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Reckoning with force
Three officers in the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office grabbed and pulled Lauren Gotthelf out of a holding cell and onto a restraint chair. They...
Can Divestment help fix PERA?
There’s a growing movement both in Colorado and around the world calling on investment managers to rid their funds of coal and other fossil...
Breaking point
About 4.2% of bridges on the northern Front Range are deemed “structurally deficient” by the American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA). That’s 76...
Unearthing a forgotten history
Adriana Corral’s art explores the human condition and our fundamental rights. Her research-based process has taken her from her home in Texas to present-day...
Drilling in an Arctic Eden
Outside my nylon cocoon, a high-pitched buzz pulsed: enemies at the gates. Enemies that would devour me alive given the chance.
I was holed up...
In lieu of a just system
If you’re returning to Honduras, consider covering up any tattoos and be able to explain them if asked — the tattoos might be the...
Walter Lippmann in Wonderland
Every year, Project Censored scours the landscape for the most important stories that the mainstream corporate media somehow missed, and every year the task...
It’s raining plastic. So what?
It was the colors that caught Gregory Wetherbee’s eye: red, silver, purple, green, yellow — but most of all blue. There was dark blue...
Vote Guide 2019
Welcome to Boulder Weekly’s 2019 Vote Guide. As always, we are providing our endorsements for every city council race, proposition and issue on Boulder...
The silenced
From weakening vehicle emissions to blocking warnings about how coastal parks could flood or the impact on the Arctic, the Trump administration is accused...
The TV weathercasters who are shifting public opinion on the climate...
This story originally appeared in The Guardian. It is republished here as part of Boulder Weekly’s partnership with Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration...
Fixing dinner in a blacksmith’s shop
Once or twice a week, Eric and Jill Skokan welcome two dozen diners to their latest farmland acquisition — 40 acres just north of...