Opinions
Silverii: Bravo to House Democrats For Busting the GOP Filibuster on Gun Safety Bills.
On Saturday, Democrats finally used the rules of procedure in the Colorado House of Representatives to say to Republicans what those of us who put Democrats in charge of seventy percent of the lower chamber of the state legislature have been hoping they’d say for a pretty long time, “enough.”
Poem: Christian Democracy
Author’s Note: Indigenous science writer and wise woman Robin Wall Kimmerer wants to help correct English’s objectification of the natural world. She has been advocating a change to our use of the third person neuter pronoun “it” for things that are very much alive for animists and deep ecologists. Her suggestion substitutes “ki” for “it” – utilizing a suffix from her Potawatomi tradition which means “from the living earth.” As a bridge to that change, I’ve taken to adding the suffix “ki” to “it” in my poetry.
Colorado Has a Chance to Keep Families Connected; Yes to Ending Prison Phone Fees
I am a step-mother of an incredible young man who is currently serving time at the Sterling Correctional Facility almost 130 miles from Denver. My husband was also formerly incarcerated. He is no longer incarcerated, but he served 13 years in prison. My personal experience in trying to keep my family together while suffering the tremendous financial hardship caused by expensive for-profit communications companies who enrich themselves at the expense of those least able to afford it is why I’m in support of legislation pending in Colorado to provide free phone calls to the families who are trying to connect with their loved ones in prison.
Will There Ever Be Justice for the Iraq War?
The wars in Iraq and Ukraine may differ, but both speak to the tragic realities of war. They also make a strong case for strengthening the rule of law instead of undermining it through flimsy pretexts for endless militarism.
Can State Lawmakers Find Common Ground on Colorado’s Fiscal Needs?
Even as performative partisan politics played out on the House floor last Thursday, something subtle and encouraging was happening in committee rooms where the real work of legislating and governing happens in full public view.
Who Is To Blame For the Overdose Crisis?
Who is to blame? Who is to blame for thousands of preventable overdose deaths every year? Who is to blame for the sudden loss of a loved one, sometimes after a single pill?