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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2011 Stories by Stephen Lemons

• Russell Pearce for Congress, Kyrsten Sinema Hearts Russell

  published Feb 14, 2011

  Sinema describes the love that dare not speak its nameNow that Congressman Jeff Flake has announced his intention to run for the seat of retiring Arizona U.S. Senator Jon Kyl, it's safe to assume that... More >>

• Richard Chrisman, Daniel Rodriguez's Autopsy Report, and PLEA's Spin

  published Feb 11, 2011

  As a follow-up to my colleague James King's recent blog item on Daniel Rodriguez's autopsy report and the fact that meth was found in his system, I'm posting the Maricopa County Medical Examiner's fin... More >>

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  Jan Brewer's Bogus SB 1070 "Counterclaim"on a Road to Nowhere

  published Feb 11, 2011

  Add one part delusion to three parts grandstanding, mixed with a healthy glob of nativism, and what do you getrGovernor Jan Brewer's SB 1070 "counterclaim" against the federal government for not prote... More >>

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  Joe Arpaio's Pal Paul Babeu Sends Bill To Maricopa County on Munnell Memo Investigation

  published Feb 10, 2011

  So we don't yet have Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu's report on his department's investigation into allegations contained in the now infamous Munnell memo, but we do have a bill for services rendered... More >>

• Russell Pearce Shoves Carlos Galindor Let's Go To the Videotape

  published Feb 10, 2011

  Watch Pearce get aggro about 40 seconds inWant more proof that state Senator Russell Pearce can't control his temperr Other than the alleged incidents with his spouses, present and past, that isr Not ... More >>

• Joe Arpaio, "Media Whore," at the Nixon Library

  published Feb 10, 2011

  Sheriff Joe took his shuck-and-jive to the Nixon Library in Yorba Linda, California Tuesday, where he wowed a crowd of blue-hairs with his Sopranos-esque "dees, dats and does."The YouTube video above,... More >>

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  SB 1070 Shooting: County Attorney Will Retry Gary Kelley in White-on-Brown Killing

  published Feb 09, 2011

  Maricopa County Superior Court judge Susan Brnovich today declared a mistrial in the case of a white-on-brown killing that occurred May 6, 2010 in South Phoenix. This, after an all-white jury was unab... More >>

• Steve Smith, Wingnutty Hater, Wants To Turn Hospital Employees into ICE Agents

  published Feb 09, 2011

  Freshman Republinut state Senator Steve Smith, the guy who knocked off Democrat Rebecca Rios in District 23 last year, longs to make a name for himself on the backs of impoverished and ill undocumente... More >>

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  Russell Pearce's "Anchor Baby" Bills, John Eastman's Homophobia, Adam Driggs' Political Courage

  published Feb 09, 2011

  As you likely know by now, state Senate President Russell Pearce's unconstitutional, un-American, immoral, and illegal effort to undermine the birthright citizenship provision of the 14th Amendment to... More >>

• Hendershott, Thomas, and Aubuchon Want $60 Million for Their Troubles? Indictments Would Suit Them Better

  published February 10, 2011

  SALTING LEECHES Getting rid of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his fellow brigands... More >>

• Russell Pearce, Baby-Basher, on Blast Monday with "Thousand Baby Chain"

  published Feb 04, 2011

  State Senate President Russell Pearce's baby-bashin', anti-14th Amendment legislation will get a hearing Monday, February 7, in the Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by Pearce's ally, state Senator ... More >>

• Kyrsten Sinema's Drop House Bill, and Steve Gallardo's Rebuttal

  published Feb 04, 2011

  Arizona's pro-immigrant community is ticked at one if its own: uber-lefty state Senator Kyrsten Sinema, who has in the past marched with the Reverend Al Sharpton in protest of Senate Bill 1070, and no... More >>

• John Birch Society Less Radical Than Arizona Legislature

  published Feb 03, 2011

  It's an odd day in the annals of the Arizona legislature when members of the far-right John Birch Society -- a conspiratorial-minded organization obsessed with the "New World Order," the Federal Reser... More >>

• Birther Judy Burges' Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card for Killers

  published Feb 03, 2011

  Let's say you've just gunned down your best friend in a fit of rage over a gambling debt. Remorseful, you dial up 911 and tell the operator that your pal's dead and it's all your fault.Normally, such ... More >>

• Russell Pearce in a Pantsuitr Susana Martinez's Much More Than That

  published Feb 02, 2011

  You may have read of New Mexico's newly-elected Republican Governor Susana Martinez's executive order rescinding what she's referred to as that state's "sanctuary status," and instructing state police... More >>

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  Russell Pearce's Fantasy Dictatorship, and John Kavanagh as Josephine

  published Feb 02, 2011

  Jared Lee Loughner should run for the Arizona state Legislature. He'd feel right at home, particularly amongst the Russell Pearce Republicans, who are so delusional and high on their own supply right ... More >>

• Recalling Russell Pearce

  published February 3, 2011

  TARGET PEARCE Consider it a classic pincer move: two separate, ongoing efforts to recall... More >>

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  Russell Pearce's Son Joshua: Bench Warrant Issued

  published Jan 31, 2011

  According to a recent minute entry by Maricopa County Superior Court Commissioner Steven K. Holding, a bench warrant has been issued for state Senate President Russell Pearce's son Joshua Trent Pearce... More >>

• New York City Proves Obvious in Arizona: Any Criminal Can Score a Gat at a Gun Show

  published Jan 31, 2011

  Now if you could only buy nuclear weapons this way...Tucson killer Jared Lee Loughner didn't get his gun through a gigantoid flea-market-type gun show, where any criminal can buy a Glock and some exte... More >>

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  Russell Pearce Recall, Part Two, Drops Monday

  published Jan 28, 2011

  More bad news for state Senate President Russell Pearce.There's another group that's going to file paperwork to recall Pearce on Monday: Citizens for a Better Arizona, led in part by former Democratic... More >>

• Russell Pearce Recall Paperwork Filed by Anti-Pearce Group

  published Jan 27, 2011

  On the day that state Senator Russell Pearce's insidious, anti-American, and unconstitutional plot to undermine the birthright citizenship provision of the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment was being... More >>

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  Brenda Todd's Death: Did Arizona Department of Corrections Personnel Ignore Her Cries for Helpr

  published Jan 27, 2011

  Like most death announcements from the Arizona Department of Corrections, the one for Brenda Todd, who died January 21 in custody at Goodyear's Perryville Prison, is spare and unemotional.It relates t... More >>

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  Russell Pearce's Son: KPHO Follows Joshua Pearce Story (w/Update)

  published Jan 26, 2011

  Kudos to KPHO/Channel 5 for reporting on allegations of child abuse involving state Senate president Russell Pearce's son Joshua Pearce, which I first reported on a month ago.Reporter Jason Barry dogg... More >>

• Democratic Party Chairman Andrei Cherny Wants His Party to Champion Immigrants as a Strength, Not Consider Them a Weakness

  published January 27, 2011

  The Arizona Democratic Party's reorganization meeting on January 22 at the Wyndham Hotel in downtown Phoenix was tailor-made to bolster that... More >>

• Russell Pearce's Son Joshua Pearce, and His Other Run-Ins with the Law

  published Jan 24, 2011

  The Mesa Police Department has released more reports on its run-ins with state Senator Russell Pearce's son Joshua. A report I blogged about earlier today dealt with allegations concerning possible ch... More >>