I give the MCSO points for trying. Ever since the sheriff's office cited a non-existent law and text from a nativist Web site to justify its claim of federal authority after being stripped of 287(g) s... More >>

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  Easley's Fun Shop Sells Out of Illegal Alien Costume. Is the Costume Racistr Nah.

  published Oct 21, 2009

  I dialed up the venerable Phoenix costume and party supply store Easley's Costumes and Fun Shop to see if they had one of the illegal alien outfits currently causing a stir, and if anyone was r... More >>

• An MCSO Officer Craves an Alleged Terrorist’s John Hancock, Plus Religious Insanity at Phoenix Symphony Hall

  published October 22, 2009

  OBAMA'S VICTIMS Next time President Barack Obama comes whistling through Ari-bama, we... More >>

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  Joe Arpaio Asks Andrew Thomas for Legal Opinion; Russell Pearce Calls for Special Session To Pass Anti-Mexican Jim Crow Laws

  published Oct 20, 2009

  This comedy regarding Joe Arpaio's supposed legal authority to question people on the street about their immigration status is reaching epic proportions, like some Monty Python s... More >>

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  Joe Arpaio Can Stop You If "You Look Like You Just Came from Mexico," and KTAR Forgets Who Used to Be Guv

  published Oct 20, 2009

  Here's the latest walnut of wisdom from Maricopa County's tin-pot tyrant of a sheriff, courtesy of CBS 5/KPHO. It pretty much falls in line with many of the dumb as dirt statements Arpaio's mad... More >>

• Joe Arpaio's Racist Rampage, and ICE Honcho John Morton's Hypocrisy

  published Oct 19, 2009

  Embedded video from CNN VideoOn Friday's Rick Sanchez show on CNN, Immigration and Customs Enforcement head John Morton made it sound like the link between Arpaio and ICE was forever severed -- that I... More >>

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  Judge in Mahon Brothers Case Denies Motion to Dismiss, Despite MCSO Guard Allegedly Seeking Dennis Mahon's Autograph

  published Oct 16, 2009

  Federal District Judge David Campbell today denied a motion to dismiss the indictments against white supremacist twin brothers Dennis and Daniel Mahon, who are charged in connect... More >>

• Joe Arpaio's Latest Sweep Begins in Surprise, According to ABC15

  published Oct 16, 2009

  ABC15 is reporting that the MCSO will be conducting its latest Hispanic-hunting sweep in Surprise today. Apparently, Joe will be holding a press conference at 5 p.m. at his command post at the sh... More >>

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  Joe Arpaio Scores 287(g) Jails Agreement in ICE Announcement, ICE Head Says Arpaio Has No Federal Authority to Continue Sweeps

  published Oct 16, 2009

  The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency finally made its official announcement today regarding signatories to its controversial 287(g) program, and there were no surprises. Of the 55 ... More >>

• Now Joe Arpaio's Citing a "Harboring" Law as His Authorization to Racial-Profile. Sheesh.

  published Oct 15, 2009

  Stung by criticism from yours truly this past Sunday when I pointed out that Sheriff Arpaio had cited a nonexistent law as the legal justification for his anti-immigrant, down-on-the-brown sweeps, the... More >>

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  David Icke Lands His Spaceship at the Phoenix Orpheum: Is He an Anti-Semite, and Should We Carer

  published Oct 15, 2009

  For the Coast to Coast AM set, British conspiracy theorist David Icke is the equivalent of an international rock star. A former soccer player and sportscaster who in 1991 announced on a ... More >>

• Dennis Gilman's Latest Video of Joe Arpaio's Misdeeds: Is the Obama Administration Paying Attentionr (w/Update)

  published Oct 14, 2009

  Just in time for Friday's sweep, Dennis Gilman's video, "Arpaio's Reign of Terror" Today, ICE spokeswoman Virginia Kice told me that an announcement may come as soon as Thursday on whether or n... More >>

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  Phoenix Progressive Democrats Plan "Die-In" at United Health Care, Civil Disobedience Anticipated (w/Update)

  published Oct 14, 2009

  The Phoenix Progressive Democrats of America, along with other members of a group calling itself the Arizona Coalition for a State and National Healthcare Plan will be protesti... More >>

• Joe Arpaio Hates on New Times, Blows His Lid in Vid with New York Journos

  published Oct 14, 2009

  Joe goes ballistic on two journos from NYC He hates us, he really does hate us! Yes, the mere mention of New Times (or the East Valley Tribune) causes Grampa Joe to fly out of his chair and run look... More >>

• Apocalypse Soon

  published October 15, 2009

  December 21, 2012, is gonna be worse than your worst bad-hair day. The Earth will be engulfed by a ginormous solar flare, which will reverse... More >>

• State of Fear: Permanent Legal Resident Stopped For Being Brown By MCSO Deputies

  published October 15, 2009

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

• One Mother’s Suffering, Joe Arpaio’s Bigotry, and Stories of Racial Profiling by the MCSO

  published October 15, 2009

  CELIA'S ANGUISH On the... More >>

• The Anti-Lou Dobbs Effort, and Why I'm Hesitant to Support It

  published Oct 13, 2009

  Cool video in favor of the "Basta Dobbs" campaign, even though I can't support it As much as I'd personally like to see CNN's Lou Dobbs put out to pasture, I can't totally get behind this new e... More >>

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  Salvador Reza Calls for Anti-Joe Arpaio March This Friday, October 16

  published Oct 13, 2009

  In case you haven't noticed, Maricopa County will be coming to a boil this Friday. Not only is it the day of Arpaio's announced anti-immigrant sweep -- his first without 287... More >>

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  New York Times Blasts Joe Arpaio, Urges Obama Administration to End 287(g)

  published Oct 12, 2009

  Say what you will about our Yankee brethren, the editorial writers at the New York Times have consistently seen the immigration situation in Maricopa County through an unfiltered lens. This is b... More >>

• Joe Arpaio Cites Non-Existent Law, Swipes Interpretation from Nativist Web Site

  published Oct 11, 2009

  In Joe Arpaio's press conference last week, and since then on several news shows, the sheriff has insisted there is a law in the federal code that allows him to continue his anti-immigrant... More >>