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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2010 Stories by Stephen Lemons

• Trent Franks: Blacks Better Off Under Slavery. No, Really.

  published Feb 26, 2010

  Trent gives the bloggers something to harp on, around 6:12 in...Republican Congressman Trent "Foot-in-Mouth" Franks is truly the gift that keeps on giving. The goofy, amiable wingnut from Arizona's Se... More >>

• Johnny Depp Champions the West Memphis Three This Saturday, and My Small Contribution to That Cause

  published Feb 26, 2010

  The West Memphis Three, featured on an episode of 48 Hours Mystery that runs this Saturday, February 27The case of the wrongly convicted Arkansas men known as the West Memphis Three may seem a little ... More >>

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  Joe Arpaio Watch: U.S. Department of Justice Team in Phoenix, Activists Impatient with Investigators

  published Feb 25, 2010

  According to several sources, a team of eight to nine U.S. Department of Justice investigators looking into civil rights violations by Sheriff Joe Arpaio was in Phoenix this week. On Sunday, February ... More >>

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  Russell Pearce Scores Another Win Against Hispanics, Most Local Activists Are No-Shows, Only Daniel Patterson Shines

  published Feb 25, 2010

  The local civil rights community should have filled the plaza between the state House and the state Senate Wednesday with protesters as Russell Pearce's latest legislative abomination was slithering t... More >>

• Russell Pearce's War on the Brown Hits House Committee Wednesday: Can This Unconstitutional Legislation Be Haltedr

  published Feb 23, 2010

  The House version of a Russell Pearce bill that would essentially make racial profiling a requirement of all local law enforcement agencies in this state hits the MAPS committee tomorrow, and le... More >>

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  Blood's Thicker Than Water: As Thousands Die in the Arizona Desert as a Result of U.S. Border Policy, an Army of Activists Intervenes

  published February 25, 2010

  Gene Lefebvre remembers the day in late August 2008 when 20 to 25 Border Patrol agents, half of them on horseback, raided the Arivaca, Arizona... More >>

• Mago Sculpture Dismantled, Rolling Stone Article Blasts Dahn Yoga as Cult

  published Feb 23, 2010

  Between a cult and the Cottonwood rednecks, whom do I choser That's the conundrum I'm left with at the news that the Mago "Mother Earth" statue has been dismantled. That's to the delight of b... More >>

• Russell Pearce's Latest Unconstitutional Measure, Illegal Re-Entry

  published Feb 22, 2010

  Something wicked this way comes, and no, it ain't Macbeth, it's state Senator Russell Pearce's latest unconstitutional legislation, SB 1394, scheduled to be discussed in the state Senate J... More >>

• Joe Arpaio's Chief Deputy David Hendershott Under Oath: It's a Conspiracy!

  published Feb 18, 2010

  Portrait of paranoia: Hendershott during his recent depo. Kudos to Channel 12 for the being the first outlet to post portions of MCSO Chief Deputy David Hendershott's videotaped deposition in the big... More >>

• Russell Pearce's Legislative War on the Brown, and Why Voices Must Be Raised in Opposition

  published Feb 17, 2010

  The attitude of too many in the immigrant-rights community toward neo-Nazi hugger and state Senator Russell Pearce's bigoted bill SB 1070 is one of resignation and defeatism. The bill, which pa... More >>

• Joe Arpaio, Wells Fargo and Sal Reza: The Celebratory Dennis Gilman Video

  published Feb 17, 2010

  I'm not poppin' bottles, yet. I wanna see the guy indicted first Though I don't begrudge the celebratory nature of this latest video from Dennis Gilman, I think the dancing in the streets is a tad pr... More >>

• Neo-Nazi Hugger Russell Pearce, the Ten Commandments, and Five Extra for Just Him

  published Feb 16, 2010

  Just read the big news that neo-Nazi hugger and bigot Russell Pearce got his plan to erect the Ten Commandments outside the old state Capitol through committee. Yep, Arizona may not have enough dough ... More >>

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  Joe Arpaio Victims Celia Alvarez, of Busted Jaw Fame, and Armando Nido File Suit

  published Feb 16, 2010

  Courthouse News Service was the first to catch notice of two lawsuits just filed in federal and state court, respectively, by a Hispanic mom whose jaw was busted during an MCSO immigration... More >>

