Guest Columns
For whom the benefits accrue
Boulder has a long history of nurturing a “paying forward” culture where we adopt policies and programs that seek to ensure future generations are...
We must be honest about what the coronavirus outbreak will mean...
In the wake of the global COVID-19 outbreak, which has caused the biggest disruption to life as we know it and to the economy...
Hold on to your hats, it seems good government is possible
Boulder County Commissioners Elise Jones, Deb Gardner and Matt Jones voted unanimously last week to adopt rules on implementation of Senate Bill 181. The...
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...
The real Safer Boulder
By Brooke Harrison, PhD and Leslie Chandler, Safer Boulder members
Who is Safer Boulder? Safer Boulder is a nonpartisan grass-roots organization committed to supporting public...
On the Krieger firing
In Boulder, Colorado, we are learning to read the words that are not there.
I recently read Anthony Marra’s brilliant volume of linked stories, The...
Open space development isn’t a solution for inequity
Timothy Thomas’ “opinion” in the October 7, 2021 issue of Boulder Weekly (“Open Space, CU South and civil rights: A first step towards ‘Just...
See how they run!
Last week, the Republican-controlled Senate Agriculture Committee worked overtime to turn its back on the people and the protection given them by the Colorado...
Addressing racism is a mental health priority
“I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her...
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...
Boulder needs equal housing access in the City charter
In most of Boulder, it’s illegal for more than three unrelated people to live together in a home. The Bedrooms Are For People ballot...
Asylum seekers need compassion, not surveillance
When President Biden released his budget on April 9, a little-known part of it hit very close to home for me. I recently accompanied...