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Activists rally in support of a right-to-counsel program in Phoenix.

How a Phoenix right-to-counsel program could combat eviction crisis

By Morgan FischerJuly 2, 2025

Only 0.2% of Valley tenants in eviction court have lawyers. A Phoenix right-to-counsel program could save homes and millions.

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

By Zach BuchananJuly 1, 2025

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

a blue trailer

Tempe threatens to fine group providing showers to unhoused people

By TJ L'HeureuxJuly 1, 2025

Cloud Covered Streets uses a trailer to provide showers for homeless people. Tempe threatened to fine the group $1,500.

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Did ICE target the family of detained Iranian man on hunger strike?

By Zach BuchananJune 26, 2025

Mehrad Eidivand has been in detention since May 31. Last weekend, immigration agents arrested two of his relatives in Tempe.

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Activists call for Home Depot to bar ICE from using its lots

By TJ L'HeureuxJune 26, 2025

Home Depot says it doesn’t involve itself in politics, but Phoenix activists want it to stand up to ICE.

Gov. Katie Hobbs

Get that weak shit outta here: Katie Hobbs breaks her own veto record

By TJ L'HeureuxJune 25, 2025

After axing 28 budget bills she warned Republicans not to waste time with, Gov. Katie Hobbs has vetoed 168 bills this year.

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Kari Lake invents bullshit ‘gay lover’ rumor about Rep. Greg Stanton

By Zach BuchananJune 25, 2025

Lake sparred with the former Phoenix mayor in a congressional hearing and resorted to sleazily questioning his sexuality.

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Valley billboards target Republican lawmaker over Trump budget bill

By TJ L'HeureuxJune 23, 2025

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

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Arizona churches brace for ICE raids after Los Angeles arrests

By Collin Hodge | Cronkite NewsJune 20, 2025

Donald Trump has authorized immigration agents to make arrests at churches. “There is no sanctuary at all,” said one pastor.

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Border Patrol arrests people at Bisbee Pride, raising alarm

By Natalia Rodriguez | LOOKOUTJune 19, 2025

“It was almost like a show of force or scare tactic to intimidate us and let us know we could be next,” one person said.

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 LemonsJune 18, 2025

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

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Maricopa County’s big elections feud is getting ugly – and litigious

By Morgan FischerJune 17, 2025

“We don’t start fights at the board of supervisors,” board chairman Thomas Galvin said Tuesday. “We finish them.”

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We went to Joe Arpaio’s birthday. So did serial murderer Sammy Gravano

By Stephen LemonsJune 17, 2025

The notorious former county sheriff celebrated his 93rd birthday on Saturday. We went so you didn’t have to.

abe hamadeh

Rep. Hamadeh retweets man credibly accused of sex trafficking and rape

By TJ L'HeureuxJune 16, 2025

Rep. Abe Hamadeh follows both Andrew and Tristan Tate, infamous misogynists who face criminal charges in multiple countries.

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'HeureuxJune 14, 2025

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

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

By Morgan FischerJune 13, 2025

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

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‘It’s giving Hitler’: Protesters demand ICE release arrested father

By Emily Holshouser | Arizona MirrorJune 12, 2025

Immigration agents pulled over and arrested 48-year-old Joel Gutierrez on his way to work on June 4.

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ICE raids hit Valley businesses and neighborhoods: What we’ve seen

By TJ L'Heureux and Morgan FischerJune 10, 2025

Immigration agents hit West Valley businesses and also descended on a house, where some protesters scuffled with police.

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

By Morgan FischerJune 10, 2025

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

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Trump going after funding to help vulnerable Arizonans afford lawyers

By Morgan FischerJune 10, 2025

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

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LGBTQ groups blast Gallego for comments on trans kids in sports

By Natalia Rodriguez | LOOKOUTJune 9, 2025

As he pivots to the middle, Sen. Ruben Gallego suggested in an interview that trans girls should be kept out of youth sports.

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Donald Trump speaking into a microphone

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

By Charles Kurzman | The ConversationJune 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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