Guest Columns
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...
Issue 2G: Democracy in the 21st century, finally!
We urge City voters to vote yes on Ballot Question 2G, which reads, “Shall Sections 38, 45, and 56 of the City Charter be...
Has the business community co-opted Boulder’s non-profits?
New commercial development in Boulder helps finance Affordable Housing (AH) through a charge called a linkage fee for each square foot of development. At...
Ballot Battle to Protect Communities from Fracking
Unless you’ve been hiding in a cave, you’ve probably been exposed to a bombardment of oil and gas industry propaganda about Proposition 112. You...
Charlottesville violence
The motivating animus behind the ugly display of violence in Charlottesville was plain. It was an assertion of white supremacy and a claim that...
Proposition EE is not the solution for Colorado
When 2020 started, no one could have predicted the roller coaster ride we are on. Election season has extended the ride as voters will...
Each breath, each dream and DACA
June 15, 2012, was one of the happiest days of my life. It’s the day I finally saw light at the end of the...
Home Rule
Mark Fearer’s piece on common problems faced by tenants (“The Unrepentant Tenant,” Sept. 8, 2022) and the mention of the Boulder housing code caught...
I slept under a mosquito net for one week; Here’s why
In the five years I have lived in Boulder, Colorado, I have seen bugs, ants and roaches, but not a single mosquito. I know...
A peaceful display is met with violence
Guest opinion by Charlie Danaher
History is replete with examples of peaceful movements being met with violence. Sometimes the violence is perpetrated by the state,...
Plenty of food, but not for all farmworkers
On a summer morning in southern Idaho, the day breaks early, before 6 a.m. The air is stale, never fully cooled from the heat...
Amendment B saves schools, counties and neighborhoods from funding freefall
When Colorado lawmakers reconvene in 2021, they face a projected $1 billion dollar pandemic-driven shortfall in our state budget. On top of that, our...
