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Testing the system
Whether they like it or not, and whether it’s fair or not, organizers of the Bedrooms Are For People (BAFP) campaign are the guinea...
New Colorado bill prohibits using an immigrant’s status as extortion
It’s not every day you read about legislation that passes with unanimous, bipartisan support. But, on Monday, March 1, the Colorado House of Representatives...
A problem with the neighbors
Sandra Duggan and her husband moved to the Colliers Hill neighborhood in Erie last year. They were looking for an affordable, newly constructed house...
What the shecession reveals about how we value women’s work
In January 2020, female workers in the United States hit a major milestone: they held more payroll jobs than men, netting 95% of positions...
New briefs: Congressional wildfire coalition forms, group asks Polis for action...
Rep. Neguse, others introduce wildfire caucus and legislation
Colorado Rep. Joe Neguse and Rep. John Curtis (R-Utah) recently announced the launch of the Bipartisan Wildfire...
Colorado’s ‘Soul Food Scholar’ on history, publishing, race and barbecue
How did Colorado’s Adrian Miller, an attorney with degrees from Stanford and Georgetown, go from working in the Clinton administration and serving as a...
Camping bans, occupancy limits and standardized testing
Larimer County District Court rules camping ban unconstitutional, a first in the state
Homeless advocates have long argued that local ordinances preventing camping in public...
After hundreds of meatpacking workers died from COVID-19, Congress wants answers
Editor’s note: JBS operates a beef processing facility in Greeley, which is currently under investigation for a November 2020 COVID-19 outbreak. According to Colorado...
A kernel of progress emerges from the local GMO debate
Dried beans are not the sexiest food to be found at the farmers market. (It’s chard, actually.) But the humble bean is at the...
The new front line for ‘water protectors’
The week of Joe Biden’s inauguration began with the news that he planned to rescind approval for the controversial Keystone XL pipeline on his...
The test of a moral society
In the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, Matthew Wynia aided relief efforts on an off-coast hospital ship, where it quickly became clear...
News briefs: Fracking blocked on 53 oil and gas leases in...
A legal agreement between environmental groups and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will block oil and gas drilling on more than 45,000 acres of...
