Washington could use more iconoclasts like Senator Kyrsten Sinema – but her recent pleas for attention cross the line.
Amy Silverman, Author at PHOENIX magazine
Born and raised in Phoenix, Amy Silverman is a multiple winner of the Virg Hill Arizona Journalist of the Year award. She also penned the memoir My Heart Can’t Even Believe It.
Valley NewsRaising Phoenix: The Aftermath of an Infernal Election Season
Amy SilvermanMarch 23, 2021
Our columnist picks through the aftermath of an infernal election season.
What rough beasts lurk in the orderly asphalt subdivisions and rocky foothills of the Greater Phoenix sprawl?
Valley NewsRaising Phoenix: The Pandemic Intensified Our Love-Hate Relationship with Social Media
Amy SilvermanJanuary 15, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has only intensified our love-hate relationship with social media.
Valley NewsNo Santa This Year
Amy SilvermanNovember 18, 2020
The demise of her favorite Christmastime tradition puts our columnist in a holiday funk – and makes her fret over the future of local business.
Valley NewsRaising Phoenix: Why Getting Rid of Problematic Art Isn’t as Easy as the Swipe of a Brush
Amy SilvermanOctober 26, 2020
Our columnist explains why getting rid of problematic art – or artists – isn’t as simple as it sounds.
Valley NewsRaising Phoenix: What to Do When Your Favorite Artists Break Bad
Amy SilvermanSeptember 16, 2020
What do you do when your favorite artists, comic, filmmakers, et al, break bad?
Valley NewsRaising Phoenix: Rwandan Immigrants Self-Publish Racially Sensitive Coloring Books
Amy SilvermanAugust 27, 2020
Young Rwandan immigrants etch lines of acceptance and purpose via racially sensitive coloring books.
Valley NewsSemester at Sea? Valley kids are going back to school, except if they aren’t
Amy SilvermanJuly 30, 2020
Valley kids are going back to school. Except if they aren’t.
Valley NewsRaising Phoenix: Flower Deficit
Amy SilvermanJune 24, 2020
A disruption to the decorative plant supply chain launches our columnist into COVID-19 self-analysis.
Our columnist sweats the small stuff in this reverie from the early days of the coronavirus outbreak – all of four weeks ago.
A gun-themed wedding pitch triggers our columnist.
Valley NewsRaising Phoenix: Resist. Agitate. Embroider.
Amy SilvermanFebruary 20, 2020
She just wanted a hobby. Instead, she found her voice – one valentine and jump-stitch at a time.
Valley NewsLost in Juvie
Amy SilvermanJanuary 23, 2020
Evaluating the grim scene at Arizona’s lone remaining lockup facility for juvenile offenders.
Valley NewsYesterday’s News
Amy SilvermanDecember 18, 2019
Raised on newspapers, our columnist ponders the election-season news cycle in a print-deprived world.