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ICE detaining transgender individuals despite widespread calls for their release
This story was updated on Feb. 12 to reflect comments received from ICE post publication.
In Estella’s home country of Cuba, transphobia is rampant, she...
The right to have rights
For the last eight years, Kristi Griffith has worked at the Colorado Department of Human Services (DHS) helping provide grants to organizations that work...
Audit finds COGCC let oil and gas operators off the hook...
Oil and gas operators in Colorado failed to submit 50,000 required monthly well reports between 2016 and 2018. The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation...
Rollbacks on federal regs imperil Colorado waters
On Jan. 23, the Trump administration finalized a rule that would remove protections for waterways throughout the country, and as much as 70% of...
Resource brokers
Victor King applied for his job at Mental Health Partners (MHP) on a handwritten note from the Boulder County Jail. He was in the...
Democrats face off
As the first month of 2020 comes to an end, primary politics in this election year are just heating up. While the Democratic presidential...
Sending a clear message
Michael Denslow is a scientist who lives in unincorporated East Boulder County. For years, he thought his work in biodiversity was helping move the...
Death by a thousand cuts
Since taking office nearly three years ago, President Donald Trump and his administration have been steadily undermining some of the nation’s key environmental protections,...
Trump administration reauthorizes lethal cyanide device for predator control
Canyon Mansfield and his dog, Casey, set out from their home in suburban Pocatello, Idaho, one day in 2017. They walked up the hill...
The plight of Muslims
When India-administered Kashmir lost all internet and communication services in early August, Ajaz Siraj had no way of contacting his family, or friends at...
The disinformation nation
It may be getting harder and harder to figure out the truth, but at least this much is clear: It’s a good time to...
Care delayed, care denied?
Tony DiGiallonardo doesn’t regret anything about his job at the Rocky Flats Plant, producing nuclear weapons parts for the federal government. His work in...
