Guest Columns
A close call and a second chance
The light at the end of the tunnel is nearing. Sooner than I anticipated, the post-pandemic world is gradually reopening and spreading its wings....
Toward a slaughter-free America
I remember my first chicken harvest, as it was euphemistically called. It was 1999 and I was 12. In a video of the event, you...
The Child Tax Credit: income for your family
No matter where I go in Colorado, I meet parents who are working incredibly hard — two or three jobs at a time —...
Rep. Neguse shouldn’t let Congress ban FaceTime and Amazon Prime
Imagine a world in which Amazon isn’t allowed to offer Prime free shipping. Or Google can’t show you a map of the top-ranked pizza...
It’s time to vaccinate the world
President Joe Biden’s commitment to donate 500 million COVID-19 vaccine doses (sufficient to fully vaccinate 250 million people) was great news but, with billions...
Spine Road’s affordable and workforce housing would add diversity and opportunity...
I’m writing in response to a May 27 op-ed by the Gunbarrel Community Alliance (GCA) (Re: “The poor door and the pattern of legalized...
Make farm work a humane occupation
I am a farmer in Boulder County, and I wholeheartedly support the agricultural worker’s rights bill, SB21-087, that is being debated in the Colorado House...
The ‘poor door’ and the pattern of legalized segregation in Boulder
Many in the Gunbarrel community are concerned that the proposed development located on the Celestial Seasonings property will continue Boulder’s affordable housing history of...
Agricultural rights’ bill will harm workers it purports to help
Senate bill 21-087, Agricultural Workers’ Rights, contrary to its title, will significantly reduce the paychecks of Colorado ag employees.
A Colorado farmworker under the U.S....
Asylum seekers need compassion, not surveillance
When President Biden released his budget on April 9, a little-known part of it hit very close to home for me. I recently accompanied...
COVID carnage in India
Over the last 10 days, witnessing the bleak and horrific toll that COVID has taken across India, and all territories that India illegally occupies,...
PERA should divest from fossil fuels for the climate as well...
Colorado legislators and Colorado’s state pension fund — Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA) — should be paying close attention to the fact that a...
