Local Clergymen Tell Arpaio: “We Don’t Want Your Protection”
“Thanks, but no thanks” was the message a group of church leaders and community members had for Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the day after he announced a plan to keep dozens of black churches “safe” across...
View ArticleReverend Maupin Calls Church-Security Critics Jealous and Hypocritical
Well-known Phoenix Reverend Jarrett Maupin believes that criticism of the plan he made with Sheriff Joe Arpaio to put armed guards outside of 60 predominantly black churches in Phoenix stems from...
View Article“Privilege” Workshop Mandatory for Tempe Police
Tempe police officers were required to attend a workshop recently on “privilege” to help them better understand their own biases. Content for the classes came from a workshop series developed by...
View ArticleASU Professor Matthew Whitaker Demoted Over Apparent Plagiarism
Popular Arizona State University professor Matthew Whitaker has been demoted in the aftermath of his second plagiarism scandal, just weeks after he won a $268,000 no-bid contract to teach Phoenix...
View ArticleTrump, the Confederate Flag, and a Rage for Censorship
We live in a time where the left in this country is scoring wins like there's no tomorrow. From gay marriage to Obamacare to redistricting, conservatives are licking their wounds and looking at the...
View ArticleASU Professor Matthew Whitaker Withdraws Phoenix Police Training Contract
Arizona State University Professor Matthew Whitaker has withdrawn his company's six-digit, diversity-training contract from the Phoenix Police Department following his demotion for plagiarism. The...
View ArticleBernie Sanders, Martin O’Malley Fail to Address #BlackLivesMatter
During what was intended to be a town hall style discussion featuring two Democratic presidential candidates, quickly shifted gears when two women from the #BlackLivesMatter campaign got up on stage...
View ArticlePhoenix Rally Planned for Michelle Cusseaux, Sandra Bland, and Michael Brown
Using the popular hashtags #SayHerName and #BlackLivesMatter, people across the country are expected to take to the streets this weekend and demand accountability for, and attention to, the...
View Article15 Arrested as Anti-Police Brutality Demonstration Turned Ugly
Twelve adults and three minors were arrested inside of a west Phoenix Walmart Friday night after approximately twenty protesters took their anti-police brutality message into the crowded store. The...
View ArticleCitizens Blast Phoenix's Plan to Hire More Cops
Will hiring 425 new Phoenix police officers come at the expense of greater accountability and better civilian-officer relations? Or will more officers mean less violent crime and a safer city? Amid a...
View ArticleArizona's Jon Ritzheimer Plans to Arrest Every Senator Who Voted for the Iran...
Jon Ritzheimer, the face of Arizona’s anti-Islam movement, wrote an open letter to the American people earlier this week in which he declared his intention to drive around the county with other...
View ArticleThe Grave of Rumain Brisbon, an Unarmed Black Man Shot By Phoenix Police Last...
Rumain Brisbon, the 34-year-old father of three who was fatally shot in the back last December by a Phoenix police officer is buried in an unmarked grave. With less than two months until the one-year...
View ArticleSan Carlos Apache Chairman Offends Many With "Blackface" Halloween Costume
Terry Rambler — San Carlos Apache Tribe chairman and frequent critic of the Washington Redskins football team’s name and mascot— issued a public apology this morning for his Bob Marley Halloween...
View ArticleCAIR Asks FBI to Investigate Vandalism at the Islamic Community Center of...
The Arizona Chapter of the Council on American and Islamic Relations is calling on the FBI to investigate a recent vandalism incident at the Islamic Cultural Center of Phoenix that it believes may be...
View ArticleBecause of "Racist" Arizona Department of Child Safety, Family Fears Little...
When 7-year-old Nora Lopez didn’t return home from school late last month, her mom was terrified, desperate, and confused. “I didn’t know what had happened,” Nora’s mother Basilia Lopez says through a...
View ArticlePhoenix Walmart Becomes Battleground for Gun-Toting Nativists, Latino Activists
Come shop at Walmart and Home Depot, stay for the fisticuffs. That could be the pitch for the shopping center at 37nd Street and Thomas Road in Phoenix, where each chain has a store. Its parking lot...
View ArticleJohn McCain's 2008 Campaign Darkened Barack Obama's Skin in Ads, Study Finds
Did John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign purposefully darken Barack Obama’s skin in advertisements to capitalize on negative racial stereotypes? It appears so, concludes a new study published in...
View ArticleASU Junior Jumps to His Death Off Tempe Campus Building Roof
An Arizona State University junior attending college on scholarship committed suicide on the first day of the spring semester by jumping off the roof of a building on campus. Thomas Wagoner, a...
View ArticleRacist Picture Spells Big Trouble for Ahwatukee High School Girls
Six Desert Vista High School seniors caused outrage and were disciplined after a picture circulated on social media of the girls forming the n-word with letters on their shirts. Smiling and laughing as...
View ArticleNeo-Nazi Oi Fest Returns to Tonopah, Arizona
Been jonesing for some slam-dancing, rampant sieg heil-ing, and sweaty camaraderie with fellow racist, white-pride skinheads? Well, look no further than deepest, darkest Tonopah, where in past years...
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