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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2010 Stories by Stephen Lemons

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  FEATURED STORY

  Joe Arpaio's Latest Silly Press Release About "Pro-Texters," and Why Arpaio's Made All of His Press Releases Suspect

  published Jan 07, 2010

  Why should we buy anything that comes out of Arpaio's PR department considering the sheriff's statements under oath during his deposition in the Melendres racial profiling caser There, confronted with... More >>

• J.T. Ready, Sal Reza, and a Horde of Racist Tea Party Tards in Big Noise Films' White Power U.S.A.

  published Jan 07, 2010

  I met Big Noise filmmakers Richard Rowley and Jacquie Soohen while they were in town to cover the National Socialist Movement march on the Arizona state Capitol in November. Though the duo live in New... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Joe Arpaio Sends His BFF E.J. Montini a Pizza, Per Their Little "Tradition"

  published Jan 06, 2010

  Can Arpaio Twitter via his ancient Smith Corona typewriterr That's what's been keeping me up late as I ponder the true author or authors of Joe's very active Twitter account. In his recent deposi... More >>

• MCSO Shackling Pregnant Moms, and Singer Linda Ronstadt Plans to March Against Arpaio

  published January 7, 2010

  CHRISTMAS ANGEL Miriam Mendiola-Martinez is a small woman, but her passive, sad... More >>

• Joe Arpaio Forced to Read New Times Feature on His Ties to Extremist Groups

  published Jan 05, 2010

  I take perverse pleasure in these two clips from lawyer David Bodney's recent interrogation of Sheriff Joe in a deposition in the big Melendres vs. Arpaio racial profiling lawsuit. Here, Joe's forced ... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Joe Arpaio Wins Best "Corruption-Based Chutzpah" from TPM; and the Rep Notices Joe Depo, Misses Diss of E.J.

  published Jan 04, 2010

  Those wisenheimers over at the blog Talking Points Memo have honored Maricopa County's corrupt top constable with one of their annual "Golden Duke" awards, "given in recognition of grea... More >>

• Joe Arpaio Denies Wacky, Nativist "Reconquista" Conspiracy Theory in Video from Deposition

  published Jan 03, 2010

  Here's a bit of Sheriff Joe under oath while being deposed in the Melendres vs. Arpaio racial profiling lawsuit, a deposition I blogged about a couple of days ago. (A transcript of Joe's depo is ... More >>