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"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards

  Feathered Bastard

• 2011 - Arizona Press Club Awards

  Feathered Bastard

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

  "Are Your Papers in Order?"

• 2010 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing

  "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

• Joe Arpaio on Glenn Beck Re: Mexican Migrants, "They Like to Fight Each Other"; and Al Sharpton Returns the Day of the Sweep

  published Oct 10, 2009

  Glenn Beck has some fun at Arpaio's expense on Beck's Fox TV show I normally loathe Glenn Beck and his smarmy posturings, but I may have to reconsider that attitude after watching Beck mercilessly m... More >>

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  Joe Arpaio on Mexican Migrants: "They're All Dirty"

  published Oct 09, 2009

  GQ magazine just published a damning portrait of Sheriff Joe by writer Alexander Provan titled "The Vigilante," and it couldn't come at better time. I know from experience that way too many reporters... More >>

• Joe Arpaio Announces Sweep October 16, Helping Phoenix Become the Capital of Hate

  published Oct 08, 2009

  Embedded video from CNN VideoSheriff Joe's just announced the when, if not the where, of his next anti-Hispanic dragnet in Maricopa County, despite the limitations of his new Memorandum of Agreement w... More >>

• Joe Arpaio's 287(g) Stalled: Board of Supervisors Says It'll Sign After Feds Sign

  published Oct 07, 2009

  The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors passed the buck back to the feds on Sheriff Joe's new 287(g) jails agreement this morning, authorizing Supes Chair Max Wilson to sign the document onc... More >>

• Joe Arpaio Calls Out Janet Napolitano on 287(g); Supervisor Wilcox Says She's Voting No on Jails Agreement

  published Oct 06, 2009

  Looks like the journos at today's Joe Arpaio presser practically had to jump out of the way of the spittle flying forth from the sheriff's kisser. As I suspected it would be, the whole show was a... More >>

• Terminate All Joe Arpaio's 287(g) Power, Demands ACLU

  published Oct 06, 2009

  Ramping up the pressure on ICE, the Obama administration and Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the American Civil Liberties Union has just issued a press release demanding that Arpaio be stripped of all... More >>

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  Joe Arpaio Apparently in Violation of ICE Agreement; New MOA Still Unsigned by ICE, Goes Before Supes Wednesday

  published Oct 06, 2009

  By kvetching to the Arizona Republic and KTAR 92.3 FM's Jay Lawrence over the weekend about his brand-spanking new, 287(g) jails contract with ICE, has Arpaio thereby violated his agr... More >>

• Joe Arpaio Defiant on 287(g), Vows "Nothing Will Change," Threatens to Deport Mexicans Himself

  published Oct 05, 2009

  If any pro-immigrant activists or lawyers out there labor under the illusion that ICE's denial of street 287(g) authority to Sheriff Joe Arpaio will put a crimp in his office's persec... More >>

• Joe Arpaio Re-signs 287(g) Jails Agreement, According to Sources; ICE Vague on Specifics (w/Update)

  published Oct 02, 2009

  Sources are telling me tonight that Joe Arpaio will soon announce that he has signed a new jails agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, one that will continue to allow ICE to pa... More >>

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  Joe Arpaio Stumps Southern California for Conservative Sheriff Wannabes Jay LaSuer and Bill Hunt

  published Oct 02, 2009

  Sheriff Joe Arpaio's political stock isn't exactly at an all-time high here in Maricopa County, what with ongoing probes by the U.S. Department of Justice -- and reportedly the F.B.... More >>

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  2012 Survival Conference Rocks Scottsdale October 17, Teaches You to Survive Mayan Apocalypse

  published Oct 02, 2009

  Woody Harrelson's character Charlie Frost from the Roland Emmerich flick 2012 explains the basics of the Mayan prophecy One thing I learned recently by chatting with Dennis McClung, creator of... More >>

• Outlaw Fleetwood, the "Tent City" Video by Dennis Gilman

  published Oct 01, 2009

  What's going on with Tent Cityr Outlaw Fleetwood aims to tell ya... MC Outlaw Fleetwood may not be getting any awards for lipsyncing prowess in this particular video. Keep in mind, ho... More >>

