Opinion

On April 15, a distinctly disturbing event took place in Berkeley, California. Several hundred proto-fascists gathered in a downtown park. They were armed and...

A Republican congressman has described the Jan. 6 Capitol Hill insurrection as a “normal tourist visit.” During the opening hearing of the House select committee...

The current crisis is not the first time I have been tested in my life, nor will it be the last. For all of...

The anti-fracking petition drives did not fail for lack of institutional support from environmental organizations. According to the Denver Post, the petitioners were backed by...

At a recent debate on fracking, Peter Champe of the Longmont anti-fracking group Our Future, Our Health, Our Longmont, summed up his group’s brief. Fracking is a major industrial activity, he said, and major industrial activities aren’t allowed in residential ...

Let me introduce you to Susana Prieto, a hero of the pandemic you haven’t heard about. She is a longtime Mexican labor lawyer and...

I’m not lucky enough to get to vote in the wonderful City of Boulder. But if I were, I know that I’d be voting...

As we anticipate the end of the pandemic, things are starting to get back to “normal.” What does that mean? In 2019, “we pretty...

It’s hard to believe it’s been 20 years since I last crossed the U.S.-Mexican border illegally and spent a few days making my way...

At the end of the 1950s, the organizers of the planned four-year-long official centennial celebration of the Civil War decided to avoid mentioning slavery...

Confession: I’m feeling exhausted and a bit overwhelmed. And I suspect you are too, but what can we do? Take a break? Give up? I’ve been...

The latest bright idea to emerge from Boulder County’s intrepid anti-frackers is to get the City of Lafayette to legalize “non-violent” civil disobedience and...