To the non-sex worker community, Oscar night 2025 may have seemed like a triumph for those currently or formerly in the sex worker community. Anora — an indie flick about a sex worker who marries a Russian oligarch’s son and…
The following contains the analysis and opinions of the author. The author does not speak for the Backpage defendants. On Thursday, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted journalist Michael Lacey’s release from prison pending the outcome of his…
Morgan Loew: Hi everyone. I’m Morgan Lowe standing in for Brianna Whitney on this episode of the True Crime Arizona podcast, Backpage, the tragic story of the founders of the Phoenix New Times. This is the story of the…
The following contains the analysis and opinions of the author and no one else. The author does not speak for the Backpage defendants. Since Sept. 11, when they turned themselves in to federal marshals in Phoenix, the Backpage 3 —…
The following contains the analysis and opinions of the author and no one else. On Sept. 11, 2024, in a black day for freedom of speech, journalist Michael Lacey, the former executive editor of a chain of 17 alt-weeklies known…
THE FOLLOWING REPRESENTS THE OPINIONS OF THE AUTHOR AND NO ONE ELSE. Amid the media frenzy to anoint Vice President Kamala Harris as President Biden’s successor, it’s worth remembering certain inconvenient facts: i.e., hype aside, Harris was not a “progressive…
The following opinion/analysis reflects the views of the author and no one else. UPDATE April 27, 2024: On April 26, the court issued a correction to its previous orders of acquittal. This changed the number of acquittals for Lacey to…
The following opinion/analysis reflects the views of the author and no one else. On Tues., Jan. 23, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Phoenix informed federal Judge Diane Humetewa of its intention to retry veteran journalist Michael Lacey on 84 counts,…
UPDATE JAN. 11, 2024: Judge Humetewa has ordered the government to inform the court by Jan. 23 whether or not it intends to retry Lacey on the 84 hung counts. The following opinion/analysis reflects the views of the author and…
The following opinion piece reflects the views of the author and no one else. It was dusk on Thursday, Nov. 16 as the five Backpage defendants and their attorneys filed out of the steel-and-glass doors of the Sandra Day O’Connor…
