Hillary Clinton may claim she’s not a natural politician, but her rally this afternoon in a Phoenix high school suggests otherwise. From the moment she walked onstage — “This is my fight song” by Rachel Platten booming in the background — the Democratic front-runner brought a genuine, palpable energy into…
Bill Clinton’s voice was characteristically raspy and the acoustics in Phoenix Central High School’s gymnasium were less than ideal, but the former president had little difficultly bringing a thousand cheering Hillary Clinton supporters to their feet. His message was simple: The political gridlock of the status quo is problematic, but…
Each time Bernie Sanders steps in front of a crowd in Arizona, the line between political rally and rock concert gets a bit fuzzier. We didn’t think things could any more electric after the crowd, freaking out like Justin Bieber fan girls, nearly brought down the risers where the Bernie…
Every time Donald Trump comes through Arizona, his political rallies get larger, his protesters get braver, and the interaction between the two groups gets more intense. Today’s rally in Fountain Hills certainly was no exception. Hours before Trump even arrived, hundreds of protesters stormed the only two roads leading to…
It’s unlikely that anyone even remotely following the presidential campaign learned anything new about Republican candidate Ted Cruz at the rally hosted by his Super Pac, Keep the Promise, in Phoenix, but that didn’t stop the group from trying to ban certain media outlets it thought might write “a hit…
When the Bernie Sanders campaign says Arizona is a must-win state, it’s no joke. The beloved U.S. Senator from Vermont just announced another yoooooge campaign rally in Phoenix this Saturday afternoon — his fourth event in Arizona this week. The event will be in the Veterans Memorial Coliseum, and doors open at…
The list of famous politicians campaigning their way through Arizona ahead of Tuesday’s primary vote just keeps growing and growing. The Hillary Clinton campaign announced this morning that former President Bill Clinton will be holding rallies on behalf of his wife in Phoenix and Tucson this Sunday. (The location and…
The Bernie Sanders campaign just announced that in addition to his rally in Flagstaff tonight, he’ll be holding an event tomorrow evening in Tucson. The event will be in the Tucson Convention Center, and doors open at 4:30 p.m. (RSVP for free tickets here.) Arizona is a must-win state for…
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will be in Phoenix Monday afternoon to rally support for her campaign ahead of Arizona’s presidential preference vote on Tuesday. The campaign just announced her visit, but has yet to release time and location details — we’ll update this story when those details become available. …
Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have each released their first Spanish-language television ad in Arizona as they try to appeal to Latino voters ahead of the state’s primary on Tuesday. Clinton’s ad casts the former secretary of state as a friend of the Latino community. It touts her record…
The rate of unintended pregnancy in the United States has declined substantially for the first time in decades, a new study finds. The study by the Guttmacher Institute finds that the rate of unintended pregnancies among women and girls between the ages of 15 and 44 dropped from 54 percent…
One day after Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton won primary elections in five states, she’s turning some attention to Arizona, which holds its presidential preference vote Tuesday. New Times got an exclusive look at a new ad set to air later today that draws attention to the abysmal state of…
Republican Arizona legislators want to send voters a strong message this year: You don’t know what you’re doing! You need to leave it to us. Which is why an anti-voter resolution cleared a key Arizona Senate committee this week, bringing the state a step closer to destroying democracy here as…
Dear Republicans: Let me get this straight. You want to take back Donald Trump. You want to take Trump off the table. But you want to give us Ted Cruz instead.I know you’re not totally insane. Your problem is that many of you are not from Texas. You don’t really…
Simone Netherlands’ voice is shaking. She’s naturally a nervous public speaker so it’s almost imperceptible. But she’s angry as she takes the lectern in hearing room 5 of the Arizona House of Representatives, neat and elegant in a gray blazer, blonde hair swept back to showcase her high cheekbones. Just…
The system for disciplining corrupt Border Patrol agents is so “broken” that it has become a “national security threat,” according to an independent task force commissioned by the federal government to investigate the agency’s approach to criminal misconduct in its ranks. In a 49-page report delivered to Homeland Security Secretary…
If the excitement of teenage girls at their first Justin Bieber concert were combined with the enthusiasm of fans at a college football championship, it might begin to match the energy and exhilaration of the crowd at Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’ rally in downtown Phoenix tonight. More than 7,000…
A new bill landed on Arizona Governor Doug Ducey’s desk that, if signed, will bar state and local governments from doing business with companies or groups boycotting Israel. House Bill 2617, is part of a national backlash against the “BDS movement” — BDS stands for boycott, divestment, and sanctions –…
The big-time political news just keeps coming, folks! Earlier today we learned Republican front runner Donald Trump is coming to Arizona again, and New Times can now report that Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is also coming back. Sanders will hold a large rally tomorrow night in Phoenix. According to…
Hours after a video of Phoenix City Councilman Michael Nowakowski making homophobic remarks exploded on the Internet, the LGBTQ community of Phoenix publicly called on the councilman to resign. In the video, which was captured on a cell phone last month, Nowakowski can be heard telling a room of clergy: “I…
Donald Trump is well on his way to beating Ted Cruz and the three other remaining presidential candidates for Arizona’s Republican preference election, a new poll shows. The survey of 751 “high efficacy primary Republican voters” in Arizona conducted on Tuesday by MBQF, a public affairs firm, showed that nearly…
Former Olympic figure skater and huge Hillary Clinton supporter, Michelle Kwan, stopped in Phoenix this week to help launch a local chapter of Arizona Asian American and Pacific Islanders for Hillary. Kwan says she first got to know Clinton a few years ago while working as a diplomatic envoy for…
