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Voting Rights Under Siege by Republicans in The Third Reconstruction

A brilliant little gem from the makers of 9500 Liberty Believe it or not, once upon a time, Republicans were the ones fighting for the expansion of voting rights. Okay, so that was more than a century ago, following the Civil War. Still, it's interesting to watch this short video by Annabel Park ... More >>

Top Eight Reasons Conservatives Should Love Medical Marijuana

Not all conservatives want to lock up sick grannies and other medical-marijuana patients, a fact proven by the thousands of right-wingers who in 2010 voted "yes" on Arizona's Prop 203. Yet in polls, Republicans and conservatives do tend to favor penalties for the plant's growth and use more often t ... More >>

San Francisco's Fast-Rapping Watsky Launches 22-City Tour in Tempe

What's in a name? Well, maybe a lot, but surely not everything. Take the rapping white kid from San Francisco who goes by the name Watsky. A handle like that certainly doesn't evoke images of a slick, fast-talking rapper who also has a penchant for spoken word poetry; but that's what George Watsky ... More >>

New Voting Laws Could Take Out Obama This Fall

Herman Cain Favored by Tea Partiers For Presidential Run. Take That, NAACP

www.projectqatlanta.comHerman Cain leads the pack of potential Tea Party presidential candidates.​The Tea Partiers were in Phoenix over the weekend for the group's first ever "American Policy Summit," and according to a straw poll conducted during the conference, Georgia businessman Herman Cain, a ... More >>

Feb. 28 In Blogs: Scottish Highland Games, Love Me Nots, AZ Beer Week, and Herman Cain

​​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:

Cornel West Addresses Hundreds of Pinkos and Hippies at Anti-SB1070 Rally in Phoenix

Elaine MulliganPrinceton professor and lauded lefty author Cornel West brings the funk to North High School on Saturday, October 2.​We're not the only ones to have noticed that progressives, Democrats, and their ilk don't currently have a central charismatic leader whose every utterance is sociopo ... More >>

Arizona Republic Blogger/ Former Cop Axed by Newspaper Under Pressure From NAACP

Bill Richardson​You may be familiar with the work of Bill Richardson. Until recently, Richardson wrote a blog for the Arizona Republic. We got word this week that the Republic axed Richardson's blog and if you ask Richardson, Tempe Police Chief Tom Ryff was the cause for the axing.Richardson is an ... More >>

Wait, You Still Can't Buy a Copy of "Cop Killer" By Ice-T and Body Count on ANY Format?

This guy looks way more like a cop than a "Cop Killer."​Beloit College's annual Mindset list came out today.The fancy little Wisconsin school puts the list -- which aims to show how kids entering college this year see the world, basically by pointing out a bunch of pop culture references they won' ... More >>

Five Reasons Phoenix Shouldn't Miss Lilith Fair

U.S. Department of Justice Files SB 1070 Lawsuit Against Arizona

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder's Justice Department filed suit over SB 1070 todayAs was anticipated, the U.S. Department of Justice filed suit today in federal district court against the state of Arizona and Governor Jan Brewer over Arizona's new "papers, please" legislation, SB 1070.In the lawsu ... More >>

May 17 In Blogs: Phil Jackson, Dio, Kanpai Sushi, and Miss Oklahoma

​​​​​​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: Phil Jackson's Asinine, Nativist Remarks About Los Suns and SB 1070 A ... More >>

Excessive-Force Complaints Against Phoenix PD Down Since 2008, Report Claims

www.motivatedphotos.com​After an incident between Phoenix City Councilman Michael Johnson and a Phoenix police officer ignited tensions between police and minority communities, minority leaders have come out against the Phoenix Police Department, claiming it has a problem with its use of excessive ... 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's Altercation With Phoenix Officer Strains Local NAACP's Patience With Top Cop Jack Harris

america's voiceonline.org City of Phoenix Public Safety Manager Jack Harris​ Even before this morning's press conference to discuss the alleged abuse of power by an unnamed Phoenix police officer against City Councilman Michael Johnson, we're told that top city officials met with loca ... 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 >>

