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Sal Reza, Tonatierra March 13.4 Miles for Justice on Saturday

The human rights activists of Tonatierra and the Barrio Defense Committees will do the annual PF Chang's 13.1 mile marathon one better this Saturday by holding a 13.4 mile march for human rights and dignity, beginning at Sheriff Joe Arpaio's notorious Fourth Avenue Jail and ending at Glendale Police ... More >>

Cathi Herrod Unknowingly Tries to Link Republicans to Family Research Council Shooting

No one asked for lobbyist Cathi Herrod's opinion on the shooting of a security guard at the headquarters of the Family Research Council, but she gave it anyway.Herrod's the president of the Center for Arizona Policy -- one of the Family Research Council's state-level organizations -- and pointed to ... More >>

In Honor of Pussy Riot: Five of the Greatest Punk Protest Songs

Even faced with seven years in prison for a political stunt pulled in the Russian Orthodox Church, feminist punks Pussy Riot shouldn't feel alone. The riot grrls' plea for the Virgin Mary to expel Vladimir Putin from the Kremlin has gained global support from musicians as varied as Madonna, Paul McC ... More >>

Ask a Mexican on Arizona's Insanity

Morning Poll: Have Gilbert Police Gone Rogue With Medical Weed Arrests?

Gilbert PDGilbert police Chief Tim Dorn is a law enforcement official who doesn't seem to recognize Arizona's voter-approved medical marijuana law. ​In the past week, Gilbert police -- under the leadership of Chief Tim Dorn -- have raided the home of a qualifying medical marijuana patient, arreste ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, December 31, 2009

Concert Review: The Pogues More Than Justify A $60 Ticket Price

The original lineup of the Pogues, who impressed with aplomb last night at the Marquee Theatre.​"Tell me why people are willing to pay $60 to see an old fucking Irish punk band." This was the mandate that was handed down by music editor Martin Cizmar when I mentioned my desire to review last nigh ... More >>

Steven Anderson's Yuma City Warrant for "Disorderly Conduct," and RP4409's Moronic Misuse of the Word "Nazi" (w/Update)

  Watch this, and tell me truthfully, who do you feel for, these two guys, or the nudnik operating the camera? Look, I'm no fan of the U.S. Border Patrol. Or of checkpoints. Or of police power in general. I think anyone familiar with this blog knows that. But it's a tribute to both Obama- ... More >>

Club Candids at the Bikini Lounge

It's all for you...You can expect several things from Super Sensational Saturdays at the Bikini Lounge: great tunes from resident DJs Borisimo and The Gestapo - plus a revolving dorr of special guests, drinks you can still feel the next afternoon, and the promise of a $500 raffle that never actually ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, January 15, 2009

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 >>

Letters from the issue of Thursday, May 22, 2008

The Bird wonders why Sheriff Joe Arpaio put a U.S. citizen behind bars for simply appearing Mexican

Russell Pearce, a.k.a., Mr. Ethnic Cleansing, and his sick new legislation.

Youth Without Youth: Coppola’s back with a Faustian romance about the reversal of time

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, December 13, 2007

SIGNS OF HOPE? Terry "Me Too" Goddard tries growing a set of nads with a huffy epistle to Candy Thomas.

Alt-Weeklies Provide Web Links to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Home Address

Action Taken in Solidarity with Phoenix New Times

Wicked Bitch of the West: The Repugnant's Queen of Mean, Laurie Roberts

Bombers Away

Transcendental

Afternoon for a fawner

Rachel Stein, Showgirl

Back home in Holland, Verhoeven uses his basic instincts to craft a slick Holocaust thriller

In the Face of Evil

The last days of an anti-Nazi hero

C'mon, Get Happy

Art imitates life in acclaimed film

Letters

Letters from the issue of Thursday, May 12, 2005

Reel Life

Film showcase avoids the 'hood

Finding a Way

As Nazi artillery fire draws nearer, two opposites share an unlikely love

Letters

Letters from the week of September 2, 2004

Outlaw Joe

One of Arpaio's own deputies testifies about how the MCSO smeared Dan Saban.

Letters

Letters from the week of January 8, 2004

Street Fight

Phoenix bureaucrats love to harass parking-lot mogul Leon Woodward. Now they're even comparing him to a psycho killer.

Goon Squad

Sheriff Joe Arpaio has a documented history of abusing his power to destroy enemies. Now he's at it again.

Up in Smoke

Having a drink - but not a smoke - with the number one enemy of Proposition 200

Dr. Strange

Grant Morrison's the best writer in comics—and maybe the nuttiest

Uncivil War

Romanian immigrants are having a hard time finding refuge in their own house of God

The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash

(Rhino DVD)

Muck My Day

Sheriff candidate fears dirty politics

Stop the Press

Student newspaper editor takes issue with Yavapai Community College president.

Feed Him and Weep

"Mill Avenue Food Critic" is back -- and restaurateurs are reaching for the Tums

Good Morning, Auschwitz

Life is less than beautiful in Robin Williams' Jakob the Liar

Letters

From the week of February 2, 1999

Letters

Trainspotting

Nearly three years after Amtrak's Sunset Limited was sabotaged near Buckeye, firefighters who rode to the rescue remain on the FBI's list of suspects

Second Helpings

L.A. Flaw

Affirmative Reactionaries

Arizona's militias aren't the exclusive domain of white supremacists - people of color are joining the ranks, too.

Persecution Complex

Rescue Workers Grilled in Derailment Probe

Investigators check background of firefighter, repeatedly interview thosewho responded to wreck site

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