By Connor Olsen On paper, a FDA-approved futuristic device that can drastically improve quality of life while simultaneously keeping humans up to speed with artificial intelligence seems like it could...

On Feb. 1, a large crowd urged the Boulder City Council to pass a resolution demanding a ceasefire in Gaza. The Boulder Reporting Lab described a raucous and chaotic scene...

Let states decide According to all the “experts,” it seems very likely that the SCOTUS will overturn Colorado’s decision to take Trump off the ballot. Their logic is apparently represented...

By Ryan DeCrescent The other day, an older gentleman’s T-shirt caught my attention. The front read:  The atmosphere is:  78% nitrogen 21% oxygen 2% H2O 0.04% CO2   Great — inarguable facts! However, the T-shirt’s...

Six in ten Coloradans want “big, fundamental changes to the healthcare system,” according to a 2022 poll from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Nearly half of them put off recommended...

Downplaying danger As a fellow human also “seeking a peaceful world,” I just wanted to say a couple things regarding Charlie Danaher’s expressions about “Destroying Democracy” (Jan. 18, 2024). I...

The nationwide shortage of direct care workers has caused a crisis in the home health system. Five years ago, I transitioned from living in a nursing home to living independently...

During his State of the State address, Governor Jared Polis called for huge government spending for mass transit, education, job training and crime fighting. But he emphatically called for an...

By Charlie Danaher In ruling that Trump should be removed from the primary ballot, the Colorado Supreme Court furthers and promotes the legal madness, while pretending to defend democracy.   In...

Civil debate For several years now, a group of old and aging Boulder-area men have met each Wednesday morning to discuss anything other than football, which took considerable restraint when...

A Boulderite, a politician and a robot walk into the bar. Such is the origin story for what follows. OK, not really. But it’s pretty close. In early November, Boulder...

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Faulty judgment The Colorado Supreme Court Justices usurped Congress’ authority when they made their ruling barring Trump from the primary ballot. All attention has been on Section 3 of the...

We love the opinion content that’s been populating the pages of Boulder Weekly lately. Thank you to all the community members who have written in.  To those who haven’t (yet),...

For the past nine months, I’ve been building a movement of students fighting for climate justice. After talking with hundreds of students, gathering over 1,300 petition signatures and speaking at...

Last year was a historically good year for the labor movement as unions won big pay increases and better working conditions. The victories came after strikes and threats of strikes...