Featured Story – Phoenix Magazine
You’re Sick? It’s All In Your Head
The same symptoms kept showing up, more than half the workers were sick, but “officially” there was nothing wrong. Wait till you learn what that means for your office job. [...]
The Lone Butte Nine
Loretta Avent has had an interesting and challenging career -from the White House to Phoenix – but she has never fought as hard as she has in the past few [...]
Arizona’s Broken Arrow: Did Arizona State University Genetically Rape the Havasupai Tribe?
For years, the tribe that lives at the bottom of the Grand Canyon has been seeking justice for what it calls ‘genetic piracy,’ claiming ASU misused blood samples from most [...]
I fought the law and . . .
The late-night, at-home arrests of New Times executives last fall sent shockwaves through Arizona. Was it an “inappropriate abuse” of police powers exercised by Sheriff Joe Arpaio and County Attorney [...]
MAN ON FIRE
AFTER 30 YEARS OF SOLVING THE PHOENIX POLICE DEPARTMENT’S GRITTIEST CRIMES, JACK BALLENTINE DECIDED RETIREMENT JUST WASN’T FOR HIM. NOW, AFTER A YEAR OF TACKLING – AND SOLVING – ARSON [...]
CAROL’S BROKEN DREAMS:
Here’s what we know: Carol Anne Gotbaum accidentally strangled herself to death at Sky Harbor Airport last September. Why, how and who’s to blame are less clear. In exclusive interviews [...]
Dissecting Arizona
Thousands of saguaros uprooted. Dozens of bighorn sheep killed. Rivers ravaged. George H. Johnson holds three state records that beg the same question: Is he the worst developer in [...]
IS SANDRA DOWLING AN INNOCENT WOMAN?
The County Schools Superintendent is charged with ripping off the homeless children of Downtown’s Pappas School, but a PHOENIX magazine investigation turns up new evidence that suggests it isn’t true. [...]
TO CATCH A RAPIST
Before the Baseline Killer and Serial Shooters, there was the A.M. Rapist, who assaulted women all over Phoenix in the wee hours of the morning and managed to elude police [...]
THREE-YEAR NIGHTMARE
Lois Fraley thought the worst was over when she walked out of the Lewis Prison tower on Super Bowl Sunday, 2004. She had survived the longest prison hostage crisis in [...]
Jana’s View Articles
Judgement Day
For all of the recent legal investigations involving two Maricopa County officials, it was a little-known Phoenix judge who blew the whistle on them first. […]
A New Song
Arizona’s religious leaders say it’s time for a ‘moral voice’ on immigration, but they’ve got their work cut out for them. […]
Cut and Runs
An anti-tax group has a radical plan to balance the state’s budget. Could it work, or would its drastic cuts dismantle Arizona’s government completely? […]
The Dirt on Clean Elections
Clean Elections was supposed to keep big money out of public elections and give us better state government. Is it doing its job or just making things worse?. [...]
If I Were Queen
The queen is back, and this year she’s not happy about the state of her kingdom. If some things don’t shape up, it’s ‘off with their heads’! . [...]
Weird Science
Legislators played dirty budget games in their lab, and the results might cause a complete meltdown of science foundation arizona. To listen to Republican Representative Sam Crump of Anthem speak, you [...]
Dear Disabled, You’re Cut Off
With the recent closing of Arizona’s office for Americans With Disabilities, The message that the state is sending to the disabled is clear. […]
Canal Vision
An ASU professor’s plan to create scenic villages around our unsightly canals could make Phoenix the Venice of the West.. PHOENIX – AMERICA’S LARGEST DESERT CITY – has more canals than [...]
Goldwater’s Group Goes After Arpaio
Something’s amiss when even the Most Conservative Think Tank in Arizona is calling on Sheriff Joe to get his act together. […]
Yes, Sanra Dowling Was Innocent
Yes, Sanra Dowling Was Innocent BUT THE BOGUS CRIMINAL CHARGES SHE FACED COST HER EVERYTHING, AND NOW SHE’S SUING TO GET SOME SEMBLANCE OF HER LIFE BACK. […]