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Not one more
Activists stand with black tape covering their mouths, holding large empty plates and posters that read “Not one more” and “We stand with Shoeb.” One simply says “Solidarity” in large black letters. They are standing outside of the Denver Contract Detention Facility ...
Ending the campaign of disinformation
The woman behind Americas Latino Eco-Festival isn’t your typical environmentalist. Irene Vilar is not rallying citizens with battle cries over a megaphone or leading large-scale petition initiatives. The Puerto Rican-born writer and publisher’s environmentalism comes...
Now you know: Dec. 13, 2023
Boulder Shelter for the Homeless to offer day services
The Boulder Shelter for the Homeless is working to open a day services center at its...
Wondering about tutoring and if your child would benefit? Here are...
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As educators look for ways to help students as they recover...
Now you know: August 03, 2023
Boulder roots in the 2023 CO Snowsports Hall of Fame class
Each year, five Coloradans are inducted into the Colorado Snowsports Museum’s Hall of Fame...
Lessons from a civil rights activist
Sekou Kambui, also known as William Turk, is no stranger to the long history of racial prejudice and inequality in the U.S. — tensions...
Drumbeat of war grows louder
Editor’s Note: When regular Boulder Weekly freelancer Haley Gray — who speaks fluent Arabic — told us she was going to be spending a few months in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, we made arrangements for her to write a few stories on subjects that we felt our readers ...
The opposite of everything is true
The late Kwame Turé (Stokely Carmichael) used to talk about how, when as a young Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee organizer he’d gone South to face down the endemic violence of Jim Crow, the racism which had always defined the character of a country reserved...
A unifying field of dreams
The note with a subject line “The Q – Summer Prison Baseball” came out of, shall we say, left field, right after New Year’s...
Legislators Blow Another Opportunity to Protect Mountains from Coal Mining
In yet another act of political cowardice on the issue of mountaintop...
BookEnd Café to close after nearly 20 years on Pearl Street
Signs posted at the Bookend Cafe, at 1115 Pearl St., announce that the beloved coffee shop, located next to and sharing a wall with the Boulder Bookstore, will close on May 1.“The...
