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Martin Luther King, Jr.
While jailed for engaging in peaceful protest, King wrote what has become one of his greatest essays, “Letter from the Birmingham Jail.” Here is a small excerpt, followed by some questions for today: .. over the past few years, I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion […]
Continue readingCC Dems Support City Border Wall Resolution
The Executive Committee of the Coconino County Democratic Party voted this week to support a resolution by the Flagstaff City Council denouncing the border wall with Mexico. The City Council will have this on its agenda next Tuesday, January 16. The following is the position statement of the county party: The Coconino County Democratic Party […]
Continue readingAnother Cruelty by Ducey and Repugs in the Legislature
Thanks to Flagstaff resident Lex Heerding for “telling it like it is” regarding funding for services to vulnerable adults. This is one more area where Republicans in control of our state government have neglected the public good and demonstrated that their values don’t match what’s right for Arizona: This letter is on response to the […]
Continue readingTake Action to Restore CHIP!
Today marks the 100th day since the far-right Republicans in control of Congress let funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program expire. This program was enacted over 20 years ago with bi-partisan support, including from Utah’s Republican Senator Orin Hatch. Under pressure from the right-wing radicals who have grabbed power in Washington, Senator Hatch and […]
Continue readingDecember Job Growth Worst in Four Years
Job growth has slowed since Trump took office. Jobs created in 2016: 2.24 million Jobs created in 2017: 2.06 million 2016: 187,00 jobs/month 2017: 171,000 jobs/month December 2017 job numbers are lowest in four years. #JobsReporthttps://t.co/kVDu6AQb4n pic.twitter.com/Z9riMIFPfn — Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) January 5, 2018 Keith Boykin is a CNN reporter.
Continue readingAnother Republican Attack on Arizona Populism
Here’s another example of why we need to change the legislature in 2018. Arizona has a long and proud populist history, but Republicans nowadays try to cut back the peoples’ voices and consolidate power in a small click of oligarchs and their lackeys in the legislature. “Anytime the Legislature is trying to reduce the power […]
Continue readingCoconino Voices: Doctors, lawyers false targets of populist anger
I can remember reading an article in The Atlantic Monthly (now The Atlantic) years ago that examined what they called the Davos Crowd. The authors examined the class of wealth that was international, worth billions, and travelled among the same world capitals. In their description, this global elite is separated from the rest of us […]
Continue readingYour View: Don’t vilify immigrants
The United States has become a police state in which immigrants have been vilified and blamed for our countries economic woes. No American family originated within the boundaries of the US of A unless you are a Native American. The present ICE policies of hunting down undocumented workers and deporting them is eerily similar to […]
Continue readingYour View: Vote for scientific literacy
Mr. Patel, a local hotel owner, recently voiced his concern in the Daily Sun that the lack of snow is hurting his business and that the increased likelihood of forest fires in the summer will also be bad for business. Global warming, in other words, is not good for the local economy. Bob Thorpe, our […]
Continue readingRepublican Corruption Coming to an End in Arizona?
PHOENIX — Senate President Steve Yarbrough, the architect of an ever-increasing siphoning off of state tax revenues to help send students to private and parochial schools, says he’s now willing to consider a cap. What’s the change? He will no longer be the executive director and general counsel of the Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization […]
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