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​Former political columnist for the Phoenix New Times,  who has written for numerous publications including Phoenix Magazine, Salon, Los Angeles Times, Splice Today, Jacobin and many others.

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Multiple Pieces

• ​Phoenix Magazine
• Phoenix New Times​
• Salon
• ​Front Page Confidential

Featured Stories​

• Cowboy Down: The Tangled Arizona Legacy of Lawrence Tenney Stevens
• When Kyrsten Sinema Tried to Stop the Recall of an Anti-Immigrant Zealot
• Monster Mash: Arizona’s Scariest People
• Spotlight: Carlos Garcia, City Hall Firebrand
• Madhouse on McDowell: An Unabashedly Premature Oral History of AZ's Election Recount
• Recovery on the Rocks: Phoenix's New Comeback Kids
• Show Low Musician Punks Arizona Legislature
• Martyred at the Mic? ASU Removed a Student radio Station Manager Due to an Unwoke Tweet. Does the Cronkite School Have a Free Speech Problem? 
• ​Once Upon a Time . . . in Tempe: The Early Days of Phoenix New Times
• Heart of Glass: Famed Phoenix Chef Christopher Gross Carefully Crafts His Dream Eatery High Atop the Wrigley Mansion
• Cast Away: Jeff Flake Sacrificed His Political Career to Defy the GOP and President Trump
• Callback Maestro: Mike Watkiss on his Memoir and Movies
• The Avengers: The Elite Phoenix PD Squad That Smashed Violent Valley Fascists
• Neo-Nazi Travis Ricci Dodges the Needle for Murder; Jury Saw No Hate Crime
• Ms. Brains vs. Mr. Brawn: The Battle for Phoenix Mayor
• Blood Cult: Utah’s Polygamous Kingston Clan Mixes Incest and White Supremacy with Old-Fashioned Capitalism
• ​21st-Century Viking: The Life and Death of Ex-Con, Tattoo Artist, and Heathen Warrior Jubel Dean Perkins​​