Opinion

Letters 1/27/22

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We need explanations I was in Denver when the Marshall Fire destroyed my neighborhood of 22 years, Sagamore. But the firsthand accounts I am hearing...

Just Economics: Looking through the lens of ‘The 1619 Project’

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In 2019, The New York Times published The 1619 Project, a collection of essays, short stories, and poems intended to revisit United States’ history...

Why the King Soopers strike matters

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“The companies were thriving, but our workers didn’t thrive. Know what our workers got? COVID. Attacked. Beat up. Spit on. Slapped. Overworked. And the company? They did great. They did absolutely great, sitting behind their desk doing their job by Zoom.”— Kim Cordova, president of United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 7 in Colorado

Letters 1/13/2022

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The world does not hear The COVID-19 virus eludes identification and capture. Relentless efforts by science has not found the origin or cause of the...

Job market not so much to brag about

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Noticing all the rosy accolades about the job market in the commercial media, one would think the economy is on cloud nine and workers...

Fighting the Gentleman’s Insurrection

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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...

Democracy and ordinary people

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“Freedom is never given; it is won. A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic,...

Guest opinion: Failure to stop Gross Dam expansion is a travesty

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Dear Boulder County Commissioners, The failure to stop the Gross Dam Expansion project can only be described as a terrible and constant string of failures,...

Why are workers quitting?

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American workers are quitting their jobs in record numbers. In September 2021 (the last month for which reliable data are available), 4.4 million workers,...

Letter 12/9/2021

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Shame on us Thanks, always, for a great read. Here is my beef: On page five of the November 4 issue there is a "Guest Opinion"...

World far right hijacks anti-vaccine movement

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“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity” – Martin Luther King, Jr. Congressman Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) says  the new...

Open space development isn’t a solution for inequity

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Timothy Thomas’ “opinion” in the October 7, 2021 issue of Boulder Weekly (“Open Space, CU South and civil rights: A first step towards ‘Just...