Peter Bratt (left) and Benjamin Bratt, following the screening of their film in PhoenixI made the 7 p.m. Friday, June 11 showing of La Mission at AMC Arizona Center to catch the appearances of the film's stars Benjamin Bratt and Jeremy Ray Valdez, as well as director Peter Bratt, Benjamin's brother. ... More >>
EarlyOnsetofNightOne way of combating Sheriff Joe's anti-brown sweeps, and SB1070 to bootTomorrow will be a big day in Sand Land, with Latina pop icon Shakira meeting with Mayor Phil Gordon over their opposition to Arizona's new racial profiling law. Normally, that alone would make for a huge news d ... More >>
California videographer Naui's footage from the pepper spray incidentI am so disgusted by today's events at the big anti-Arpaio march to Joe's jails that I hardly know where to begin. The saddest part of it is that a mostly-peaceful demonstration of over 10,000 persons, which ended with a concert by ... More >>
from Ernesto YerenaErnesto Yerena: The agit-prop Delacroix of the anti-Joe, pro-immigration reform movementIf the editors over at Phoenix's daily fishwrap had half a brain, they'd relegate their star columnist E.J. "Milksop" Montini to checking typos in the classifieds, and make Richard Ruelas his r ... More >>
Tucson native Linda Ronstadt joins the fight against Joe this January 16In a conversation this morning via phone, Tucson native and rock legend Linda Ronstadt denounced Sheriff Joe Arpaio's reign of tyranny in Maricopa County and promised to march alongside thousands of activists planning to converg ... More >>
Latino lawmakers' persistence pays dividends with designation of Chávez Day
