Arizona

February 28, 2014

How the Media Mislead the Public About Arizona’s Religious Freedom Amendment

Would you be surprised to hear that the mainstream media hasn’t been telling you the whole story? Probably not. The failings of the media has been a perennial story since 131 BC when the first newspaper, Acta Diurna, was published in Rome. Continue Reading...

March 05, 2012

Audio: Rev. Robert A. Sirico in Phoenix, Arizona

On February 16th, Acton Institute President Rev. Robert A. Sirico spoke to an audience in Phoenix, Arizona, delivering an address entitled “The Moral Adventure of the Free Society.” We’re pleased to bring you the audio of that address via the audio player below: [audio:http://bonhoeffer.acton.org/acton_media/mp3/2012/2012-02-16_Sirico.mp3] Continue Reading...

April 18, 2011

Report: School-choice advocates cheer Supreme Court ruling in Arizona case

Our Sunday Visitor, the Catholic newspaper, interviewed Acton Research Fellow Kevin Schmiesing for a story about the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that threw out a lawsuit against an Arizona tax-credit program that helps private schools. Continue Reading...

August 26, 2010

Health Care Subsidiarity: Continued

The escalating legal battle over the recent health care legislation has spilled out of the federal judiciary into state governments. An August 14 story from the New York Times reports: Faced with the need to review insurance rates and enforce a panoply of new rights granted to consumers, states are scrambling to make sure they have the necessary legal authority to carry out the responsibilities being placed on them by President Obama’s health care law. Continue Reading...