Guest Columns
Immigrationspeak
Whether or not Donald Trump continues in office in the near future, he has already contributed to a language of immigration that’s both larger...
Spine Road’s affordable and workforce housing would add diversity and opportunity...
I’m writing in response to a May 27 op-ed by the Gunbarrel Community Alliance (GCA) (Re: “The poor door and the pattern of legalized...
A national park fee increase: The $70 land grab
On Oct. 24, the National Park Service (NPS) announced a proposed entrance fee of $70 at 17 of its 59 national parks. Touted as...
Clinging to privilege
On Saturday, March 6, hundreds of CU Boulder students played part in a maskless, bacchanal spring celebration in the midst of a pandemic that...
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...
Regulating their way to destruction
In Colorado, politicians gave up the idea of sane conversation regarding oil and gas drilling, climate change and the general preservation of the environment...
Boulder County should have the final say on Gross Dam expansion,...
Denying Denver Water’s 1041 application may be our only hope of saving Coal Creek Canyon and the north shore of Gross Reservoir from many...
On Atlanta and Boulder killings: Abolitionist visions
The horrific killing of six Asian and Asian American women by a white man in Atlanta last week has brought to light the violence...
Bicyclists against density
When I arrived in Boulder in the mid-1980s, it had already become a “bike” town. The “Red Zinger Bicycle Classic” and “Coors International Bicycle...
Déjà vu at U.N. climate talks
This year felt like déjà vu. On Dec. 10, I was again standing in line at the U.N. Climate Talks, waiting to disrupt the...
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 —...
The pageantry of oil and gas bill 181
“We can put the oil and gas wars to bed.” — K.C. Becker, Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives
On Tuesday, April 17, major...
