Danny Ortega

Black Leaders in Phoenix Struggle to Retain Power in a District They've Historically Controlled

Pastor Warren Stewart's Campaign Touts Thousands Turned Out for Teleconference Town Hall

Last night, Warren Stewart's campaign says it logged a first in Phoenix politics -- a town hall where participants call in and ask questions, listen to a few stump speeches and vote on a few questions asked by the moderators. Stewart is seeking a seat on the Phoenix City Council, and he's running a ... More >>

S.A.N.E. Immigration Initiative Undercut by Bill Montgomery's Nativist Panderings

Senator Robert Meza Files Election Complaint Against Team Awesome, A Volunteer Group of Mostly Students Campaigning for His Opponent

See also Local Latino Activists Target Unlikely Politician Senator Robert Meza is accused of being out of touch with the mostly Latino community that he represents. And he isn't doing himself any favors with a complaint he filed with the Secretary of State on July 16 against a group of student vo ... More >>

Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu's Deputy Reports to ICE a Speeding Teenager -- Along With the Boy's Parents Who Weren't Even in the Car

See also SB 1070: Supreme Court Upholds "Papers Please" Section, Invalidates OthersSee also Brewer Declares "Victory" as Court Tosses Unconstitutional SB 1070 ProvisionsSee also Babeu Turns Distortion of Truth Into an Art FormSee also Babeu Calls Obama's DREAM Act Policy "Shocking" Pinal Coun ... More >>

SB 1070 Fuels a Movement of New Voters

SB 1070: Opponents of Arizona's Anti-Immigrant Law Proclaim the Fight Is Not Over

Three down, one to go. The fight is not over in Arizona. Report instances of racial profiling. Those are among the messages coming from leaders within the local Latino community who gathered on the state Capitol lawn Monday morning following the U.S. Supreme Court decision on SB 1070. Community ... More >>

Arizona Boycott On Like Donkey-Kong, Say Pro-Immigrant Groups

Puente's Sal Reza, and others, want the boycott of Sand Land to continueIn the wake of the defeat of five anti-immigrant bills in the state Senate last week, there's been some question about whether the boycott of Arizona over Senate Bill 1070 should continue.There's no doubt that the boycott has be ... More >>

Councilman Michael Johnson Cozies up to the Nation of Islam; and the Fault Line Between Brown and Black in Maricopa County

Councilman Michael Johnson Gets Support From Hispanic Community; Latinos Call for Examination of Abuse of Force in Phoenix Police Department

James KingPhoenix attorney Danny Ortega and other Hispanic leaders have called for an investigation into the Phoenix Police Department over abuse of power complaints​With members of the Phoenix Police Department looking on, members of Phoenix's Hispanic community gathered in Caesar Chavez Plaza in ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Indictment Called for by Mary Rose Wilcox in New Video, and Puente's Protest of Eric Holder

Video of Mary Rose Wilcox in D.C. by videographer Dennis GilmanTelling the crowd at the big immigration rally on Sunday in Washington, D.C. that Sheriff Joe runs Maricopa County like a "police state," county Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox urged listeners to call the U.S. Department of Justice and tell ... More >>

No Room for Arpaio at the Wells Fargo Inn; and a Hispanic Homemaker Bears Witness Against ICE and the MCSO

Joe Arpaio and ICE's Joint Victim: Maria del Carmen Garcia-Martinez, and Why ICE Should Not Be Partnering with MCSO's Jails

A pack of MCSO detention officers -- some of them 287(g)-trained -- walk Garcia-Martinez into a room to get her fingerprint on an ICE document.I recently watched with great skepticism and annoyance ICE honcho John Morton's videotaped remarks to the Migration Policy Institute in Washington. There, on ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Longtime Foe Mary Rose Wilcox Earns Supporters' Prayers

courtesy of www.PhotosByJoseMunoz.com Mary Rose Wilcox at St. Anthony's in Phoenix this Monday Long before the judges and lawyers got into the act (excepting such stalwarts as Danny Ortega and Antonio Bustamante, who've been active since the beginning), Maricopa County Supervisor Mary Rose W ... More >>

Sheriff Joe’s Tortured in Hades, and Will Arizona’s New U.S. Attorney Follow El Diablo’s Lead?

