Guest Columns
What about our farmers?
Earlier this year, in the midst of a trade war with China, President Donald Trump announced a $16 billion agriculture bailout, telling Americans, via...
Reject division
By Dr. Samuel Leguizamon Grant(he/they/we)
Not that long ago, Desmond Tutu, who played a key role in the Truth and Reconciliation Process in South Africa,...
Market forces for products, not people
There is a lot of discussion about teacher pay in the United States, and Colorado is no exception. What gets less attention is the...
Danish is all about propaganda
I occasionally cruise articles by Paul Danish to see what regurgitated right-wing propaganda looks like. His article on the “slobs” of Standing Rock was exemplary.
I...
Immigration courthouse arrests undermine justice
Since President Trump took office last year, immigration enforcement officers from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have dramatically...
Congress must restore refugee resettlement
In response to President Trump’s executive order on Jan. 27, Colorado resettlement agencies, local organizations, refugee leaders and community members urge Colorado’s congressional delegation...
Monitoring for invisible dangers
As communities across the country work to cut their emissions and ensure they are safe from environmental accidents, accurate testing of our air quality...
No more
After the horrific shooting in Orlando, there are some facts we might want to consider:
• A homegrown (U.S.-born, U.S. citizen) Islamist terrorist committed the...
The Justice Department shouldn’t be snooping on journalists
At a time when President Trump regularly attacks the news media, the Department of Justice may be preparing to make it easier for the...
How the Trump administration targets immigrants
The Trump administration has yet to break ground for its promised border wall to keep the undocumented out of the United States, but by...
Think freedom
Do you like the fact that Colorado politicians must ask us first before they raise our taxes or debt? They sure don’t like it.
Our...
Listening through a prism
Readers of Haley Gray’s April 14, 2016 “Boulder-Nablus Sister City Project heads back to council” might have been surprised when just four days later...