Hispanic voters played a pivotal role in this election. If current trends continue, they may turn other parts of the country as blue as they just turned New Mexico.
By Alex Koppelman Nov 13, 2008
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Obama pulls within a point of McCain in new Arizona poll, and goes on the air in the Republican's home state.
By Gabriel Winant
October 31, 2008
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The GOP front-runner celebrates before a crowd used to seeing him make comebacks.
By Terry Greene Sterling
February 6, 2008
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Republican hard-liners have a potent hatred for their front-runner. But soon he may be sitting prettier -- with a win by Hillary Clinton.
By Jim Nintzel
February 4, 2008
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Released without bail.
By David Puner
January 2, 2007
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What Democrats can learn from the failure of the gay marriage ban in Arizona.
By Glenn Greenwald
November 15, 2006
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Democrats have a shot at a Senate seat and several House races, but a new voter I.D. law could keep many of their supporters from voting.
By Art Levine
November 6, 2006
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Democrats are poised to pick up a U.S. House seat in Arizona. Can Republican Randy Graf stop them by exploiting voters' fears of illegal immigrants?
By Jim Nintzel
October 2, 2006
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A warming climate could spell the end for a protected pit viper in Arizona.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
August 18, 2006
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There was Florida in 2000 and Ohio in 2004. Here are the six states where vote suppression could cost voters their voice -- and Democrats the election -- in 2006.
By Art Levine
August 15, 2006
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Over the past five years, a fundamentalist Mormon "prophet" has banished as many as 400 boys from his Arizona town. Now the teens, once forbidden to even watch a movie, are adrift in a world of drugs, girls and depression.
By Kimberly Sevcik
July 6, 2006
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Look beyond the sprawl and congestion of this desert state with books from Wallace Stegner, Geronimo and Barbara Kingsolver -- and an unlikely guide to the Grand Canyon.
By Stephen Amidon
June 15, 2006
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The Arizona woman who tried to use her unborn child to avoid a ticket for driving solo in the carpool lane is out of luck.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
January 11, 2006
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An Arizona law would exempt mamas who show some nipple while feeding their kids from getting arrested.
By Rebecca Traister
January 9, 2006
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A polygamy-centered religious sect in Utah and Arizona forces women to marry against their will. Why isn't anyone doing anything about it?
By Rebecca Traister
October 25, 2005
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It was supposed to be a storybook tale of young refugees triumphing against all odds. But an alarming number of Sudan's "Lost Boys" have spiraled into alcohol abuse, crime and even fratricide. What went wrong?
By Leigh Flayton
August 25, 2005
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An anti-immigrant ballot initiative with ties to racist groups threatens to split the GOP and derail Bush's chances in Arizona.
By Max Blumenthal
October 18, 2004
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In Arizona, home of American conservatism's feisty icon, independent-minded voters may have a nasty surprise for George W. Bush.
By Sidney Blumenthal
February 26, 2004
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Arizona militia members, a Colorado Republican and a national group with white supremacist ties have made a remote stretch of the Mexico border a flash point for anti-immigrant hostility.
By Max Blumenthal
May 22, 2003
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In a case that could free hundreds from death row, the conservative Supreme Court justice finds that his support for the rights of juries clashes with his staunch advocacy of the death penalty.
By Dave Lindorff
June 12, 2002
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When Duke meets Arizona for the NCAA title, the winner will be whoever can get closer to playing a whole game, which nobody's been doing so far.
By King Kaufman
April 2, 2001
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George W. Bush would like to discharge openly gay soldiers from the Army. So why is Lt. Steve May, the openly gay Arizona legislator, endorsing him?
By Deb Schwartz
October 26, 2000
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In Phoenix, Tom Liddy is running for office. Anne Kleindienst isn't. Too bad for us.
By Amy Silverman
August 7, 2000
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Our expert directs travelers to French art workshops, Disneyland/Grand Canyon vacations and flight-tracking Web sites.
By Donald D. Groff
April 5, 2000
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How to see the West by train, visit France at the right time and find a bed at the New Orleans Jazz Fest.
By Donald D. Groff
March 30, 2000