Colorado state employees and union workers with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 105 participated in a rally and press conference today outside the Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment building in Denver. The event is part of Seven Days in June, a national week of action against healthcare cuts.
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The Shomer: Boulder SJP Wants More Murder
Karen Diamond was, by all accounts, an amazing, kind, and generous woman.
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Trump Cabinet Member to Headline Conservative Festival Featuring Multiple Election Conspiracists
Later this month Energy Secretary Chris Wright will return home to Colorado to headline a far-right festival hosted by one election denier and featuring several others, including a QAnon promoter. The Trump cabinet member will be the final speaker at the Rocky Mountain Voice’s Freedom Fest, a two-day festival of conservative speakers that will take place at the Douglas County Fairgrounds later this month, according to the festival’s website.
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The Question I Hear From Coloradans in Their 50s, 60s, & 70s: What Next?
Over the last several years, I’ve had the privilege of working with roughly 170 Coloradans in their 50s, 60s, and 70s who were navigating some kind of life transition.
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Demand & Costs Increase for Groups Offering Money & Support for People Seeking Abortions
Abortion funds, non-profit organizations that provide financial and logistical assistance to patients seeking an abortion, are facing increased demand and rising costs in 2026.
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DAVIS: Nonvoters Matter as Much as Voters. Who Are They?
On the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November 2026, most Americans will not vote. In the coverage of the upcoming election, between now and then, that fact will not garner many mentions. Nor will it garner many mentions in the after-the-fact reporting once the election has come and gone, or in the after-action assessments produced by whichever of the two major parties loses the midterms. It’s a glaring political blindspot in a system where elections are determined every bit as much by who stays home as by who turns out.
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In Reducing Peters’ Sentence, Polis Normalizes What Donald Trump Did After the 2020 Election
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis was censured by his own party in a truly historic vote. It’s certainly the first time in modern history that the Democrats censured their own governor, and it may actually be the first one since Colorado’s statehood. And it was well deserved.
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Colorado Republicans Elect Leader Who Called Trump a ‘Nutcase’
After Republicans nominated Donald Trump as their presidential candidate in 2016, Craig Steiner — who was elected by Colorado Republicans over the weekend to be their new leader — announced on Facebook that he thought Trump was a “nutcase” and dropped his affiliation with the Republican Party.
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Displaying Receipts for Groceries & Gas, Protesters Blame GOP Congressman Gabe Evans for Busting Their Budgets
Brandishing receipts for gas, groceries, and other everyday expenses, protesters gathered in front of U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans’ office in Northglenn today, explaining that they deployed their evidence of rising prices to stop Evans from continuing to support policies that fuel inflation.
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Capt. B’s Earthship Log
NUUCHIU DRUMBEAT … According to Summer Begay of the award-winning Southern Ute Drum, “The Southern Ute Indian Tribe has reached an historic milestone by becoming the first tribe to sign a Tribal Energy Resource Agreement (TERA) with the U.S. Dept. of the Interior.” The signing in D.C. with Secretary Doug Burgum and Asst. Secretary Billy Kirkland III last month formerly recognizes the Tribe’s sovereignty claim to managing its own energy and mineral resources without oversight from the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs …