AltWeeklies Wire
Unbalancednew
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's response to Jared Loughner? Slash services from an already beleaguered mental-health system.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin and Amy Silverman |
01-21-2011 |
Policy Issues
Jan Brewer's Criminally Insane Son and His Mysteriously Sealed Filenew
Ronald Brewer is not just mentally ill. He was deemed criminally insane in 1990, following a July 1989 arrest and subsequent indictment for the sexual assault and kidnapping of a Phoenix woman. On January 9, 2009, in a very unusual move, his criminal case files were sealed.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin and Amy Silverman |
09-08-2010 |
Politics
Tags: Jan Brewer
Suicidal Tendencies: The Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections Is a Bloody Messnew
The Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections is supposed to educate and rehabilitate juvenile delinquents. Instead, the agency has become the state's adolescent mental hospital, a job it's clearly not equipped to handle.
Phoenix New Times |
Amy Silverman |
12-22-2009 |
Crime & Justice
A Mother Finally Got the Help She Needed for Her Troubled Son -- By Having Him Arrestednew
If you have a seriously mentally ill kid, and you can't afford treatment, you can have your kid hauled before a judge. And that judge has the power to get services for your kid -- as long as you're willing to give up custody of your child to the state of Arizona.
Phoenix New Times |
Amy Silverman |
10-13-2009 |
Children & Families
How John McCain Has Abandoned His Fellow Veteransnew
His fame's based on his POW status, but Senator John McCain's made a point of voting against fellow veterans.
Phoenix New Times |
Amy Silverman |
10-23-2008 |
Politics
As a Working Mother of a Child with Down Syndrome, Sarah Palin Makes Me Sicknew
Palin is shamelessly using her personal life to sell her candidacy in a way that's reminiscent of just one other politician I can think of -- and that's John McCain. But at least in McCain's case, he's his own pawn, vis-a-vis his POW story. Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper, and Trig are their mother's pawns.
Phoenix New Times |
Amy Silverman |
09-16-2008 |
Commentary
Postmodern John McCain: The Presidential Candidate Some Arizonans Know ... and Loathenew
I've been a writer and editor at New Times for 15 years. For much of that time, I wrote about Arizona politics, which is to say that I wrote about John McCain. It's still odd to see the guy in the spotlight, because for quite a while, I was pretty much the only one covering him.
Phoenix New Times |
Amy Silverman |
08-12-2008 |
Politics
The Kids Are Not All Rightnew
AltWeeklies Award - Investigative Reporting
Phoenix New Times |
Amy Silverman |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
From the Archives: Is John McCain Really a War Hero?new
March 25, 1999: The senator's five years as a prisoner of war have been widely viewed as heroic. But as he prepares a White House bid, a small group of detractors is determined to expose him as a wartime traitor.
Phoenix New Times |
Amy Silverman |
03-11-2008 |
Politics
From the Archives: Opiate For the Mrs.new
Sept. 8, 1994: When laws are broken, somebody's got to be punished. In the case of Cindy McCain, that somebody is Tom Gosinski.
Phoenix New Times |
Jeremy Voas and Amy Silverman |
03-06-2008 |
Politics
From the Archives: John McCain: Haunted by Spiritsnew
Feb. 17, 2000: John McCain derived his wealth from his marriage to Cindy Hensley McCain, whose father started his road to riches as a bootlegger. As a politician, the senator has remained beholden to the liquor industry and the family business.
Phoenix New Times |
Amy Silverman and John Dougherty |
02-27-2008 |
Politics
From the Archives: John McCain, Pampered Politiciannew
May 15, 1997: The Arizona Senator is ready for a presidential run -- if the national press corps has anything to say about it.
Phoenix New Times |
Amy Silverman |
02-22-2008 |
Politics
The Scarlet Letternew
Sophie Fisher is autistic -- her mother isn't so sure she wants you to know.
Phoenix New Times |
Amy Silverman |
12-13-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Teenage Wastelandnew
It's up to Gov. Napolitano to reform corrections for juveniles -- or at least make sure someone's watching over them.
Phoenix New Times |
Amy Silverman |
11-07-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Is Phoenix So Bad?new
The fifth-largest city in the United States has an inferiority complex. It's totally camp to hate Phoenix.
Phoenix New Times |
Amy Silverman |
05-17-2005 |
Commentary