Joe Arpaio's Goon Squad Blasted by Chicanos Por La Causa, MCSO Fishing Expedition Under Way

CPLC CEO Edmundo Hidalgo speaking at this Friday afternoon's presserChicanos Por La Causa officials and their supporters held a press conference today to blast the MCSO's recent day-long raid on CPLC's headquarters in Phoenix. CPLC CEO Edmundo Hidalgo and attorney Danny Ortega, Board Chair of the Na ... More >>

2009 Stylos Awards Recognize Valley of the Sun Leaders and Talent

​The fourth annual Stylos award ceremony took place this past Saturday without a hitch. Starting off with a group of bandanna-clad hip-hop dancers, Furious Styles Crew, busting out break-dancing moves and head spins on on the gleaming floor of the Phoenix Art Museum, it was pretty clear that ... More >>

One Mother’s Suffering, Joe Arpaio’s Bigotry, and Stories of Racial Profiling by the MCSO

Bishop Thomas Olmsted Does Little for His Hispanic Flock, and Joe's Protected by an Army of Louts.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Latest Victim? Yet Another Hispanic Mom in Estrella

MCSO mugshotFrancisca Perez-Mendoza, aka, Alejandra Alvarez I paid another visit to the sad hellhole of Estrella Jail last weekend to talk to one more target of Arpaio's ethnic cleansing raids: Alejandra Alvarez, a 31-year-old mother of four American children who was arrested during the MCSO's raid ... More >>

The Bird Defends a Hispanic Woman Whose Wing Was Clipped by the MCSO, and Knocks Guadalupe Mayor Frankie Montiel's Idea of Din-Din with Arpaio

The ICE Docs That Cost a Mother of Three a Broken Arm and a Beat-Down

Garcia-Martinez, upon her release from ICE custody March 12. I've obtained the documents the MCSO was so hot to have Maria del Carmen Garcia-Martinez mark with her fingerprint. You can see them for yourself, here. Initially, I believed that there was just one page, but now I see there are four ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Goes Medieval, While Barack Obama's America is a Million Miles Away

Welcome to the 14th century... We live in two Americas: Joe Arpaio's medieval Maricopa County, where barbarism reigns, and our corrupt top cop parades hundreds of Hispanics through the streets in chains, like captives taken in some feudal conflict from faded memory. And then there's Barack Oba ... More >>

In Dependency Court, a Judge Comes Face to Face with the Biggest Threat to Children – Their Moms and Dads

MCSA Leader Raquel Teran Served with Bogus Summons by Sheriff's Deputies

MCSA lead organizer Raquel Teran: Maricopa County's version of the KGB paid her a little visit today. Seems like Sheriff Joe's goons at the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office can't go a day without abusing their power, and attempting to intimidate and silence their critics. Following the absurd arres ... More >>

Anna Deavere Smith’s The Arizona Project Spotlights Sandra Day O’Connor and a Generation of Overlooked Women

Joe Arpaio's Thugs Menace Press Conference for MCSA's Randy Parraz.

County Supes Critic Randy Parraz Arrested by MCSO During Supes' Do-Over Meeting (w/UPDATE).

Sheriff Joe Arpaio wusses out, stays in Phoenix, far away from Mesa Police Chief George Gascon.

The Bird covers the waterfront on Sheriff Arpaio’s racial profiling patrols and demands freedom for First Friday bohos

The Battle of Bell Road: Hundreds protest Sheriff Joe Arpaio's anti-immigrant dragnets.

A Joe Arpaio Christmas at Pruitt's: Bigotry and hate aplenty.

Hate Jock

The taloned one takes on the 9/11 liars' confab in Chandler and rips the white sheet off right-wing radio hatemonger "Dumbass Darrell" Ankarlo

District 5, Civility 0

Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox and her husband, Earl, have come out swinging against her challengers--real and imagined

Townsel-ectomy

Controversy--often racially charged--has been a constant companion of school administrator Charles Townsel. Now his job is on the line again and people in South Phoenix are choosing up sides.