Tag: Arizona
Progressive legacy triumphs as Adelita Grijalva wins Arizona primary
A clash of legacy versus digital insurgency, this Arizona primary uncovers deep intra‑party tensions around candidate experience, social media influence, and the future of democratic progressiveness.
Arizona abortion rights face crucial test as Governor Hobbs repeals century-old...
This legislative change, which has been long sought by advocates, sets the stage for a November ballot measure that could further secure abortion rights in Arizona.
Arizona grand jury charges Trump aides and state Republicans in attempt...
High-profile indictments spotlight a significant legal crackdown on the orchestrated attempt to overturn President Joe Biden's 2020 election victory in Arizona.
Arizona’s judicial shift: 1864 Abortion ban reinstated amidst contentious political climate
Is the reinstatement of the 1864 law in Arizona emblematic of a broader national trend toward restricting abortion access, a movement emboldened by the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision?
Phoenix enacts landmark heat safety ordinance for outdoor workers amid rising...
A unanimous decision by the Phoenix City Council has led to the adoption of an ordinance mandating essential heat safety measures.
Arizona Sen. Krysten Sinema leaves Democratic party
Sinema intends to continue to caucus with Democrats and keep her committee assignments.
‘Catastrophic’: Arizona judge allows 1864 abortion ban to go into effect
"No archaic law should dictate our reproductive freedom," said one rights advocate.
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Back in the day, nonviolent people power was the only answer to governmental inertia in radically improving U.S. democracy.
Arizona to use people in prison to fight its wildfires, pay...
Incarcerated people clearing brush, in temperatures that hit 115°F in Phoenix for six days in a row last week, will make $1.00 per hour.
Supreme Court weighs voting rights in a pivotal Arizona case
The case considers two Arizona laws that place limits on how and when Arizonans can vote.
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US workers average 10 paid vacation days a year, and 33 million get none
Twenty-five OECD countries require employers to provide at least 20 days. The US legal minimum is zero, and 57 percent of the lowest-paid tenth of workers get no vacation at all.
He’s Eligible for Up to $480,000 After Being Wrongly Imprisoned for 42 Years. The...
Elvis Brooks’ case was an egregious example of a wrongful conviction, civil rights attorneys said. But Louisiana’s attorney general maintains that Brooks and other exonerees are guilty — and therefore don’t qualify for any money from the state.
Judge dismisses the last January 6 case, writing that absolving the Oath Keepers is...
The Justice Department told the court a retrial would harass eight men whose sentences Trump had already commuted. Two Oath Keepers who pleaded guilty and cooperated keep their convictions.
A Gnarly Situation: High-Elevation Discovery Raises New Questions About Which California Trees Will Survive...
Birds may have been burying Jeffrey pine seeds up high for thousands of years. But now that they’re sprouting, this new species of subalpine tree may change the playing field.
Welcome to Dawn’s Barbecue: the Epstein files in a time of war
A meditation, part essay and part poem, on what the files show about power, impunity and the ease with which the harm of innocents is absorbed.