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Artist on Phoenix mural once made racist gesture, wrote ‘Kill the Homeless’

By Benjamin Leatherman

Aug 18, 2025

Leila Parnian’s new “Through Her Eyes” mural is beautiful. Her assistants’ pasts are far uglier.

a woman stands by a poster of a sleeping david schweikert

10 photos: Activists don pajamas to troll GOP Rep. David Schweikert

By Eli Milchman

Aug 17, 2025

At the “Sleepy Schweikert Snoozefest,” sleepwear was in as activists made fun of Schweikert for conking out.

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9 best Jasmine Crockett zingers from her Phoenix town hall appearance

By Morgan Fischer

Aug 4, 2025

The feisty Texas Democrat trained her sharp tongue on Donald Trump and Arizona Republicans at an event Sunday.

tom homan in a suit from the chest up, but the inside of the suit is a picture of a border wall

Tom Homan once spared Phoenix migrants. Now he’s Trump’s Darth Vader

By Stephen Lemons

Jul 28, 2025

Pre-Trump, colleagues of border czar Tom Homan described him as reasonable. Now, they see a cruel man they don’t recognize.

the qanon shaman, with a buffalo headdress and red-white-and-blue facepaint

QAnon Shaman calls Trump ‘a piece of shit,’ demands $555 to talk to us

By Morgan Fischer

Jul 24, 2025

Jacob Chansley was pardoned by Trump for storming the Capitol on Jan. 6. How quickly people forget a favor.

Andy ‘Where’s the client list?’ Biggs votes no on Epstein files release

By TJ L'Heureux

Jul 24, 2025

As the saying goes, you either die a crusader against child sex crimes or live long enough to vote to keep them under wraps.

Arizona’s top shitposter, The Real Thelma Johnson, is back. Here’s why

By Zach Buchanan

Jul 23, 2025

When Thelma stopped tweeting last fall, rumors spread that she was dead. She told New Times why she left, and why she’s back.

protesters at the arizona capitol. one sign says "show us what democracy looks like"

Phoenix ‘Good Trouble Lives On’ protest: What to know

By TJ L'Heureux

Jul 17, 2025

The latest mass protest against the Trump administration will channel the spirit of the late civil rights icon John Lewis.

a close-up of a billboard showing donald trump shirtless wearing a crown in a swamp

Phoenix readers react to Valley's new unsavory 'swamp king' billboard

By Morgan Fischer

Jul 10, 2025

An artist depicted the president naked and sinking in a scandal-plagued swamp. More than 7,500 readers responded.

New anti-Trump billboard goes up on Grand Avenue

By Morgan Fischer

Jul 4, 2025

The billboard portrays Trump as a “swamp king” ruling over his administration’s many missteps.

Turns out Tempe Iranian man ICE arrested is an ‘anti-Muslim’ Trump fan

By Zach Buchanan

Jul 1, 2025

Friends of Mehzrad Asadi Eidivand say he is a big Donald Trump supporter and hates Iran’s extremist Islamic regime.

A billboard that features a despondent blue-collar worker and a celebratory Jeff Bezos. "Make under $51K? You pay more," it says, "while the top 0.1% get $390K/yr"

Valley billboards target Republican lawmaker over Trump budget bill

By TJ L'Heureux

Jun 23, 2025

The billboards, which highlight how Trump’s budget benefits the rich, are showing up in GOP Rep. David Schweikert’s district.

a series of presidents-as-dominos — from bill clinton to george bush to barack obama to joe biden — knock into each other, pushing a trump domino onto a small family in the desert

How Clinton and Obama helped build Trump’s mass deportation machine

By Stephen Lemons

Jun 18, 2025

Donald Trump didn’t invent racist immigration policy. For decades, both major parties built the system he’s now weaponizing.

A protester confronts Phoenix police in riot gear just before an 8 p.m. curfew during Black Lives Matter protests in May 2020.

Victims of Phoenix police don’t buy that cops can reform themselves

By Emma Lucille Bradford | Cronkite News

Jun 16, 2025

Phoenix says it will reform its police without federal oversight. People mistreated by cops will believe it when they see it.

a woman walks down the street holding a banner that says "united we stand"

Thousands protest Trump at the Capitol on ‘No Kings’ Day: 13 photos

By TJ L'Heureux

Jun 14, 2025

Thousands rebuke Donald Trump on his birthday at the Arizona Capitol and around the state, the largest such protest yet.

Celebrating Donald Trump’s 79th birthday with Arizona art

By Lynn Trimble

Jun 14, 2025

It’s a certain president’s birthday. Instead of a parade, we’d like to mark the day with a collection of art.

Phoenix’s ‘No Kings’ protests on Flag Day: What to know

By Morgan Fischer

Jun 13, 2025

As Donald Trump throws himself a military parade for his birthday, thousands of Arizonans will protest around the Valley.

Immigrant advocates warn of ICE workplace raids Tuesday: What to know

By Morgan Fischer

Jun 10, 2025

Advocates say undocumented residents should play it safe and stay home on Tuesday.

Trump going after funding to help vulnerable Arizonans afford lawyers

By Morgan Fischer

Jun 10, 2025

Civil legal aid helps low-income Arizonans facing eviction, abuse and more. Trump aims to cut funding that makes it possible.

The reasons for Trump’s new travel ban are at odds with the facts

By Charles Kurzman | The Conversation

Jun 5, 2025

Donald Trump’s latest travel ban isn’t about national security. It’s about denying visas to nonwhite applicants.

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