By Lina Lecaro After fierce blowback from a disgruntled community of drag queens, drag kings, transgender folk, and more, Facebook has eased enforcement of its "real name" policy. Chief Product Officer Chris Cox said in a Facebook post that the whole situation took the company by surprise. Some individual decided...
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In its simplest form, a guild is an association built upon a specialized area of expertise, often chartered by a monarchy, involving a rigid structure of journeymen, apprentices, and crafstmen. Such guilds proliferated in medieval times and, in many ways, laid the foundation for what we now know as trade...
Usually, it's the spring that's associated with new beginnings and turning over a new leaf. But why would you wait when all over the Valley fall workshops are offering fresh starts? Of course, there are autumn-themed ones, like Pith + Marrow's fall floral workshop, but there are also more out-of-the-ordinary...
Juanito Laguna and Ramona Montiel are fictional characters, but you can find them on Facebook. Created by Argentinian multimedia artist Antonio Berni in the 1960s to address some of the socioeconomic stresses plaguing his home country, Juantio and Ramona have since gained cult status as popular folk heros whose stories...
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu raised about $26,000 in the first five months of the year for his political action committee dubbed "Paul Babeu for Arizona." You might wonder who's donating to the border hawk Republican who derailed his own Congressional campaign by sending half-naked photos of himself and sexually...
One rule of McCarthyism is that anyone critical of scurrilous activity by its practitioners instantly is suspect. In the 1950s, communists and communist sympathizers were the bugbears of infamous Wisconsin U.S. Senator Joe McCarthy, whose name has become synonymous with the unscrupulous ruining of reputations. For Maricopa County Attorney Bill...
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Four years ago, when actor Steven Seagal found himself in need of a publicity-hungry, big-city law enforcement agency to help him shoot a reality TV series, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio rolled out the welcome mat. The controversial six-term sheriff hooked up the wannabe cop with Executive Chief Brian Sands,...
Didja happen to know that every dinosaur may have had feathers? What about the notion that the Tyrannosaurus Rex most likely had really bad breath, given that it ate nothing but meat and probably never brushed between meals? We boned up on these seemingly random factoids this past weekend while...
Last week, we told you about a story from the nonprofit investigative journalism outlets ProPublica and the Center for Investigative Reporting that explored how a Chinese national gained access to all kinds of sensitive records, such as the Arizona driver's license database, before he disappeared. The meat of the story:...
Billy Benjamin Hayes Jr., 39, is one of the state's most vocal marijuana activists. Few people welcomed the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act when voters passed it in 2010 more than Hayes. The lanky father of three is a marijuana enthusiast, a grower for nearly his whole life who imbibes regularly,...
It doesn't take much to make an excellent taco. Oftentimes the very best ones come off of trucks or carts parked on the side of the road and its the simplicity of the dish that makes the dining so great. But Taco Guild takes an altogether different approach. The restaurant...
The experimental drug used to treat two American health care workers infected with the Ebola virus was developed in part by researchers right here at ASU. They hope that the special plant-based technology used to create the Ebola treatment might be an important path to treating other infectious diseases...
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Amy Bouzaglo Chef, owner Amy's Baking Company 7366 E. Shea Blvd, Scottsdale amys-baking-company.myshopify.com In the back corner of an unremarkable Scottsdale strip mall there's a quaint and extremely tidy restaurant owned by a married couple. The wife, a blonde who considers herself an Arizona native, runs the back of the...
The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office has released photographs of the Green Acres Boarding Facility, where 20 dogs died late last week.The dogs supposedly died from a lack of air conditioning, and several of the photos show the dead dogs arranged in a shed on the property...
The Veterans Affairs inspector general has found that scheduling practices at the VA hospital in Phoenix are "convoluted" and non-compliant with policy.The interim report released this morning does not answer the question of whether 40 veterans died on various VA waiting lists -- as a retired doctor has alleged --...
The Chef: Chris Collins The Restaurant: Grassroots Kitchen and Tap The Animal: Beef The Dish: Tri-tip sandwich In Arizona you can find brisket just about everywhere. But for many Californians like myself, a "steak" sandwich has always meant one thing: tri-tip. This cut of beef, which comes from the bottom...
Have you recovered from Mad Decent Block Party? Last weekend, everything musical in Phoenix paused to give space for what is arguably the largest EDM event that will happen this year. This week, the Phoenix music universe has adjusted, compensating for the overabundance of beats and turntables with a slew...
Activists say authorities' response to the alleged rape of a transgender woman at an immigrant detention facility in Eloy was unacceptable.Marichuy, whose legal name is Jesus Leal Gamino, claims she was sexually assaulted by her cellmate last month at the Eloy Detention Center, after she says she warned detention staff...
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Cowboy Ciao Today This week Cowboy Ciao mixologist Alexa Bowler is debuting a new cocktail menu that incorporates elements such as sundried tomato-infused sriracha vodka, peach and black walnut bitters, and Hellfire habanero shrub. The new menu includes the When Quentin Met Kaile that uses Sombra mescal, Ramazzotti amaro, pineapple...
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We're not sure if it's just the social media buzz, but it sure feels like the 2014 World Cup has been one for the books. From a player with vampire-like tendencies to teams that can really get their groove on, we've been entertained in unexpected ways over the past month...
It's very easy to be seduced by the Nashville-based country/garage-rock quartet Those Darlins. Like a classic issue of Playboy, you pick it up because you love the cover, but you keep reading because the articles are good. The cover of their latest album, titled Blur The Line, displays the four...