David Cavazos, Phoenix's New City Manager, May Owe His Job to a Plugged-In Developer

Letter to Obama Urges End to 287(g), Signed by 521 Organizations

from the White House President Obama gets whacked, but from the left this time​A just-released letter to President Barack Obama endorsed by a diverse group of 521 civil rights, legal and cultural organizations -- including the ACLU, the ADL, MALDEF, the NAACP Legal Defense Fu ... More >>

Janet Napolitano Pulls a Switcheroo on the Pro-Immigrant Crowd, Arpaio Scores a Latina Judge's Recusal, plus Swastikas in Fountain Hills

Al Sharpton, Mary Rose Wilcox, ACORN's Bertha Lewis, and Others Blast Joe Arpaio on Media Conference Call

photo by Juda EngelmayerRev. Al's got his eye on Sheriff Joe...As I promised in a previous blog post, I participated in a national conference call this morning, which featured the Rev. Al Sharpton of the National Action Network, ACORN CEO Bertha Lewis, Maricopa County Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox, ... More >>

Obama Cartoon Controversy: Community College Student Newspapers Under Attack by Governing Board, Says Scottsdale Faculty Member

Controversy over an editorial cartoon that some say makes President Obama look like a monkey is blowing up into a fight over control of student newspapers at local community colleges. At a Tuesday meeting of the Maricopa Community College District Governing Board,  ... More >>

The Secret Life of Bees Is All Honey, No Sting

Future Shock: Jay Reatard, Jordin Sparks, and more

The Llamas and the Papas

Texarkana dreamin'?

Soft-core Sexy Nurses

About a Boi

OutKast’s Depression-era hip-hop musical has a loving respect for the old South

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, July 20, 2006

Unequal Justice

County Attorney Andrew Thomas lives up to his rep by throwing the book at a young Latino motorist while letting cops off easy

Kid Sharpton

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

Garbage Time

Something besides the dump stinks in Mobile

Standup Guy

A comedy "king" fills the hall with laughter

Letters

Letters from the week of March 4, 2004

The New Racism

Nothing's black and white at Millennium High School

Walking While Black

David James appears to be a victim of racial profiling at the hands of two white Phoenix officers

Bad Dog

White gangsters or misunderstood jocks? The Devil Dogs beat their victims -- and the system.

Oscar Performance

Is Motorola Harboring Diversity or Disrespect?

The state's largest private employer pours money into African-American causes--but critics charge its bosses don't walk the talk

Persecution Complex

Windsor Place resident Pat Snyder wages a jihad against the homeowners' association, which she accuses of cronyism, racism--even hastening the death of an elderly black woman

Southern Overexposure

Ghosts of Mississippi fails to conjure up interest in civil rights case

Lady Sings the Blues--Again

Owner of jazz club and grill claims city won't solve access, parking problems

Shoed From Dillard's

Three young African Americans say a security guard singled them out, then ran them off

The War on Hip-Hop

Nightclubs draw minorities, they get dissed by the authorities. Rap ain't allowed in this white-bread town. Don't hire our Kops? We bust yo' chops. Word.

AMAZING RACE

THE GRIM RED LINE

MINORITIES ARE REFUSED MORTGAGES. BANKS WON'T LEND IN LOW-INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS. IT'S CALLED REDLINING, AND IT'S STILL THRIVING IN PHOENIX.

HEAD OF THE CLASSES

SCHOOL-BOARD ELECTIONS ARE IMPORTANT. VICIOUS, GOOFY AND CONFUSING, TOO.

THE POLICE STRANGLEHOLD ON ED MALLET'S FIANCEE

BRUTALLY FRANK: ROCK STARS VERSUS FRANK SINATRA: WHO DID IT HIS WAY FIRST?

DILLARD'S--A STORE THAT JUST DOESN'T GET IT

ARIZONA'S OWN J. EDGAR HOOVER

RUBEN ORTEGA USED THE PHOENIX POLICE DEPARTMENT TO PURSUE HIS PERSONAL AGENDA-AND HIS POLITICAL FOES

THE AWFUL TRUTH

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