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How many Afghan refugees will come to Colorado? No one knows,...
President Joe Biden declared at the end of August that he was not going to extend the war in Afghanistan after the last U.S....
Once obese doctor aims to curb fat discrimination against heavy patients
PHILADELPHIA — It is perhaps telling that Joseph Majdan waited until he was thin to vent his frustration at fellow doctors who made his life miserable when he was fat...
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...
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...
Draining the bathtub
The Bureau of Reclamation announced on May 24 collaborative plans with the State of Wyoming to expand operational capacity at the Fontenelle Reservoir, a...
Apocolypse Now on the Mekong River
Smoke hangs heavy in the air over the Mekong River in northern Thailand. Dawn is breaking over the village of Chiang Khong and with...
Why are Coloradans stocking up on guns during the pandemic?
On April 2, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation announced that it had received 25,468 background checks for gun sales in the previous week —...
Colorado’s role in California’s Porter Ranch disaster
It is eerie in Porter Ranch. It feels like an uber-rich Mayberry, if the Mayberry gas utility started leaking massive quantities of methane and...
Environmental groups push back against the TPP
Recently, 450 U.S. environmental groups sent Congress a strong message: Vote down the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the largest proposed trade deal since 1994’s North...
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...
Only the 11th state
As protesters called for racial justice outside of the Capitol in early June, one chant stood out in particular to Rep. Breanna Titone (D-Arvada)....
