Martin Luther King Jr.

Andrew Thomas Wusses Out of Disbarment Appeal; Judge May Order County to Pay Mary Rose Wilcox; Conley Wolfswinkel Wins Again

Here's a quick rundown on Maricopa County news today:* Andrew Peyton Thomas, former Maricopa County Attorney, failed politician and author of right-wing books, won't appeal a state Supreme Court Disciplinary Panel's decision to cancel his law license. We've cut-and-pasted his wussyish comments about ... More >>

Andrew Thomas Complaining About His Disbarment in You Write the Caption

Former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas held a press conference on Wednesday to complain about the decision by an Arizona Supreme Court disciplinary panel to strip him of his license to practice law.The Feathered Bastard Stephen Lemons was there, as Thomas compared himself to Gandhi and Dr. Ma ... More >>

Andrew Thomas Compares Himself to Gandhi and Martin Luther King in Press Conference

Disbarred, disgraced and unrepentant, former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas compared himself to such men of conscience as Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., as he addressed reporters this morning in downtown Phoenix, one day after being stripped of his license to practice law by ... More >>

Trans-Siberian Orchestra at Jobing.com Arena, 12/30/11

Trans-Siberian Orchestra Jobing.com Arena Friday, December 30, 2011 See also: Our complete Trans-Siberian Orchestra slideshow. Trans-Siberian Orchestra is a lot like Christmas itself: The pretty lights are a good distraction from how over-the-top and annoying it can be. Both have some classy ele ... More >>

Top Ten Things That Make Frank Sinatra Cool

A young Frank Sinatra, after being arrested for "carrying on" with a married woman (which was a crime way back then). Not one of the things that makes him cool, but a damn good photo.​When it comes to crooners, they don't get any cooler than Frank Sinatra. Over the course of his 60-year career, "O ... More >>

Ethnic Studies: Doug MacEachern's Anti-Intellectual Quackery

Courtesy of the Three Sonorans blog. Now here's a quiz: What do all these people have in common? Just a coincidence, I'm sure...It's the easiest thing in the world to label someone a Marxist, a commie or un-American. You don't need any real evidence. All you need to do is show that someone read the ... More >>

The 15 Best Songs About U.S. Presidents

We at Up on the Sun, like Clinton himself, feel your pain. Every year Presidents Day rolls around and you're struggling to plant that cherry tree and buy all the stovepipe hats you can, all so that you can have the best damn Presidents Day party possible. (C'mon, we can't be the only ones.)So to ea ... More >>

Linkin Park's Chester Bennington Talks About Rick Rubin, How Bad Saw 3D Was and More

Chester Bennington​ It seems as if most casual fans are still likely to associate Linkin Park with the nu-metal sound that the band helped make popular in the early '00s. But that was then and this is now.The groups' latest album, A Thousand Suns, finds the band making its most diverse music yet. ... More >>

Russell Pearce and the Neo-Confederate Cause

democraticunderground The new Republican "neo-Cons," are neo-Confederates, led by Russell Pearce Having recently returned from spending Christmas in my native North Carolina, an obviously older state than the almost-but-not-yet-100-year-old state of Arizona, I was struck by a sense of history ... More >>

Tom Horne Struggles in CNN Debate on Latino Studies With Georgetown Prof Michael Dyson

www.cnn.comTom Horne and Michael Dyson duked it out on CNN last night. TKO goes to Dyson​ Was it just us, or did Tom Horne seem out of his league last night on CNN during a debate with Georgetown Professor Michael Dyson about Arizona's new ban on public school classes that teach "ethnic ... More >>

Ask a Mexican on SB 1070

Congressman Luis Gutierrez Joins Protesters at Arizona Capitol Sunday, and AltoArizona Offers One-Stop Shopping for Opponents of SB 1070

hechoconganas.comErnesto Yerena's poster for Alto (Stop) ArizonaFirebrand Democratic Congressman Luis Gutierrez from Illinois will be joining opponents of the new SB 1070 law at the Arizona state Capitol Sunday, April 25 at noon to protest the legislation, which codifies racial profiling into state ... More >>

A Different Breed: Deputy Ray Cook Started His Career Long Before Sheriff Joe Arpaio Was Invented

Paint on a Happy Face: Local Artist Luis Gutierrez Is on the Cusp of Making It in the Art World Despite Struggling with MS

Joe Arpaio Skewered in Opening of Arizona Latino Arts and Cultural Center

Crucifixion by Ramon DelgadilloI've often fantasized about an anti-Joe Arpaio art show utilizing the talents of the Phoenix art community, a show that would address the ongoing repression and tyranny here in Marikafka County (as some call it) in specific, and our beloved state of Ari-bama, in genera ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, December 3, 2009

A Former Arizona Gubernational Candidate Flirts With Facism; Plus, a Grade School in Pine Paints Over an African-American Face on Its Mural

Jarrett Maupin II Responds to Quotes in Sheriff's Report; Says He Believes Sheriff's Office Racially Profiles

Jarret Maupin II, in an impassioned phone call to New Times and in a comment posted today on our blog, now says that he "unequivocally" believes the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office commits racial profiling. Maupin claims his quotes to the contrary that turned up in a deputy's report were "complet ... More >>

Jubilance Over Historic Presidential Vote

Mini-Doc Blasts Bishop Olmsted, Governor Janet Napolitano, and Maricopa County Board of Supervisors.

Ear to the Street: The Game's new joint "LAX"

Columbus D-Day: Activists crash Joe Arpaio fete at Italian Club; Joe and Andy Thomas hang with redneck bikers.

Phoenix New Times, Village Voice Executive Editor Mike Lacey Responds

Maverick Mavis

This Staples Singer still wants to change the world

Douchebag Larry Gaydos: Dork After Dark.

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, January 25

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, November 3, 2005

Enemy Lines

Civil liberties vs. Homeland Security at monOrchid

Kid Sharpton

Jarret Maupin is the reverend Al's handpicked protégé. Is Phoenix City Hall ready?

Standup Guy

A comedy "king" fills the hall with laughter

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

A Man of Letters

MLK drama gets personal

Out Foxed

Radio killed the liberal star. Now the lefties want their airtime back.

Race Abater

Geneticist has big news for bigots: Biology doesn't recognize race

A Clone Is Born

Schwarzenegger reproduces the best of all his movies with a conceptual twist in The 6th Day

New Paper Views

"Fragile Moments" and "Screen Shots," two separate exhibits at ASU, tie disparate childhood memories together

Her Space Holiday

Home Is Where You Hang Yourself
(Tiger Style Records)

The Wonderful World of S&M

If TV's a vast wasteland, Sid and Marty Krofft are really cleaning up, recycling their Saturday morning dynasty

The Last Auction Hero

Confessions of a Gay, Right-Wing Mormon

State Representative Steve May is a walking, talking contradiction

Under Siege

Recordings

Joe Parham Stands Up

Is the African-American psychologist and former Ev Mecham staffer incompetent--or just streetwise?

Heart for Hire

Trial By Media (Part I)

For month after month, Phoenix news reporters repeated a disgruntled secretary's half-baked charges, helping County Attorney Richard Romley discredit a rival in the Attorney General's Office. The same media horde made scarcely a whimper when Romley cover

Laughable Conspiracies

IN THE NAME OF HER FATHER

SOUL TERRAIN

LIBRARIANS ABSTAIN FROM SEXTHEY'VE BANNED A BEST SELLER, AND NOBODY CARES

CABBAGES AND KINGS