Politics
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OPINION: Jerry Sheridan will bring Arpaio’s toxicity back to the sheriff’s office
We’re still footing the $350 million bill for Sheridan’s unconstitutional raids on Latino communities. I am a retired Phoenix Police Officer who had the distinct honor of serving as a Director at the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) for community outreach. I have been a proud member of a federal court-appointed Community Advisory Board…
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Banned Books Week to remind Arizonans of growing censorship in public schools
Reading assignments in public schools for books like The Great Gatsby and To Kill a Mockingbird now come with a permission slip, as they’ve been designated as “sexually explicit.”
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How this nonprofit has helped Arizonans grow their families for 50 years
Contraception, doctor’s visits, and breast and cervical cancer screenings are a few of the many healthcare services made affordable and accessible by Affirm and federal family planning grants.
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Harris wants to cap child care costs and expand the child tax credit. Trump’s solution? Tariffs.
Harris has proposed capping families’ child care costs to 7% of their income and offering families of newborns up to $6,000 in the first year of the child’s life. Trump, on the other hand, has focused on tariffs as a solution to the child care crisis, despite evidence showing they would only raise costs for…
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Kamala Harris will campaign on Arizona’s border with Mexico in attempted show of strength on immigration
Vice President Kamala Harris will visit the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona on Friday as her campaign tries to turn the larger issue of immigration from a liability into a strength and hopes to counter a line of frequent, searing political attacks from former President Donald Trump.
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Youth climate activists harassed, arrested during sit-in at Trump campaign office
Activists came with a check for $1 billion and $1 to highlight how much Trump demanded from the oil industry in exchange for further gutting environmental regulations if reelected.
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Kamala Harris wants to end the Senate filibuster to restore national abortion rights
The Senate filibuster rule requires a 60-vote threshold for most legislation to pass, making it virtually impossible to pass abortion rights legislation due to Republican opposition. Without the filibuster, a law restoring Roe v. Wade could pass with a simple majority, or 51 Senate votes.
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Arizona Democratic campaign office damaged by gunfire
Someone fired shots at a Democratic Party campaign office in a Phoenix suburb, causing damage but no injuries, authorities said.
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Project 2025 would make flying more expensive and less convenient for rural and small-town Arizonans
Experts have warned that ending the Essential Air Service program, as Project 2025 sets out to do — and as Donald Trump tried to do during his first term — could lead to the closure of small town airports and higher flight prices, leaving rural communities disconnected from the rest of the United States.
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Harris wants to lower grocery prices by taking on price gouging. Trump’s plan would increase prices.
Kamala Harris has said that she will call on Congress to pass a federal ban on price gouging and give the federal government more authority to prevent consolidation in the food industry, if elected. Donald Trump, on the other hand, wants to impose tariffs and reduce food imports, a plan that would cause food prices…
