Opinion
Letters: April 27, 2023
THE ANSWER TO GUN VIOLENCE
Let’s imagine a gun control paradise where the Second Amendment is repealed, and all privately owned guns are outlawed, and...
Is gun machismo destabilizing the US with paranoia and murder?
The pandemic inspired a gun-buying surge. Americans purchased approximately 60 million guns between 2020 and 2022, according to The Trace, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news...
The Women, Life, Freedom movement in Iran is encouraging as we...
How do we organize together in social movements with longevity? Our collective strategies, our power analyses, and our direct action can bring about lasting...
Letters: April 20, 2023
STOP DYNAMIC TICKET PRICING
When Taylor Swift tickets went on sale last November, the experience highlighted problems in event ticketing.
Colorado has the chance to bring...
Letters: April 13, 2023
Correction
Last week’s news story “Ease the harm” (News, April 6, 2023) conflated Safe Zones 4 Kids’ chang.org petition, which has more than 1,800 signatures,...
Phil Anschutz, powerful but shy Colorado right-wing multibillionaire
Phil Anschutz is one of the richest people in Colorado. But he has considerable national clout. He is notoriously publicity shy and reclusive. Business...
Local events highlight youth leadership in mental health crisis
In recent weeks the mental health crisis devastating our nation’s youth has been getting much-needed attention from the local and national press. For young...
Making the visible invincible
Boulder is a sacred place. The majestic Flatirons blanket the city with the memories of the people native to this land. To live in...
Letters: March 30, 2023
CAN YOU SAY ‘DIRTY HIPPIE’?
I have mixed feelings about BW’s cover story about advice from Boulder’s “meme queen,” particularly the response “Help, I’ve Fallen...
Capitalism’s fascist temptation
In 1928, U.S. Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon pushed the Federal Reserve Board to aggressively hike interest rates to control inflation and credit-fueled stock market...
Letters: March 23, 2023
FRUSTRATION WITH FUNDING FOX
The newest revelations about Fox “News” knowingly airing false, incorrect and deceptive stories about Dominion Voting and the Jan. 6 insurrection,...
Let’s tell the truth about those big, bad wolves
The return of wolves to the West has always been contentious, and the deaths last fall of more than 40 cattle in western Colorado...