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

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  FEATURED STORY

  Russell Pearce, Corrupt Bigot, Elected Arizona Senate President

  published Nov 03, 2010

  If you thought Senate Bill 1070 was bad, there's far worse on the way. That's because Senate Republicans have picked a new president: 1070 "author," state Senator Russell Pearce, Arizona's Pope of Pre... More >>

• The ATF Agent Who Put the Mahon Brothers in the Hoosegow; Plus, Why the MCSO Has Something Else to Worry About

  published November 4, 2010

  INVESTIGATING JOE A delicious moment occurred during a recent Maricopa County Board of... More >>

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  Tom Horne Near Victory (w/Update, AP Calls It for Horne), Andrei Cherny Bites the Mat, and Terry Goddard Calls Me Out

  published Nov 03, 2010

  ***UPDATE 11/3/10 6:12 AM: The Associated Press has called the state AG race for Horne*** Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard did little to lift the morgue-like atmosphere at the Wyndham Hot... More >>

• Russell Pearce's Young Nemesis Andrew Sherwood: The Dark Horse I Like

  published Nov 01, 2010

  Sherwood gets the Dennis Gilman treatment in this YouTube video Andrew Sherwood may not slay the anti-immigrant goliath, neo-Nazi-huggin' state Senator Russell Pearce, but he's got the right idea on ... More >>

• Jan Brewer Wants to "Live in America," and So Do the Grass "Ruts"

  published Nov 01, 2010

  Brewer declares her desire to live in America, 4:24 in. (Psst, so do "illegals," Jan) When you're Governor Jan "We have did" Brewer, how do you top yourself on the gaffe-meter following that Septemb... More >>

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  Joe Arpaio in the Feds' Crosshairs: Dennis Burke's Team To Be Sworn In as Special Deputy County Attorneys

  published Oct 30, 2010

  It's not lookin' good for Maricopa County's corrupt top constable, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and that bottomless pit of iniquity known as the MCSO.You'd think things were bad enough with a federal grand jur... More >>

• Joe Arpaio Kicks Ban Amnesty Now To the Curb Over E-Mail Flap

  published Oct 29, 2010

  In a startling turn of events, Sheriff Joe Arpaio has cut ties with the local nativist organization Ban Amnesty Now over a controversial e-mail that many Latino and liberal groups assumed ... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Joe Arpaio Sued By Sal Reza, and JJ Hensley's Love Affair with the MCSO

  published Oct 29, 2010

  Phoenix civil rights activist Salvador Reza filed suit two days ago in federal court against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and several high-ranking Arpaio henchmen over Reza's false ... More >>

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  Joe Arpaio Signs Off on Ban Amnesty Now's Voter Suppression Effortsr Not Exactly (w/Update)

  published Oct 28, 2010

    ***Please see my update on Arpaio's breaking ties with BAN, here*** The paranoia has been reaching a fever-pitch both in and over an e-mail recently sent out by the local nativist organi... More >>

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  Tom Horne Suit Against Child-Porn Attack Ad Fails, Secretary of State Refers Matter To AG's Office

  published Oct 28, 2010

  The anti-Horne ad causing all the hubbub, currently in heavy rotation On Wednesday, a Maricopa County Superior Court Judge denied Republican state attorney general candidate Tom Horne's request for a ... More >>

• Russell Pearce's Latest Loss: 9th Circuit Swats Down Racist Provision of Prop. 200

  published Oct 27, 2010

  To borrow a phrase from that great modern philosopher Flavor Flav, when it comes to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeal's recent ruling on Prop 200, don't believe the hype.Because hype, fake outrage and p... More >>

• Jon Hulburd's a Turncoat, and Terry Goddard's Weak. So Who Are This Year's Democratic Role Models?

  published October 28, 2010

  LITTLE JON I was raised in North Carolina as a Southern, yellow-dog Democrat, meaning that... More >>