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  Congressional Hispanic Caucus Asks Barack Obama to Terminate 287(g) Program

  published Sep 30, 2009

  In a letter to Barack Obama dated Monday, September 28, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus called on the President to terminate the 287(g) program, and cease all of the so-called Memorandums o... More >>

• Trent Franks Backs Off Barack Obama "Enemy of Humanity" Remark; He Really Meant "Enemy of Unborn Humanity"

  published Sep 29, 2009

  For  bloggers, Trent Franks is the gift that keeps on giving... Obama-must-die-preacher Steven Anderson of Tempe's Faithful Word Baptist Church and Congressman Trent Franks, unofficial Rob... More >>

• Arizona’s Shameless About the Cage Death of Marcia Powell

  published October 1, 2009

  CAGE TIME After wading through the Arizona Department of Corrections' recently released... More >>

• Trent Franks Reinserts Foot-in-Mouth Over Wing-Nut Birther Insanity

  published Sep 29, 2009

  From Dave Weigel of The Washington Independent: Watch Franks touch his tonsils with his big toe for the camera while kinda-sorta disavowing birtherism... Allow me to be the first to call on Congress... More >>

• Riverside's Neo-Nazi (National Socialist Movement) Demo: A Preview of Phoenix, November 7r

  published Sep 28, 2009

  Naui's footage from Saturday's neo-Nazi demo in Riverside, CA shows that even 12 NSM members can mean trouble, if the cops aren't on their game. About a dozen neo-Nazis from the National Social... More >>

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  Chris Simcox Lobs an ACORN at Sen. John McCain, Gets Help from Ron Paul Fundraising Guru

  published Sep 26, 2009

  These days, ACORN is what Commies were to Joe McCarthy and that bunch back in the dark old '50s: a useful tool for painting one's opponents as un-American. No matter how disheveled, no matter h... More >>

• NSM (National Socialist Movement) Neo-Nazis to Rally at Arizona State Capitol November 7

  published Sep 24, 2009

  Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy MSNBC footage of NSMers in St. Louis: A preview of November 7r National Socialist Movement Commander Jeff Schoep wants to put... More >>

• Billionaires for Wealthcare: Richard Mellon Scapegoat on Americans for Prosperity

  published Sep 24, 2009

  Randall Holmes in character as "Richard Mellon Scapegoat"Arizona Democratic Party activist Randall Holmes has a wit drier than a Durant's martini. Of all the Billionaires for Wealthcare out there lamp... More >>

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  Marcia Powell Cage Death: Gov. Jan Brewer Backs Charles Ryan at ADC, Despite Ryan's Ordering Plug Pulled on Powell

  published Sep 24, 2009

  Charles Ryan may have pulled the plug on Macia Powell too soon. He may have overseen an ADC staff that denied her water for hours in a shadeless wire cage, a staff that allowed the severely men... More >>

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  Marcia Powell Cage Death: Charles Ryan Fires Three, Disciplines Others, but When Will He Resignr

  published Sep 22, 2009

  rLess than a month after the Maricopa County Medical Examiner's Office ruled Arizona Department of Corrections inmate Marcia Powell's May 20 human cage death an "accident," ADC honcho Charl... More >>

• Sheriff Joe’s Got Arizona ACORN in his Crosshairs, Plus a Black Cowboy from Tucson’s Got a Rap for Our Loony Lawman

  published September 24, 2009

  SHERIFF'S NUT I have to give Sheriff Joe Arpaio's regime props for creative abuse of... More >>

• Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Active Posse Roster, Presented for Your Perusal (w/Update Re: Marshall Trimble)

  published Sep 21, 2009

  Recall the ancient schmuck at the beginning of this videor Count him as one more reason you can give posse members the raspberries with impunityEver wonder who the pathetic wannabes are that populate ... More >>

• Billionaires for Wealthcare Chase AFP's Tom Jenney with $20M Check

  published Sep 21, 2009

  The latest from the Arizona Billionaires, showing some love for Tom Jenney... Here's the latest video from the Arizona-based Billionaires for Weathcare, as shot by activist Dennis Gilman for hi... More >>