Macy Petty Charles, who now lives in Mesa, skipped prom in high school to chase a college volleyball scholarship. At a national club tournament packed with college scouts, she looked across the net. "I realized that my opponent was a man," she said, "and it wasn't...
5 Minutes for Families
Buildings came down that morning. We did not.
At 5:46 this morning, in the dark at Tempe Beach Park, volunteers began reading names. They start at 5:46 because that is what time it was here when the first plane hit. Arizona does not change its clocks, so while New York watched it happen at 8:46, most of this...
Four Words That Protected 100,000 Arizona Students
Somewhere in Arizona this summer, a man set up a folding table outside a grocery store with a clipboard and a stack of petitions. And somewhere in Arizona this summer, a mother pushing a cart with a toddler in the seat stopped, listened to his pitch, and said,...
A Session That Stood for Arizona’s Families
As the 2026 legislative session closes, here is the honest tally — real victories, hard setbacks, and the fight that now moves to the ballot box. When the gavel fell this month to close Arizona’s 2026 legislative session, my first thought was of you, the CAP...
A Battle We Cannot Afford to Lose — And a Path Forward
This week I want to talk directly with you about something that has been consuming our attention for months and that I believe represents one of the most consequential decisions for Arizona families in years. You need to know about the threat, about a potential deal...
Freedom’s Long Arc — and Ours
On the day news of freedom finally reached Galveston, conviction crossed an ocean and bent the arc of a culture. It’s the same conviction that calls CAP and every Arizona family today It took two and a half years. The Emancipation Proclamation had been signed in 1863,...
A Movement Begins: CAP launches the Renewing Arizona Families Initiative
The Arizona State Capitol Rose Garden was warm on Tuesday morning. The legislators, the pastors, the ministry partners, they all knew the data was going to be sobering. What they did not fully know was how much hope was about to be poured out from that podium. Senate...
NEW REPORT: MARRIAGE IS ARIZONA’S MOST UNDERUSED ANTI-POVERTY TOOL
Renewing Arizona Families: Join Us Tuesday Night Behind every Arizona statistic about poverty, education, and child welfare, there is a quieter story about family. On Tuesday, Center for Arizona Policy (CAP) will release the Renewing Arizona Families report in...
Two Petitions. One Target. Why You Should Decline to Sign Both.
Picture a quiet ESA family in north Phoenix. Their daughter spent three years falling behind in a one-size-fits-all classroom, coming home in tears, convinced she could not learn. Today she attends a small school where teachers know her name, her faith is honored, and...
The Tool Arizona Needs to Use
The most underused tool for fighting poverty in Arizona isn't a new program. It's a wedding ring. Recently, Center for Arizona Policy and the Institute for Family Studies released the 2026 Family Structure Index, a national study that ranks Arizona’s family structure...