Orange County once was an anti-immigrant hotbed. What changed?

For decades, I was able to disagree with my hometown orange County. It was like a Civic version of Broadway’s classic, “You can do everything (I can do it better).” Cue of low light reel! In a 1986 time magazine article, Harold Ezel, a new port beach, criticized immigrants in the western part of the […]

How Phoenix Became a Hotbed for Mixed Martial Arts Champions

Paul Margitas has his hands raised in triumph by the referee and is wearing the Romanian flag. His fight has another flag on the band of his shorts, with a copper star against a series of red and gold ribbons. The 20-year-old mixed martial artist from Phoenix wipes his forehead with a gloved hand and […]