When you begin an endeavor such as Arizona List, I can’t imagine you understand the depth of your contribution. Nevertheless, that impact is felt by many and in many different ways. Recently I met a women, an Arizona native who drove down the mountain from Flagstaff in support of Mayoral candidate Coral Evans. She was…

excerpted from US News and World Report by David Brock Conservative media figures and politicians have tried to turn the attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, into a political weapon against the Obama administration for more than three years. Armed with lies and misinformation, their attempts to paint a partisan witch hunt as a…

Love Wins… On Friday, October 17, Arizona’s marriage equality ban was deemed unconstitutional and marriage equality became the law of the land. Largely, the public was overjoyed about this decision. In September 2013, the Behavior Research Center reported that approximately 55% of Arizonans support marriage equality. Immediately following the ruling, several same-sex couples celebrated the…

On September 9th, I began my internship with Arizona List. At noon, I sat in an informal meeting with the other interns at Tucson’s Expresso Art Café where our responsibilities and commitments were explained. Immediately, I was thrilled to start. I so admire that Arizona List exists to empower women in politics and advance political…

Citizens United in review… As you might recall, in 2008 a conservative lobbyist group called Citizens United wanted to air a film titled Hillary: The Movie. The film criticizes Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who at that time was competing for the Democratic nomination in the presidential election. Courts in the District of Columbia determined…

“We’re either at the table, or we’re on the menu.”   These words, spoken by Jennifer Granholm, former governor of Michigan and keynote speaker at the recent 2014 Arizona Democratic Party Heritage Dinner, truly struck a chord with me. At the time, she was speaking about the importance of an active Democratic voice on a…

Under the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, the Health and Human Services Department issued a regulation requiring employers to offer women’s preventive health insurance coverage, including 20 forms of contraception. On June 30th, in a 5-4 ruling, the court ruled that closely-held, profit-making corporations, such as Hobby Lobby, controlled by religious families cannot…

The beginning of a new year means reviewing the past one. Though 2014 has just begun, the crazy antics of 2013 are still fresh in our minds. With the 41st anniversary of Roe v. Wade this week, we should have made more way for women to have legal authority over their own bodies. However, it…