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Window, Walls and Invisible lines: Ingrid Encalada Latorre
The American dream is a funny thing. Since our nation’s founding some 242 years ago, it has been a dream recognized and pursued by...
Windows, Walls and Invisible Lines: Araceli Velasquez
When I first met Araceli Velasquez back in July, it was a typical day in sanctuary for her and her three sons — Jorge...
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Major fish kill on the Poudre
Dozens of dead fish have been found along the banks of the Poudre River in Fort Collins, in what...
Windows, Walls and Invisible Lines:
Let me explain a little bit about this ongoing project.
The dictionary defines sanctuary as “a place of refuge and protection.”
In our current political environment,...
Windows, Walls and Invisible Lines: Sandra Lopez
Sandra Lopez
I’ve been told by a number of people who’ve taken sanctuary inside the walls of religious institutions that their state of mind is...
Boulder County’s vaccination problem
This is not a story about why you should vaccinate your children. Every state, local and federal public health agency says you should, and...
Windows, Walls and Invisible Lines: Rosa Sabido
ROSA SABIDO
As I drove west of Durango, Colorado, on Highway 160, the absurdity of it all began to set in, aided by the landscape....
Opening up
"The thing that I was really amazed by is that nobody ever asked me, ‘Why did you kill yourself?’” Dave tells me as we...
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Hurricane Florence raises questions about your tax dollars at work
A NASA study confirmed in January of this year that the increase in global methane...
Hate in Trump world
When Jeanette Vizguerra entered sanctuary in a Denver church in early 2017, she thought she might have to stay for four years, the entirety...
Too much to risk
The first time Anna Lee Vargas visited the Sand Dunes, she cried. She was in kindergarten, on an end-of-the-year field trip, and had somehow...
Boulder food farmers claim City is shutting them out of Open...
Something about the City of Boulder’s agricultural land leasing process is unsettling some of the area’s local food farmers. The process is neither objective...