Guest Columns
Marches and vigils are not going to bring about the change...
Yet another school shooting. A call for vigils and marches, and letter-writing campaigns. While I agree kids have skin in the game, (always have...
The Child Tax Credit: income for your family
No matter where I go in Colorado, I meet parents who are working incredibly hard — two or three jobs at a time —...
Vote No on 71 to protect direct democracy
Citizen access to our last vestige of direct democracy — the statewide ballot initiative — is under attack. As organizers of recent ballot initiatives...
The alternatives to detaining immigrant families
With his hastily issued executive order on family separation last week, President Trump presented America with a false choice: If you don’t want me...
To protect open space from fracking, join us for an Earth...
In early 2012 I participated in my first act of nonviolent direct action when the Boulder Earth Guardians and I shut down a Commissioners’...
My gun control platform
In the 163 days since January 1st 2016, there have been 176 mass shootings in the United States. For the record, I believe that...
Generational opportunity for Colorado’s transportation system
Colorado and the nation are on the brink of a large infusion of federal and state dollars for infrastructure from the American Rescue Plan,...
This is not a drill
The coronavirus pandemic didn’t cause the problem but it has opened our eyes to the reality that our health care system is severely lacking...
Multicultural Centers: The transformative path to inclusion and equity for all
Multicultural and multiuse centers are the foundation to empower just, inclusive and equitable cities. Barrio E’ fosters Latino arts and culture in the state...
Boulder can choose compassion over exclusion
We started the Bedrooms Are For People campaign to make Boulder a more inclusive and welcoming place to call home. We want to live...
I fought for our country. Now NFL players are kneeling for...
I’m a veteran of the U.S. Army. So it may come as a surprise that the day I read about NFL players kneeling during...
How did we get here? Look to 2010
How the Republican Party turned what seemed like a dire situation after disastrous losses in both the 2006 and 2008 elections into legislative majorities...
