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

• Russell Pearce Electrocutes Self in Bathtub, Goes Straight to Hell (Um, in New Play)

  published Nov 29, 2010

  Damn, I love James Garcia. The Phoenix playwright seems hell-bent on fulfilling my fantasies in his annual American Pastorela productions. Last year, the villain was Sheriff Joe Arpaio, ... More >>

• ICE Punks Out To DREAM Act Students

  published Nov 25, 2010

  In the light of day, while they're being watched, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents ain't so tough.The above video with footage by Bill Pierce and editing by Dennis Gilman documents a No... More >>

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  Russell Pearce on Barack Obama, Jihad, Impeachment and His "Favorite Place," a Bar

  published Nov 24, 2010

  Pearce's Obama-jihad-impeachment quote begins 4:09 in For me, neo-Nazi-hugging state Senate President-elect Russell Pearce is the gift that keeps on giving. Seems like there's not a week that g... More >>

• Joe Arpaio, Bill Montgomery and Montgomery's First Day as County Attorney

  published Nov 23, 2010

  As Bill Montgomery was sworn in yesterday as Maricopa County Attorney, Sheriff Joe Arpaio sat glowering, Nixon-like, from the front row of the Board of Supervisors auditorium.After the ceremony, I ask... More >>

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  Joe Arpaio, Russell Pearce and Jan Brewer's Arizona: Hate Crime Stats Climb

  published Nov 23, 2010

  As if you need more proof that Arizona is the "state of hate," look no further than the FBI's recently released hate crime report. From 2008 to 2009, Arizona's number of reported hate crimes... More >>

• Richard Chrisman Report Released by Phoenix Police Department: Read It Here

  published Nov 23, 2010

  The Phoenix Police Department report on the October 5 shooting of Daniel Rodriguez by Officer Richard Chrisman was released today. And there's plenty in it for both sides in this tragedy to make hay o... More >>

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  Joe Arpaio Supports Medical Marijuana, or At Least He Did at One Time

  published Nov 19, 2010

  Sheriff Joe Arpaio supports medicinal use of the good ganjar Well, at least that's what the former DEA agent did during this clip from the 2007 documentary American Drug War: The Last White ... More >>

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  Randy Pullen Out as Arizona GOP Chair

  published Nov 18, 2010

  Randy Pullen, chairman of the Arizona Republican Party, has announced via Twitter that he will not seek reelection at the next state party meeting on January 22. This follows the news that... More >>

• Rick Romley Says Police Union's Under Investigation in the Chrisman Murder Case

  published November 18, 2010

  PLEA DEAL Can the Phoenix Law Enforcement Association, the powerful union that represents Phoenix Police Department officers,... More >>

• Joe Arpaio's Latest Lame Raid, Documented by Carlos Galindo

  published Nov 16, 2010

  Galindo asks Joe why he always goes after the employees, instead of the employersI'll concede that radio host Carlos Galindo is a controversial figure. The Latino activist community shuns him. And he'... More >>

• Russell Pearce, and Neo-Nazi Arizona on Video Blast

  published Nov 16, 2010

  Gilman attacks the Nazis, the Phoenix PD, and J.T. Ready in this video of the warfare on November 13Phoenix's Michael Moore, videographer Dennis Gilman, braved rocks and industrial-strength pepper spr... More >>

• Russell Pearce's "Psycho Talk" on AHCCCS

  published Nov 15, 2010

  Schultz rips Pearce for his crazy talk on Brahm Resnik's Sunday Square-OffJust another reminder of what the local Republinuts -- led by neo-Nazi-huggin' state Senate President-elect Russell Pearce -- ... More >>

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  Anarchists, Nazis and the Battle of 8th and Jefferson

  published Nov 14, 2010

  Phoenix-area anarchists earned the right to wear their Zapatista-like bandannas Saturday in a full-on street battle at 8th Avenue and Jefferson, with anarchists and assorted counter-demonstrators on o... More >>

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  Russell Pearce, Bad Mormonr At Least According To the Utah Compact

  published Nov 12, 2010

  When I first began reporting on immigration and Sand Land politics several years ago, I was under the mistaken impression -- because I'd never lived in an area so heavily influenced by the LDS ... More >>

• Arizona Democratic Party's Wacky Mailer for Nick Coons

  published Nov 12, 2010

  I agree with Espresso Pundit's Greg Patterson about as often as I agree with state Senate President-elect Russell Pearce, which is, almost never. But he exposed an ugly little problem with the Ar... More >>

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  Russell Pearce Denounces Neo-Nazisr Gimme a Break

  published Nov 11, 2010

  Don't laugh, but neo-Nazi-huggin' state Senate President-elect Russell Pearce is denouncing the neo-Nazis.Talk about man bites dog.Seems Pearce told KPHO that the National Socialist Movement members c... More >>

• SB 1070 and Operation Streamline Slammed in Draft United Nations Report

  published Nov 10, 2010

  The United Nations has posted the draft report on a review of the United States' human rights record, which recently took place in Geneva, Switzerland. Both SB 1070 and the U.S. Border Patrol's O... More >>

• Arizona Democrats' Defeat Dissected and Why the Party Needs to Bust Out a Guillotine or Two

  published November 11, 2010

  NEAR BEER The only thing lame duck Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard could do to redeem himself from his painful-to-watch,... More >>

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  Neo-Nazi NSM Invades Phoenix November 13: Wanna Do Battler Why, Send in the Clowns

  published Nov 10, 2010

  A lot of folks have been e-mailing me of late to wonder if I knew that the neo-Nazi National Socialist Movement will be back in town on Saturday, November 13, to reprise their performance of last year... More >>

• Terry Goddard, Three Time Loser, Fishes for Suggestions on FaceBook: I've Got One

  published Nov 08, 2010

  Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard wants your take on why he fumbled so badly against Governor Jan Brewer in the recent gubernatorial race. Well, actually, according to a note on his Face... More >>

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  Russell Pearce's "Tea Party Senate" and the Report on Tea Party Nationalism

  published Nov 08, 2010

  What are we to make of neo-Nazi-huggin' state Senator Russell Pearce's declaration that under his rule as majority leader, Arizona's upper house will be "the Tea Party Senate"rLook no further than the... More >>

• Did Russell Pearce Prevaricate To Become Senate Presidentr

  published Nov 05, 2010

  I've written on numerous occasions about state Senator Russell Pearce's ongoing battle with the truth, whether it's denying his past friendship with neo-Nazi J.T. Ready, or spewing false stats ... More >>

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  Russell Pearce Freaks Out When Confronted by DREAM Activists

  published Nov 05, 2010

  Pearce goes ballistic when he's confronted by some of those he's victimized Check out this priceless video, a link to which was sent to me by Carmen Cornejo, executive director of CADENA, an Arizona ... More >>

• Jan Brewer on Blast at United Nations Periodic Review, by Arizona ACLU and Sal Reza

  published Nov 04, 2010

  I'm anticipating a silly press release from Governor Jan "We Have Did" Brewer's camp tomorrow condemning the U.S. State Department, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and the United Nations, as well ... More >>

• Karl Rove To Be "Arrested" November 9 in Phoenix: Couldn't Happen To a Nicer Guy

  published Nov 04, 2010

  A couple of weeks back, I blogged on the obscenity of Arizona's business elite feting "Bush's brain" and "war criminal" Karl Rove on November 9 at the Sheraton as part of the Phoenix Chamber... More >>