Michael Lacey

How many people have died in our sheriff's jails? Six months ago, on May 4, 2015, I asked a spokesman for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio for a cadaver count. It was not an idle question. Since he was elected sheriff in 1993, county taxpayers h...

Sex and suicide have no natural link. They don't go together any more than date and rape, unless . . . Unless you are transgender. If you know an individual who is transgender, your that person is likely to attempt suicide at a rate that, in sheer...

Guadalupe Torres held her head in weathered hands. Tears trickled between her fingers. In a world with a God, your children do not die before you. But Guadalupe's son, Felix, did, in fact, pass over. He was 47. Abuela Guadalupe is that saddest of ...

Esther Escalante has the chaste presence of a church lady, which, in fact, she is. Her husband is pastor at Phoenix Tabernacle in South Phoenix. The Tabernacle is a Pentecostal church that mixes hellfire with live music (including an accordian pla...

It was not as though Lulu lacked manners. However! It was Cinco de Mayo, and sometimes a girl just . . . loses all self-control. When the front door swung open, Lulu took one look at the chaos inside the home and threw herself into the party. She ...