• Russell Pearce's Worst Nightmare: A Democrat Willing To Fight Like Hell

  published Oct 26, 2010

  The man who shot Liberty Valancer Close. The man who's taking on Pearce in LD18 I'll have more to say about Democrat Andrew Sherwood later this week, but here's a preview. Sherwood's going toe-to-toe... More >>

• Tom Horne Slimed as Pro-Statutory Rape in New Attack Ad

  published Oct 25, 2010

  Tom Horne has an A-bomb dropped on him in this latest TV hit pieceIn the annals of negative campaign advertising, this new anti-Tom Horne ad from the Washington, D.C.-based Committee for Justice and F... More >>

• Jan Brewer: Creepy, Incoherent, and Frighteningly Stupid in Dennis Gilman's GOTV Video

  published Oct 25, 2010

  If you need an incentive to cast a ballot, here it isArizona Attorney General Terry Goddard may not be the perfect gubernatorial candidate, but compared to his Republican rival Governor Jan Brewer, he... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Maricopa County's Brady List Includes Phoenix PD Internal Affairs Commander

  published Oct 22, 2010

  Since the indictment of Phoenix Police Officer Richard Chrisman on a second degree murder charge in the slaying of south Phoenix resident Daniel Rodriguez, there's been much speculation about t... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Russell Pearce's Unconstitutional, Un-American Attack on U.S. Citizen Children

  published Oct 20, 2010

  So was anyone surprised by neo-Nazi-hugging state Senator Russell Pearce's press conference yesterday announcing that he'll be targeting U.S. citizen children in a racist attempt to undermine the U.S.... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Grinding Justice: Operation Streamline Costs Millions, Tramples the Constitution, Treats Migrants Like Cattle, and Doesn't Work

  published October 21, 2010

  In the border town of Nogales, Sonora, where buses drop off the newly deported every few hours on the American side, almost everyone seems to... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Karl Rove, "War Criminal," Feted by Phoenix's Business Elite

  published Oct 15, 2010

  The first thing that sprang to mind when I got the above flier in my e-mail in-box announcing that "Bush's Brain" Karl Rove will be speaking at the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce's "Phoenix Forum" series... More >>

• Doug Ducey's Record at Cold Stone Could End Up His Albatross

  published Oct 13, 2010

  Andrei Cherny's ad attacking Doug Ducey has the ex-Cold Stone CEO playing defense My head's been so buried in statistics for an upcoming feature that I missed a news conference last week for former C... More >>

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  Joe Arpaio Chickens Out of CNN Interview as the Noose Tightens

  published Oct 12, 2010

  I don't want to get my hopes up, but do you think the mainstream media's finally beginning to "get it" when it comes to our corrupt top constable, Sheriff Joe Arpaior CNN didn't exactly lead la... More >>

• A Note for Friends and Foes of Feathered Bastard

  published Oct 04, 2010

  Feathered Bastard will go dark for about a week as I work on a larger project that requires my undivided attention.Unless something pops up that I absolutely must blog, there will likely be no new blo... More >>

• CNN Fires Rick Sanchez, Hires Eliot Spitzer, World's Most Famous "John"

  published Oct 01, 2010

  Some of what Sanchez said that sunk his dinghyCNN's firing of Rick Sanchez over some controversial comments made on a satellite radio show is asinine, short-sighted and hypocritical in the extreme.Yea... More >>

• Kelly Jaeger's Alleged Killers: Phoenix PD Issues Circumspect Press Release

  published Sep 30, 2010

  The Phoenix Police Department has finally issued a press release in the racially-motivated shooting of Kelly Jaeger, a Caucasian woman who was walking late at night in Phoenix's Palma Park when... More >>

• Russell Pearce's Prevarications Whitewashed by AZ Fact Check

  published Sep 30, 2010

  I've blogged till I'm blue in the face about the endless stream of whoppers concerning illegal immigration flowing from the pie-hole of racist state Senator Russell Pearce, the main sponso... More >>