5 essays from Arizona Talks Voices exploring this thread. Back to all Voices →
An Arizona entrepreneur and community-development leader argues that mail-in voting and accessible polling places are how working parents, seniors, and tribal and rural voters actually get to participate.
Former state senator Steve Kaiser argues that the most powerful influence on a politician is an informed constituent. He walks through how voters can build real civic relationships with the people who represent them.
As Republicans push to end the filibuster, a former GOP congressman urges restraint — and offers a lesson from history.
I’ve spent more than three decades in Arizona’s public life — most of it in media, where the job is to observe, analyze, and, at times, amplify the noise. For a long time, that felt like enough. You cover the story. You move on to the next one. But something changed. In recent years, especially around our elections, I found myself less interested in the daily headlines and more drawn to what was happening underneath them. The arguments were getting louder, the lines sharper, the trust thinner.
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