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Black Twitter: A ‘Green Book’ for the digital age
Twelve years after its inception, Black Twitter is a force to be reckoned with. From calling out celebrities for cultural appropriation to organizing marches...
In labor? Try laughing gas, ladders and VR headsets at Boulder...
In the not-too-distant past, pregnant women going into labor had few options to manage the pain of delivery. In fact, they had two options.
“Traditionally...
Senior living facilities work to contain COVID-19 as Colorado moves...
As the state of Colorado begins to loosen stay-at-home restrictions, one place they’ll remain is in senior living facilities across the state. There will...
Why outlawing ghost guns didn’t stop America’s largest maker of ghost...
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Co-published with The Baltimore Banner and Reno Gazette Journal.
As Nevada lawmakers heard public comment last year on...
REINS Act claims to cut red tape, but it’s way scarier...
Neither house of Congress pulled any punches as they kicked off the legislative body’s 115th session on Tuesday, Jan. 3; the Senate set to work...
BW’s Top 10 news stories of 2023
1. Homelessness
Once again, the homelessness crisis was top of mind for many. It was a noteworthy year for many reasons, good and bad.
Student homelessness...
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...
Earth Day at 50 (in the time of the coronavirus)
Fifty years ago, on April 22, 1970, 20 million Americans rallied around the country in the first ever Earth Day celebration. Inspired by the...
The iron law of prohibition
As fentanyl deaths surge, the War on Drugs is alive and well in Colorado
Courts rule
While dozens of Boulderites spent the spring risking their health to collect thousands of petition signatures and get citizen initiative measures on the 2020...
Ruling the roost
Just a few miles into Weld County, east of County Line Road, there’s a group of old-growth cottonwood trees along Boulder Creek in the...
Construction hurts Lafayette businesses
The construction equipment, traffic cones, and yellow-vested workers directing traffic and operating machinery showed up suddenly, without warning, in spring of this year, says...
