Martin Luther King Jr.

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

55: Farah Khalid

From now 'til we publish the 2012 edition of Best of Phoenix, New Times and Chow Bella present 100 Tastemakers -- Valley residents who make the cut in our culinary scene. Some you'll know; for others, it'll be a first introduction (but likely not the last). While you're here, check out our 100 Creat ... More >>

DarkCon 2012, Online Artifacts at the King Center, and Fotoshop by Adobé

Welcome to the Morning Buzz, a catch-up on interesting happenings around the city and country and a quick guide to what (and who) to keep your eyes on. We'll be here, first thing every weekday, to get you going. Here's what's buzzing this morning:​1. DarkCon 2012 at the Phoenix Marriott ... More >>

Words Up

Queen of Kings

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975: Your Civil Rights History, Brought to You by Swedish TV

Student Union

Michelle Kable, What Are You Listening To?

Michael Markowski Michelle Kable​Michelle KableThe associate artistic director for the Space 55 Theatre Ensemble invites you to the variety show 7 Minutes in Heaven, every Saturday in June at Space 55 at 9 p.m. Tickets cost $10, and more info may be found at www.space55.org.When you put your ... More >>

Ethnic Studies Smear: Wingnuts Slime Corky Gonzales, Civil Rights Hero

A nativist nutcase sticks Corky Gonzales quotes into the cheap blender of her brain and makes mush of it allIt's always amazing to me the way ignorance spreads like a vicious rash through the Internet. One idiot spouts some bull that the confirms the prejudices of the far right, it makes it onto You ... More >>

SB 1070 Has Been Bad for Arizona and Worse for Mexicans, But It Inspired a Year's Worth of Great Art

Jesus Christ Was a Liberal, No Matter What Republinuts Say

northernsun.comIf he was around today, the Republinuts'd be calling him a commieWhat is it about some Republicrazies and conservatards that makes them think God is on their side? I mean, they really believe all liberals are godless atheists who worship Satan and hate religion, and that Jesus is thei ... More >>

Linkin Park Made Their OK Computer

All hail A Thousands Suns, the finest dystopian fusion a major label can buy

Palin and Tea Party Rhetoric Was Not the Reason Gabrielle Giffords Was Attacked -- America's Treatment of Mental Illness Is to Blame

​The attempted assassination of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, the incidental execution of Arizona's Chief Federal Judge, the collateral killing of five bystanders, including a child, and the deranged wounding of 14 politically curious civilians is not the result of the First Amendment's pe ... More >>

Dream a Little Dream

Celebrate one year of partying by partying some more

SB 1070: Many Shout That Arizona's New Immigration Law Has Awakened a Sleeping Giant Who's Ready to Kick Some Political and Economic Backside

MLK Invoked by Judge Gary Donahoe for Inscription on Court Tower Beam

Remember Gary Donahoe, the Superior Court judge accused late last year of "bribery" by County Attorney Andrew Thomas and Sheriff Joe Arpaio?   ​Though that skanky dog of a case was dropped before it really ever got going (we never will forget this press conference), the boys succeeded in ... More >>

Hot Links: MLK Awards, the Band-Aid Bandit, and P.F. Chang's

​An ASU student has been awarded a 2010 Martin Luther King Servant-Leadership Award. Dominck Hernandez is a senior business major from ASU's Polytechnic campus, and he was recognized for founding student groups for sustainability and leadership and success, as well as his activism in protesting th ... More >>

NAACP's Rev. Oscar Tillman Knocks Ad in Rep Comparing Joe Arpaio to Bull Connor

Center for New CommunityThe ad comparing Arpaio to Bull Connor, which ran in Thursday's RepublicSheriff Joe received a little support today from an unlikely source, the Rev. Oscar Tillman, President of the Maricopa County branch of the NAACP.I contacted Rev. Tillman to ask his opinion of a half-page ... More >>

King for a Day

Celebrate the life of a unique activist

Great Scott

Influential poet and rap prototype visits Tempe

On Easily Understood Hand Gestures, Large Sums of Money, and Cultural Acceptance

When Tragedy and Politics Turn into Popular Music

Alveda King

Alveda King

Urban Legend

Our decoder ring says: Great show

Urban Legend

Our decoder ring says: Great show

Concert Calendar for This Weekend: Smashmouth, Steve Aoki, A Rocket to the Moon, Brave Citizens, and More

A Rocket to the Moon is scheduled to perform Friday night at the Clubhouse Music Venue in Tempe. With Monday being Martin Luther King Day, chances are most of you are gonna get three whole days of relaxation and recreation this weekend (that is, unless "the man" is making you drag your ass to the ... More >>

On César Chávez and Kicking Your Pinche Estupido Ass

Fetti Profoun

My Conviction
(Paper Chase Records)

You Asked for It: Fetti Profoun

Tramp the earth down: The unlikely debt I owe the late Senator Jesse Helms.

The Bird tackles AZ's new immigration czar, Matthew Allen, while Guadalupe revolts against the MCSO's iron grip

Gemini Soul

The Liquid Soul Tour
(Pearl Jazz Recording)

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, April 19, 2007

Brotherly Love

The Kongo's musical dynasty

Darrell Ankar-low Brow

The Whole World in His Hands

In this star-studded piece of hero porn, Emilio Estevez blames the ills of the world on RFK’s murder, but what about the man?

Theater Scene

What's running now

Toe the LINES

SF ballet troupe's got rhythm and Blues

No Small Feet

East Valley bonds for "Unity Walk"

Gun in the Sun

Papago's blast from the past

Shouldering Atllas

The Phoenix rapper won't rest -- literally -- until Arizona is his

Letters

Letters from the week of September 4, 2003

Electric Mud

The North Mississippi Allstars are young guys passing on an old tradition

Legends of the Fall

A conversation in Purgatory

Flashes

From the week of January 21, 1999

Kid Pics for the week

WHO KILLED KING?

THE VALLEY'S HOTTEST POLITICAL STRATEGISTS TEAMED UP TO PUSH MLK DAY. NO WONDER IT FAILED.

WHOSE VOICE IS THAT?

AN ASU AUTHOR EXAMINES THE SOURCES OF MARTIN LUTHER KING'S POWERFUL WORDS

THE AWFUL TRUTH

AS L.A. EXPLODED, THE MEETING EXPLORED MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AND MALCOLM X