The 2016 edition of New Times’ Best of Phoenix is out now, featuring a series of “as told to” profiles that explore how our city’s proximity to Mexico makes it better. I’ve been in the Valley since 1978, most recently from law school. I went to Stanford, and then moved…
La edición de 2016 Lo Mejor de Phoenix del New Times ya está disponible, con una serie de ensayos que exploran cómo nuestra proximidad a México hace que este sea un lugar mejor para vivir. Muy a menudo hablamos de ciudades fronterizas como si la geografía fuera todo lo que…
When track star Will Claye first tried the triple jump at Mountain Pointe High School in Ahwatukee his freshman year, his coach, Larry Todd, told him he was too good. “He was like, ‘Oh yeah. You got it. You’ve almost got it down too well, too early,'” Claye recalls. “‘You’re…
Growing up in Phoenix, Bob Carey probably never imagined that one day, he would take photographs of himself wearing pink tutus at locations all over the world, his burly body posed in pliés on beaches and performing pirouettes on the Brooklyn Bridge. Then again, Carey probably never imagined his wife, Linda…
It was quite a public-relations coup for that dinosaur of daily newspapers, the Arizona Republic. Last week, it seemed as though everyone in the country was talking about how a “conservative newspaper” or a “conservative editorial board” had endorsed a Democrat for president for the first time in its 126-year…
Un ferviente canto viajo a través de las gradas del estadio hacia el campo, las ondas de sonido caendo sobre mí en la línea de medio campo. Una multitud de más de 40.000 aficionados al fútbol, ??incluyendo miles de ciudadanos mexicanos, llenó el estadio Bank One Ballpark para ver México…
The fervent chant rolled through the stands and down onto the field, waves of sound crashing over me on the midfield line. A crowd of more than 40,000 soccer fans, including thousands of Mexican nationals, filled Bank One Ballpark to see Mexico take on Yugoslavia in a friendly match. The…
Phoenix New Times has an immediate opening for a part-time social media editor. This 20-hour/week position combines journalism with social-media skills to increase Phoenix New Times’ audience and serve as its online public face. The social media editor manages New Times’ Facebook and Twitter accounts, among others, with the expectation…
Despite public outcry and two congressional letters asking for a delay to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s proposed ban on the herbal remedy kratom, the DEA remains poised to make the head-shop staple a Schedule I drug, adding it to the same category of illicit substances as heroin, LSD, and…
I’m having a party on the first Sunday of October. The point is to celebrate the life and times of the first important broadcaster in Arizona’s history: Vin Scully, who will be calling his final game in his 67th, and final, season for the Los Angeles Dodgers. From the early…
Maricopa County officials expect toxic emissions from the $2 billion Solana concentrated-solar plant near Gila Bend to continue despite a record $1.5 million fine for air-quality violations. The fine was the latest embarrassment for the plant, which was was built by Spain’s Abengoa Solar company with loan guarantees from the…
Even as some clamor for a wall, the border between Arizona and Mexico grows ever more indistinct. The way we at New Times see it, the choice is to bury one’s head in the desert sand and suffocate, or to revel in it and thrive on the multifarious nutrients of…
A Chinese Arizona State University student took video and pictures of at least six women using the toilet at ASU on Monday night, police say. His female victims struck back, though, stopping him after he came out of the restroom, taking his phone and holding him at the scene until…
Fans of tattooed faces and tear-streaked mascara will be disappointed to learn that Sheriff Joe Arpaio has canceled his controversial “Mugshot of the Day” series. Since April 2011, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office website feature had allowed the public to cast votes on the mugshots of people booked into the…
Spending by Latinos in Arizona is on the rise. They are projected to spend $42.5 billion by the end of this year. That’s according to the 20th edition of the Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce’s “DATOS: The State of Arizona’s Hispanic Market” report. It finds that Latinos spent $38.3 billion…
It’s April 2016, and I’m at the Sheraton Grand in downtown Phoenix, trying like crazy to stay engaged with Mayor Greg Stanton’s state of the city address. He got my attention with an opening nod to Mexico consulate general Roberto Rodriguez Hernandez, with whom he’s signed an agreement to promote…
Tim Jeffries, the outspoken director of the Arizona Department of Economic Security (DES), wants people to vote no this November on Proposition 205, the ballot measure that seeks to legalize recreational use of marijuana in the state. Jeffries has donated a total of $1,500 personally to the opposition group, Arizonans for…
With polls showing Sheriff Joe Arpaio trailing in his head-to-head race with Democrat Paul Penzone, and with the first date in Arpaio’s criminal case in federal court scheduled for October 11, Arpaio’s campaign has gone negative against his rival, regurgitating a nasty, untrue accusation from their 2012 contest in a…
Sports team mascots are more than warm bodies inside furry costumes. They’re athletic, outgoing, comedic, and highly competitive characters who do things like leap through flaming hoops, allow strange children to pull their tails, and shoot stuff out of cannons. Their over-the-top aesthetic and stunts form the basis for comedy…
Churches aren’t supposed to endorse federal candidates, but it’s easy to see from a recent political screed which way a Tempe Catholic church pastor wants his flock to vote. Pastor John Bonavitacola, leader of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church in Tempe, doesn’t refer to the candidates by name in his…
The Reverend Jarrett Maupin was dragged away in handcuffs by Tempe police Monday morning during a nonviolent protest of police shootings that closed down both sides of Mill Avenue Bridge for about an hour. Maupin had just finished leading a small but vocal crowd of about 50 to 75 to…
Dear Stoner: I’ve been smoking pot for a few years, but in the last six months I’ve started smoking more as I drink less (I’m 25). My parents have always been against marijuana, but I want to be honest with them if I continue to partake. How should I break…
