It’s Elementary
Unifying the City’s many school districts seems like a logical way to put more money into classrooms, but voters may not let this idea move to the head of the class come November. […]
3:05 am
Apr 2008
7:33 pm
Apr 2008
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 with PHOENIX magazine, those closest to Carol relive the moments leading up to her death. […]
3:10 am
Mar 2008
Near-Death Experience
Two lives were nearly ruined the night a PHOENIX magazine columnist drank a glass of wine and got behind the wheel. Luckily, Arizona’s new DUI laws saved them both. […]
7:42 pm
Feb 2008
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 Arizona? […]
3:20 am
Jan 2008
If I Were Queen
It’s time to be Queen for a minute. That’s all they give me, just this one column once a year, in which I get to pretend I could change/improve/enlighten/fix the 48th state. If I could just be the all-powerful Queen of Arizona. […]
3:36 pm
Dec 2007
Handbook of Acceptance
A new Muslim handbook for teenagers is fighting ignorance and the burning question of youth. The Paradise Valley family who wrote the book knows a little something about both. […]
3:47 pm
Nov 2007
We’re No. 1
From carpooling to ‘Kids Voting’, Arizona leads the nation in some pretty positive ways, but not all of our first-place distinctions are worthy bragging about. […]
3:57 pm
Oct 2007
Disorder in the Court
Sheriff Joe Arpaio has seen his fairs share of lawsuits alleging lousy conditions in his jails, but the mother of all cases is one he inherited from the 70’s – and it still hasn’t been settled. […]
4:03 pm
Sep 2007
Downtown Phoenix Public Market
IT’S 6:30 A.M. ON A SATURDAY MORNING and Tommy Davis is setting out his grandmother’s home-canned goods at the Downtown Phoenix Public Market. Today, Earnestness “Ernie” Riley has pickled beets, chow-chow, strawberry-rhubarb jam and a new batch of the best blueberry jelly you’ve ever tasted, made from berries flown [...]
6:12 pm
Sep 2007
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. […]