The Arizona Republic is a newspaper published in Phoenix, Arizona. It is the state's largest newspaper, and it circulates throughout Arizona. Phoenix Uptown (northern skyline) in 2004, looking north Phoenix is the capital, largest city and largest metropolitan area in the state of Arizona, United States. ... State nickname: The Grand Canyon State, The Copper State Other U.S. States Capital Phoenix Largest city Phoenix Governor Janet Napolitano Official languages English Only State Area 295,254 km² (6th)  - Land 294,312 km²  - Water 942 km² (0. ...

The Arizona Republic is the foremost newspaper in the city of Phoenix, Arizona (466,926 circ.) and statewide as well. It is owned by the Gannett newspaper chain. Gannett Company, Inc. ...

The newspaper was started in the late 1800s, under the name The Arizona Republican. Back then, it was known for its rather racist points of view, particularly against Indians, blacks and Mexicans. 1800 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Racism - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... POV is an acronym for: Point of view POV is used allot on the wikipeidia talk pages to describe a discouraged form of biased modifications to the articles. ... Black is a color with several subtle differences in meaning. ...

Over the years, the newspaper changed its name and its views on race. During the mid-1990s, the newspaper merged with Phoenix's other large newspaper, The Phoenix Gazette. Also during the 1990s, it gave much coverage to the boxing career of Michael Carbajal, a Mexican-American fighter. During the 2000s, The Arizona Republic has followed the career of another Mexican-American boxer, Jesus Gonzales, very closely. In addition, the newspaper has Hispanic writers such as Mark Armijo and Richard Ruelas, as well as some important black writers. // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but keeping the same mind-set. ... // Boxing Wiki For further information refer to the mediawiki based Boxing Wiki 2004 Armed Forces Amateur Boxing Championships, held in 2003. ... Michael Carbajal (born September 17, 1967) is a Phoenix native who was a four-time world boxing champion. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jesus Ernesto Gonzales (born 1985) is a Mexican-American former amateur boxer who was considered by boxing critics to be the United States top medal contender for the 2004 Olympics in Athens. ... Hispanic, as used in the United States, is one of several terms used to categorize native and naturalized U.S. citizens, permanent residents and temporary immigrants, whose background hail either from Spain, the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America or the original settlers of the traditionally Spanish-held Southwestern United...

An investigative report for the newspaper, Don Bolles, was the victim of a car-bombing on June 2, 1976, dying eleven days afterwards. He had been lured to a meeting in Phoenix in the course of work on a story and the bomb detonated as he started his car to leave. Retaliation against his pursuit of organized crime in Arizona is thought to be a motive in the murder. Dan Bolles was a reporter for the Arizona Republic newspaper. ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

In 1998, a weekly section geared towards college students, The Rep, went into circulation. Specialized content is also available in the local sections produced for many of the different cities that make up the Phoenix metropolitan area. 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... A college (Latin collegium) can be the name of any group of colleagues; originally it meant a group of people living together under a common set of rules (con-, together + leg-, law). As a consequence members of colleges were originally styled fellows and still are in some places. ...

One of Arizona's most well known sports writers, Norm Frauenheim, works for the Arizona Republic. Other notable figures include cartoonist Steve Benson, crime/community issues writer Laurie Roberts, and political writer Keven Willey. Norm Frauenheim (born c. ... Steve Benson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning U.S. editorial cartoonist for The Arizona Republic. ...

The Arizona Republic editorial board endorsed President George W. Bush in both the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections. George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician and the 43rd and current President of the United States. ... Presidential electoral votes by state. ...

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