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

• Fourteenth Amendment Challenged by Racist Wackjobs in D.C.

  published Jan 05, 2011

  Note: For some reason the original ABC video won't play here anymore, so I'm posting this YouTube video from radio host Carlos Galindo, who wisely captured this from the ABC sitePity poor state Senate... More >>

• Russell Pearce Wimps Out on D.C. Trip, and Paul Begala Wipes the Floor With Him on CNN

  published Jan 05, 2011

  Check out this killer debate, first aired in August on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 between state Senate President-elect Russell Pearce and former adviser to President Bill Clinton, Paul Begala, on the s... More >>

• J.T. Ready on MTV: And No, It's Not a Rap Video

  published Jan 04, 2011

  What am I to make of a recent segment of MTV's Vice Guide To Everything, which featured a gushing portrait of Arizona's best known neo-Nazi J.T. Ready, as he hunts "narco-terrorists" in the Sonoran de... More >>

• Russell Pearce's Problem with the Rule of Law; and Andrei Cherny Contends for Democratic Party Chair

  published January 6, 2011

  CHERNY FOR CHAIR In news I broke in my Feathered Bastard blog, former Democratic Attorney... More >>

• Andrei Cherny Announces Bid for Arizona Democratic Party Chair (w/UPDATE)

  published Jan 04, 2011

  Note: The Democratic Party's legal opinion regarding issues raised by a Cherny candidacy is linked in the update below.I'm on deadline at the moment, but I want to bring you this much anticipated news... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Russell Pearce Versus J.T. Ready in Dennis Gilman's New Video (w/UPDATE AND RESPONSE FROM RUSSELL PEARCE)

  published Jan 03, 2011

  Pearce vs. Ready: The Dennis Gilman videoNote: Please see update below with response from Senator Pearce.Who's more credible: Arizona's best-known neo-Nazi J.T. Ready, or state Senate President-elect ... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Felecia Rotellini Out of Arizona Democratic Party Chair Run, Who's Leftr

  published Jan 03, 2011

  One of the brightest stars in the local Democratic firmament (such as it is) has opted out of the run for state Democratic Party Chair. While another is still considering a run, and will make a decisi... More >>