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April is for marches
On April 22, millions of Americans will celebrate Earth Day, but this year will look a little different than the 46 others that came...
Clear the air
Colorado is making progress to clean emissions spewing from its roads and highways.
The Colorado Clean Car standard, adopted on Oct. 20 by the Air...
Class is in… the home
Kids, particularly those who are under 6 or are neurodiverse, learn critical socialization skills in school. But with local school districts switching to online...
Reverend Friendly, street poet, dies at 76
Laverne Lobdell, the heavily bearded, silver-tongued street poet known as Reverend Friendly, who haunted Boulder’s open mics for decades, died on Jan. 7. He was 76...
SROs and racism
Will Betke-Brunswick makes comics that blend the do-it-yourself aesthetic of a zine with the punchy-one-liner vibe of a New Yorker comic.
“I like to make...
A brief history of the Right’s hate: from 1885 to Trump
Donald Trump is no principled conservative. His shifting attitudes on abortion and same-sex marriage have a whiff of opportunism. He called for double the...
Building trust through breaking borders
It seemed like an ordinary morning. Ana was sitting in the passenger seat typing her final paper while her husband Victor drove her to school....
The economic impact of undocumented immigrants
Few issues in our country are as heated and emotional as the topic of undocumented immigrants, especially those from Mexico...
Festival celebrates Latino culture
On Sunday, June 25, the streets of Longmont will fill with the vibrancy of the different cultures in Latin America and the Caribbean during...
Goodbye, environmental protections
It’s almost summer, which means those of us who live along the Front Range ought to prepare for high ozone days.
On May 28, the...
Big wins for gun control, but business as usual for unhoused...
Boulder’s $3M plan to remove homeless camp (still) not working
One year after approving $2.86 million in new spending for cops, park rangers and a...
Terrifying telecom tale
In a local example of what the Occupy Wall Street movement is railing about, big telecommunications companies are once again pouring cash into a campaign to defeat a measure that would allow Longmont to use its own fiber-optic network...


















