Mark Kelly
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‘Central to Our Identity’: Why These Arizona Faith Leaders Plan to Continue Fighting for Voting Rights
Faith leaders across Arizona have spoken out in recent months about protecting voting rights and expanding access to the ballot box as a Christian issue, not a partisan one.
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Arizonans Cite Obstruction, Racist History as Reasons They Want the Filibuster Gone
Rally attendees said there’s specific legislation they would like to see become law but feel don’t have a chance unless the filibuster is removed.
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Phoenix Attorney Explains Why VAWA Is Vital to Getting Domestic Violence Victims Access to Affordable Legal Services
“It’s like trying to drain a river with a plastic bucket. The need is so great and the help that’s available is so small.” Daniel Riley was the managing attorney for a Phoenix legal clinic for domestic violence victims from 2010 to 2012. In that time, he said he and his staff helped hundreds of…
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A Tech Billionaire Met with White Supremacists in 2016. Now He’s Funding an Arizona GOP Candidate.
The billionaire tech investor met with white supremacists in 2016 while supporting Trump’s campaign. Politico reported on Monday that billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel is giving $10 million to Saving Arizona PAC, a super political action committee that will support the upcoming Senate campaign of his business partner Blake Masters. Masters is the chief operating…
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Activists Call on Sinema to Support $15 Minimum Wage
Women make up more than two-thirds of workers with tipped jobs, which have a federal minimum wage of $2.13 an hour.
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Latino Voters Played a Huge Part in Arizona’s Democratic Swing in 2020 Election
“All this stuff that worked right in Arizona, it was because of Latino consultants, Latinos on the ground and Latinos at the state level.” Democrats looking to win the Latino vote should take their cues from Arizona, which was held up as a “shining example” of how it’s done by the author of an election…
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The For the People Act Can Stop the Arizona GOP’s Voter Suppression Efforts
The law would allow automatic voter registration, set unified early and mail-in voting standards, and modernize elections while ensuring their security.
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Somehow, 1 in 4 Arizonans Still Insist Trump Won the Election
This is despite the insurrection and an unprecedented two impeachments. As the Senate began debate Tuesday on a historic second impeachment of former President Donald Trump, a recent poll shows that more than half of Arizona Republicans believe Trump was the rightful winner of the November election. The poll, taken by OH Predictive Insights shortly…
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For Survivors of the Jan. 8 Tucson Shooting, Every Week Is National Gun Violence Survivors Week
By early February, the United States has more gun deaths per capita than other developed nations see during the entire year. Pam Simon wears a gold necklace around her neck in memory of 9-year-old Christina-Taylor Green. Green was the youngest victim of the Jan. 8, 2011 shooting at a Safeway just outside Tucson that would…
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‘Tucson Never Stops Fighting’: 10 Years Later, Gabby Giffords, Mark Kelly and Other Arizonans Reflect on Fatal Shooting
In 2011, former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 18 others were shot during an event in southern Arizona, just outside of Tucson.
