Opinion
The legacy of Joe McCarthy lives on
Donald Trump has been compared to earlier rightwing demagogues such as Hitler, Mussolini, George Wallace and Pat Buchanan. The name of witch-hunter Senator Joe...
Letters 10/7/21
What Safer Boulder wants
My family recently moved to Boulder with our now seven-month-old daughter. In the 1980s I lived here for several years at...
Wall Street thieves find ‘new way’ to steal from us
We know that millions of American families lost their homes after Wall Street’s 2007 financial crash... but where did all those houses go?
It turns...
Did a CU prof almost spark an American coup d’etat?
In August 2020, John Eastman published an op-ed in Newsweek suggesting that Kamala Harris might be unqualified to be vice president because her parents...
Fighting the Gentleman’s Insurrection
The House committee to investigate the violent January 6 attempted coup d'etat is in a race against time. If the Democrats lose the House...
Shifting the focus of human rights in Boulder
Boulder has long been a leader in the area of human rights and social justice reform. Our journey began more than 40 years ago...
Delivering the news to the ‘New York Times’
Before major news organizations pronounce someone dead, they ought to check the person’s pulse.
Take, for example, a recent New York Times screed prematurely pronouncing...
Ladies and gentlemen, not the Grateful Dead
It has been almost 20 years since legendary Grateful Dead lead guitarist Jerry Garcia transitioned to the big acid test in the sky. And since Jerry left us the debate has raged over whether the remaining members of the band — Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann and ...
Multicultural Centers: The transformative path to inclusion and equity for all
Multicultural and multiuse centers are the foundation to empower just, inclusive and equitable cities. Barrio E’ fosters Latino arts and culture in the state...
Why the chicken crossed the road
Thanks to the industrializers of American agriculture, we finally know why the chicken crossed the road: To run away from the factory farm...
The doublespeak of The Donald
Many in the mainstream media talk about how similar Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders are. Supposedly they are both “anti-establishment” populist candidates who are...
Public messaging vs. internal practices
In advertisements, Coors reaches out to women, Latinos and gays while the family behind the beer company gives millions of dollars to anti-choice and anti-immigrant organizations. That’s the conclusion of a lengthy investigative article by Zoe Greenberg and Brie Shea...