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What Seth Brigham would have said

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(if he had not been removed and arrested) In Seth Brigham’s mind, efforts by the Boulder City Council to muzzle citizen criticism didn’t begin when he was arrested at the Feb. 16 council meeting wearing only boxer shorts. A recent statement from the city ...

Are loopholes in policies putting ride-booking service drivers at risk?

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The iconic pink mustaches of the Lyft brand ride-booking service are unmistakable. Whether it’s a large furry bumper-stache or a “glowstache” illuminating the night streets, the Lyft paraphernalia attracts users who have downloaded the company’s application as well ...

We The Corporations

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A national initiative to reverse the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision — which some say gave corporations a blank check to buy elections — is coming to Boulder...

Breaking through the binary

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The quest for equal social and legal representation has...

Crackdown

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Now that the anticipated Arizona-type legislation on illegal immigration has been introduced in the Colorado Legislature, opponents of such sweeping reforms may have a new, unlikely ally: the controversial Secure Communities program recently adopted by former Gov. ...

Smokin’ bowls

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The city of Lafayette is not the first place anyone thinks of when the words “cutting edge” or “revolutionary” get tossed around, but when it comes to municipal skateparks, of which there are many in the state of Colorado, the tiny Boulder ’burb stands atop the ...

Watershed woes

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Sheila Murphy wades into Fourmile Creek, her waist-high beige waders keeping her submerged legs dry. She rinses a plastic container out in the creek, then takes a sample. At the creek bed, she tests the water’s pH and temperature, baseline measures for the health of ...

Whitewashing the past

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Forty-six years ago, a group of Denver high school students and Chicano supporters participated in a walkout. Some were beaten by police and arrested. They were protesting the fact that a history teacher was teaching them a washed-over, ethnocentric version of ...

County approves permaculture classes at farm on 63rd

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After hearing about three hours of public testimony Thursday night, the Boulder County commissioners gave their blessing to Zia Parker’s plan for hosting permaculture classes at her small farm on North 63rd Street...

Obama Jabs Romney at “Nerd Prom”

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No one was safe from President Obama’s jokes Saturday night, when, at...