Michael Lacey
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5 years ago | Arpaio
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...
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6 years ago | Longform
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...
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6 years ago | Longform
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 ...
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6 years ago | Longform
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...
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7 years ago | Longform
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 ...
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7 years ago | News
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 ...