Opinion
Making the visible invincible
Boulder is a sacred place. The majestic Flatirons blanket the city with the memories of the people native to this land. To live in...
U.S. imperial plans regarding Venezuela
Giselle Cesin’s recent column (re: ‘An insider’s view of the Venezuelan crisis, March 7) from an opposition perspective enumerated a number of reasons why...
Russia, social media and Cold War 2.0
About Russia using social media to meddle in the election — and undermine and disrupt American democracy and the American social fabric generally —...
Disability visibility
Hello, Boulder! I’m Jenn Ochs, Ms. Wheelchair Colorado 2023, and I will be discussing all things disability for you. Disability issues are kind of...
A bright spot for Boulder renters on repairs
In my last column (Unrepentant Tenant, “Do tenants have a right to a habitable home?”, Sept. 8, 2022), I wrote about the history of...
The man who sold Mars
The most interesting man in the world isn’t the guy selling beer for Dos Equis. It’s Elon Musk.
A couple months ago Musk, the founder...
2018 elections: A very brief look at what we learned
Let’s start with something positive on the national front — hope lives.
We are better off today than we were on Nov. 5. And while...
What’s wrong with this picture?
Two pro-gun-rights billboards have recently gone up in Greeley and they’re causing quite a stir, as in you can read about them in The Washington Post kind of stir. But why have a couple of political signs sparked so much controversy and who is paying for them...
Trump exposes liberal ignorance of the working class
The working class is invisible in this country much of the time. But in election years, the white folks in this demographic are discussed...
Tenants have rights in eviction court. NEWR makes sure they can...
Boulder may not be an epicenter of COVID-19 infections, but the virus and economic fallout are upending lives all the same. Almost 20,000 Boulder...
Hiding behind the flag
Last year, while attending city council meetings in Longmont, where the town’s new oil and gas regs were being debated, one particular family in attendance caught my attention. This family included a couple of kids, never missed a meeting and, to put it mildly, was ...
PERA should divest from fossil fuels for the climate as well...
Colorado legislators and Colorado’s state pension fund — Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA) — should be paying close attention to the fact that a...