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Massachusetts School Hides Pre-Teens’ ‘Gender Identity’ from Parents—and Goldwater Takes Action
Two Massachusetts parents were blindsided when they learned that middle school officials had been referring to their two pre-teens by different names and pronouns—and deliberately hiding it from both parents. Now, they...
Week in Review: Why Her ‘Princess’ Dream Matters
When 3-year-old Keira Riley grows up, she wants to be Princess Elsa from the Disney movie Frozen . That Keira, who has a rare and usually fatal genetic brain disease, is growing up in the first place is a testament t...
New Goldwater Report: Free-Market Reforms Can Help Secure Arizona’s Water Future
PHOENIX – Arizona is in the middle of one of the worst droughts in its history. Water supplies throughout the state are dwindling. The state is facing drastic cuts to its Colorado River allocations, posing a major ...
What Is Phoenix Hiding?
The City of Phoenix and its union enablers have shut the public out of its most recent contract negotiations—a process that is funded by Phoenix taxpayers and affects where their money is spent—in violation of Arizon...
Constitutional Rights
Massachusetts School Hides Pre-Teens’ ‘Gender Identity’ from Parents—and Goldwater Takes Action
Two Massachusetts parents were blindsided when they learned that middle school officials had been referring to their two pre-teens by..
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Week in Review: Why Her ‘Princess’ Dream Matters
When 3-year-old Keira Riley grows up, she wants to be Princess Elsa from the Disney movie Frozen. That Keira, who..
Featured
New Goldwater Report: Free-Market Reforms Can Help Secure Arizona’s Water Future
PHOENIX – Arizona is in the middle of one of the worst droughts in its history. Water supplies throughout the..
Constitutional Rights
What Is Phoenix Hiding?
The City of Phoenix and its union enablers have shut the public out of its most recent contract negotiations—a process..
Education
Anti-School Choice Group ‘Save Our Schools’ Endorses Racial Discrimination
The Arizona state senate advanced a historic measure this week to protect racial equality and prohibit public agencies from discriminating..
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Policymakers Must Do Away With Our Outdated Healthcare Regulatory System
Keira Riley turned 3 years old in January. She loves mac and cheese, would buy a Barbie Lego if she..
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Week in Review: Why won’t Phoenix enforce the law in the homeless “Zone”?
Law and order have given way to death and depravity. Downtown Phoenix’s “The Zone,” where more than 1,000 homeless people..
Education
‘School Choice’ & Homeschool Families Must Fight Together
President Reagan once famously quipped, “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government, and..
Education
States Winning on School Choice, Tee Up Academic Transparency
2023 has opened the floodgates of educational freedom. Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ “Arkansas LEARNS” package cleared both chambers of her..
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A Wasteland of Corpses, Living and Dead: A Devastating Inside Look at Phoenix’s Homeless Zone
Intense poverty, frequent crime, social instability, high mortality, poor living standards: these qualities describe third-world countries. They also describe “The..
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