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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2012 Stories by Stephen Lemons

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  Utah Compact's Sister Arizona Accord Argues for Humane Immigration Solutions

  published Jan 25, 2012

  As I anticipated in a blog item late last year, the Arizona version of the Utah Compact, called the "Arizona Accord," was introduced to the public at the state Capitol yesterday. It argues for a ratio... More >>

• Richard Carmona Promises AZ Dems a U.S. Senate Seat

  published January 26, 2012

  The big-applause lines from former Surgeon General Dr. Richard Carmona's address at Democrats' recent winter meeting in Tucson conveyed two... More >>

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  Russell Pearce Scores GOP Chairman Tom Morrissey's Endorsement for First Vice Chair

  published Jan 25, 2012

  Unless you frequent right wing blogs such as Sonoran Alliance or SeeingRedAZ, you may have missed the tidbit that disgraced ex-state Senator Russell Pearce has won the endorsement of Arizona GOP Chai... More >>

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  Russell Pearce Scores Paying Gig as "President" of Ban Amnesty Now

  published Jan 24, 2012

  I've been staying up late nights worrying about disgraced former state Senate President Russell Pearce.I mean, what's a washed-up nativist hatemonger to do for cashr Sure, he's been busy running for ... More >>

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  SB 1070 Critic Daniel Patterson Discusses 1070 Repeal and Ethnic Studies Ban

  published Jan 23, 2012

  LD 29's Dan Patterson at the state Dems' winter meeting...Videographer Dennis Gilman and I drove down to Tucson on Saturday to check out the Arizona Democratic Party's winter meeting, held at a local ... More >>

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  Steve Gallardo Drops Repeal SB 1070 Bill, Nativists Counter-Rally

  published Jan 23, 2012

  Down at the state Capitol today, it was like a little bit of 2010, all over again.Grizzled nativists toting "I love SB 1070 signs," with pistols on their hips. Pro-immigration activists in droves deno... More >>

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  Joe Arpaio Targeted by Republican Paula Pennypacker in Purple Letter Campaign

  published Jan 22, 2012

  The problem with the opposition to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, as I see it, is that the loudest voices calling for Arpaio's resignation are perceived to be those of leftists.In reality, there ... More >>

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  Olivia Cortes' "Pro Bono" Attorney Anthony Tsontakis Scores Legislative Gig (w/Update)

  published Jan 20, 2012

  Tom Ryan, the crusading Chandler attorney who in 2011 exposed the shenanigans behind the diversionary candidacy of Russell Pearce's fave Latina Olivia Cortes, is calling foul on news that Cortes-attor... More >>

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  Joe Arpaio Raises Millions Less Than Suggested

  published Jan 20, 2012

  Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his campaign guru Chad Willems have done their best to suggest Arpaio has $6 million in the bank, ready to go for the sheriff's 2012 re-election campaign.In September, Arizona ... More >>

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  Neo-Nazi J.T. Ready Runs for Pinal County Sheriff as a Democrat (w/Update)

  published Jan 19, 2012

  He supports legalizing marijuana, considers himself a civil libertarian, has had nice things to say about the Occupy movement, and recently filed paperwork in Pinal County to run for Sheriff as a Demo... More >>

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  Russell Pearce's Olivia Cortes Off The Hook in Petition Pros Scandal

  published Jan 18, 2012

  Olivia Cortes, the sham candidate the Tea Party fronted in order to dilute the vote in the 2011 recall of ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce, will face no fines or orders to comply in regards t... More >>

• Cynical Politicians in Tucson's Ethnic Studies Case Will Be on History's Losing Side

  published January 19, 2012

  The Martin Luther King Jr. holiday has come and gone. Just another day off for many. For others, a time of reflection. We all know that... More >>

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  Russell Pearce-Worship, and Corrupt Proxy Voting at the County GOP

  published Jan 16, 2012

  Why are non-loony Republicans always on the outs in the county and state GOP, with the insaniac Mexican-haters firmly in controlrIn her blog on Sunday, moderate Republican Paula Pennypacker described ... More >>

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  Steve Gallardo's SB 1070 Repeal: The Dems' New Litmus Test

  published Jan 14, 2012

  When I saw the headline in the Arizona Republic, "Democrats plan to introduce legislation to repeal SB 1070," let's just say I smelled a fish, and fresh it was not.The only Democrat I know of down at ... More >>

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  Joe Arpaio's Whoppers In His Latest Money-Grubbing Fundraising Letter

  published Jan 13, 2012

  If you're dumb enough to fork over cash to a scalawag like Sheriff Joe Arpaio, you're dumb enough to buy any line of bull the most-sued sheriff in the country wants to sell you.Like the malarkey that ... More >>

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  Kyrsten Sinema's David Lujan Weasels In To Open LD 15 Seat

  published Jan 11, 2012

  This morning, over the complaints of some Democrats and Latinos, former House Democratic Minority Leader David Lujan was appointed unanimously to fill the open state Senate seat in Legislative Distri... More >>

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  Joe Arpaio's David Hendershott, Now Licensed Private Investigator

  published Jan 11, 2012

  Sheriff Joe Arpaio's disgraced former enforcer David Hendershott may no longer be the sheriff's chief deputy, he may stand accused of all manner of misconduct and ill-deeds during his tenure at the MC... More >>

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  Joe Arpaio's Victim Marty Atencio: Phoenix PD Arrest Report Released

  published Jan 10, 2012

  Tuesday afternoon, the Phoenix Police Department released its arrest report on Ernest "Marty" Atencio, the Army vet brutalized and Tased till brain-dead in Sheriff Joe Arpaio's jails.The report detail... More >>

• Can Kyrsten Sinema Win in Congressional District 9?

  published January 12, 2012

  Former state Senator Kyrsten Sinema longs to be the Democratic nominee from newly formed Congressional District 9. However, she suffers... More >>

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  Kyrsten Sinema's David Lujan, Can Ken Clark Stop Himr

  published Jan 06, 2012

  The effort to block former state House Minority Leader David Lujan from sliding into ex-state Senator Kyrsten Sinema's still-warm legislative seat is firing up, with former state House Representative ... More >>

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  John Huppenthal's Edict: 10 Percent of TUSD Cut Till MAS Is Killed

  published Jan 06, 2012

  Today, state Schools Superintendent John Huppenthal ordered that 10 percent of the budget for the Tucson Unified School District be withheld until TUSD eradicates its Mexican American Studies program.... More >>

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  Russell Pearce, Wanna-Be First Vice Chair of the State GOPr

  published Jan 06, 2012

  File this one under, "Something wicked this way comes." The non-crazy GOP blog Politico Mafioso is reporting that disgraced nativist standard bearer, recalled ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce ... More >>

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  David Lujan, George Diaz, and the Stop-Lujan Movement

  published Jan 05, 2012

  Is the fix in for former state House Minority Leader David Lujan's becoming the replacement for ex-state Senator Kyrsten Sinema, who recently announced her bid for U.S. CongressrOr will his infamous n... More >>

• Joe Arpaio's Victim Ernest "Marty" Atencio Laid To Rest

  published Jan 04, 2012

  Family, friends and those touched by the tragedy of Ernest "Marty" Atencio, the Army vet Tased and brutalized till brain dead in Sheriff Joe Arpaio's jails, gathered at Peoria's Heritage Funeral Chape... More >>

• Remembering Marty Atencio, the Latest Fatality in Joe Arpaio's Jail

  published January 5, 2012

  I'm sitting in a restaurant in Peoria on Monday with the family of Ernest "Marty" Atencio, who was laid to rest today with full military... More >>