Guest Columns
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...
America was in the business of separating families long before Trump
Children are crying for their parents while being held in small cages. The attorney general tells us the Bible justifies what we see, and...
Why Trump will leave office if he loses the election
There is widespread concern that President Trump won’t leave office if he loses the election. This angst is understandable. Trump has, after all, refused...
The other epidemic we must fight is white supremacy
Twenty years ago, as a senior at Boulder High School, I led a small collective of students in a walkout to protest the murder...
Sessions slams the door on immigrants desperate to escape domestic violence
Recently, U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan sharply criticized the government for deporting two ACLU clients — a woman and her child who had fled...
Immigration courthouse arrests undermine justice
Since President Trump took office last year, immigration enforcement officers from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have dramatically...
Rachel Carson and Rocky Flats
In 2018, The Library of America published Rachel Carson: Silent Spring and Other Writings on the Environment. Carson is famous for bringing to the...
Listening through a prism
Readers of Haley Gray’s April 14, 2016 “Boulder-Nablus Sister City Project heads back to council” might have been surprised when just four days later...
Sullied bedfellows
Connecting dots is generally considered to be a child’s game. But when applied to politics and all of its bedfellows who usually come out...
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’...
Your choice to vote or not to vote will direct the...
Not participating in the political process of the community is a potent choice. It is an acceptance of the status quo. A willingness to...
Amendment 71 is a power grab by the corporate and political...
Amendment 71, otherwise known as “Raise the Bar,” is a question that will be on your Colorado ballot that you will receive later this...