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  Mago Cottonwood Sculpture Coming Down by February 24, Can Phoenix Goddess Temple Help Find Her a New Homer

  published Feb 15, 2010

  Thanks to the work of a horde of Cottonwood crackers, the enchanting Mago Earth Park sculpture representing the Korean version of Mother Earth will be dismantled by February 24, according to Je... More >>

• Joe Arpaio a Liability in Orange County Sheriff's Race, and His Photo-Op with Hispanic Hater Barbara Coe

  published Feb 15, 2010

  I've blogged previously about Sheriff Joe's stumping for right-wing candidates for sheriff in Southern California, specifically for Jay LeSuer in San Diego County, and for Bill Hunt in Orange County. ... More >>

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  Joe Arpaio Sanctioned by Judge in Racial Profiling Lawsuit, Must Do-Over Deposition

  published Feb 12, 2010

  District Court Judge G. Murray Snow has ordered sanctions in the big Melendres v. Arpaio racial profiling lawsuit still ongoing in federal court. The sanction addresses in a very measured way the syst... More >>

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  Joe Arpaio Still on the Hook for Violating Thomas Lovejoy's Civil Rights in Doggie Death Case

  published Feb 12, 2010

  Squirm though he will, Sheriff Joe is still on the legal chopping block for violating the civil rights of Sgt. Thomas Lovejoy, the Chandler cop Arpaio had arrested and dragged through court on a bogus... More >>

• Joe Arpaio's New Counsel Kris Kobach, and His Disingenuous Statements to Fox 10

  published Feb 11, 2010

  Kris Kobach, defensive and dodgy in this Fox 10 interview Fox 10 News has posted a 13 minute interview that reporter Steve Krafft recently did with nativist law prof Kris Kobach, the guy who'll be "t... More >>

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  Joe Arpaio's Next Headache: Sal Reza Pushes Eric Holder to Take Over MCSO

  published Feb 10, 2010

  Hot on the heels of news that Wells Fargo wants Joe Arpaio out of his pricey executive suites in the bank's downtown Phoenix tower, human rights activist Salvador Reza is raising the stakes,... More >>

• Joe Arpaio Partners with Nativist Extremist Kris Kobach, Arizona ADL Blasts Both

  published Feb 10, 2010

  As disturbing as the prospect is of a nativist extremist lawyer like Kris Kobach training all 881 of Sheriff Joe's beigeshirts in immigration law, I have to wonder if it's a sign that Arpaio's th... More >>

• No Room for Arpaio at the Wells Fargo Inn; and a Hispanic Homemaker Bears Witness Against ICE and the MCSO

  published February 11, 2010

  CHICKENS COMING HOME? Call it Sal Reza's Long March: the persistent pressure the... More >>

• Joe Arpaio's Secret Immigration File, and David Hendershott's Secret AOL Account. Plus, Hendy's Depo Now Scheduled for February 12

  published Feb 09, 2010

  Oral arguments took place February 4 regarding a sanctions motion from the plaintiffs in the big Melendres vs. Arpaio racial profiling lawsuit now underway. I had to be out of town on an assignme... More >>

• Tucson Missionary Robert Park, and What Kim Jong-il and Uncle Sam Have in Common

  published Feb 08, 2010

  The welcome news that Tucson missionary Robert Park has returned home after being imprisoned for six weeks by the North Korean government has been splattered across the Internet, and rightly so. The 2... More >>

• Arizona Democratic Party and Ruben Gallego Take Money from Nativist Mark Spencer's PLEA

  published Feb 04, 2010

  There's absolutely no doubt that Mark Spencer, head of the Phoenix Law Enforcement Association, has turned the police union into an anti-immigration juggernaut. Spencer has been a tireless b... More >>

• Catch James Garcia's Dream Act Play for Free, One Night Only, Guaranteed to Make Nativists' Heads Explode

  published Feb 03, 2010

  The DREAM Act should be a no-brainer for even those anti-immigration types out there. Why shouldn't we try to keep smart, law-abiding kids here in the U.S. after we've educated themr Talk about... More >>