Stephen Lemons

Stephen Lemons is a former staff writer and columnist at Phoenix New Times. He continues to cover Arizona news and politics for New Times with support from the grant-funded Arizona Watchdog Project.

Latest Stories

Miscarriage of Justice: Donald Trump’s War on Pregnant Migrants

By Stephen Lemons

a series of presidents-as-dominos — from bill clinton to george bush to barack obama to joe biden — knock into each other, pushing a trump domino onto a small family in the desert

How Clinton and Obama Helped Build Trump’s Mass Deportation Machine

By Stephen Lemons

Backpage.com Shuts Down Adult Pages, Citing Censorship

By Stephen Lemons

California Judge Issues Tentative Ruling, Throws Out Criminal Charges Against CEO and Former Owners of Backpage.com

By Stephen Lemons

When Arizona’s Immigration Law is Upheld, the Floodgates of Hate Will Swing Open

By Stephen Lemons

Operation Streamline costs taxpayers millions, tramples on the Constitution, treats immigrants like cattle and doesn’t work. So why are the feds so committed to it?

By Stephen Lemons