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Most Urgent Issue in Arizona: Back to School in the Era of COVID-19
As parents, students, and educators, with all their unique circumstances, contemplate returning to school, COVID-19 presents major challenges for K-12 education. Other countries that have reopened schools successfully have much lower rates of community transmission than found in the United States, along with robust testing and contracting tracing programs. Even so, some of these schools […]
Continue readingVote Saturday or Monday for August 4 Primary
Coconino County voters that may have health concerns or worry about contracting the COVID 19 coronavirus can participate in emergency early voting at several locations across the county on Saturday, August 1 and Monday, August 3. Voters taking advantage of emergency early voting will be required to complete a form stating that they have an […]
Continue readingShould We Open Our Schools?
By Carrie Sampson First, let me position myself. I am a mother of two school-aged children, an incoming kindergarten and third grader. I am an educator. As a faculty member at Arizona State University, I teach and research educational equity, leadership, and policy. I am mixed-race, with Latinx and Black heritage, born and raised in […]
Continue readingWhere and When to Vote in the Arizona Primary!
The August 4 Primary Election is next Tuesday. All registered voters in Coconino County are eligible to vote in the Primary Election. Sample ballots were mailed to households with registered voters that are not on the Permanent Early Voting List (PEVL) or have not requested an early ballot. The sample ballot includes the name and […]
Continue readingWill COVID-19 Hospital Data Disappear?
It Already Has. How the Trump Administration Is Denying Access to Critical COVID-19 Information. On July 10, 2020, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ordered hospitals, hospital laboratories, and acute care facilities as of July 15 to stop reporting COVID-19 data to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (the primary […]
Continue readingWorld-Class Education in Every ZIP Code: The Biden-Sanders Unity Platform
Highlights: It is the government’s responsibility to ensure that every child, everywhere, is able to receive a world-class education that enables them to lead meaningful lives, no matter their race, ZIP code, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or household income. Guaranteeing Universal High-Quality Early Childhood Education. Democrats support: working with states to offer pre-K […]
Continue readingWe’re Proud To Be Part of Northeast Arizona Native Democrats
Apache, Coconino, and Navajo County Democratic Parties have formed a coalition to get out the Native vote and give voice to Dine and Hopi citizens. The coalition has hired Jaynie Parish, formerly of Emily’s List, as Executive Director. Follow Northeast Arizona Native Democrats on Facebook and watch and listen for our paid organizers in all […]
Continue readingLatinos for Black Lives Matter
by Sarah Benatar Our separate struggles are really one – a struggle for freedom, for dignity and for humanity . . . You and your fellow workers have demonstrated your commitment to righting grievous wrongs forced upon exploited people. We are together with you in spirit and in determination that our dreams for a better […]
Continue readingHappy Birthday, CFPB!
Ten years ago today, President Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Act into law, creating the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. It had been a long, tough fight, in the wake of the financial crisis — and it’s important that we never forget what brought us to that fight. Like so many of our nation’s problems, the financial […]
Continue readingA Stronger, Fairer Economy: The Biden-Sanders Unity Platform
Highlights: Democrats stand ready to take immediate, decisive action to pull the economy out of President Trump’s recession by investing in infrastructure, care work, clean energy, and small businesses to put tens of millions of Americans to work in good-paying jobs, shoring up state and local budgets to save jobs and protect public health in […]
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