A report released by the Bell Policy Center last month showed a general downward trend in Colorado women’s workforce participation since the start of the pandemic in 2020.
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Advocacy Program Works to Crowdfund Legal Aid for Migrants in Detention
Earlier this year, 17-year-old “AKB” arrived alone in the U.S. after fleeing from his home country of Mali, following the deaths of his entire family. AKB found himself in a detention center, and potentially facing deportation.
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Media Is a ‘Shadow Government’ That’s ‘Helping the Socialist-Communist Party,’ Says CO Congressional Candidate
Media outlets have labeled Lori Saine, a Republican running to represent Colorado’s new congressional district, a “conservative firebrand,” an epithet that she seemed to embrace during an appearance on a conservative podcast earlier this month.
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Christians Should “Destroy Wokeness,” Says Evangelical Theologian During Colorado Lecture
On Monday night, Colorado Christian University’s Centennial Institute hosted a lecture by theologian Owen Strachan, who addressed a number of themes in his recent book, “Christianity and Wokeness: How the Social Justice Movement is Hijacking the Gospel – and the Way to Stop It,” in which he argues that modern social justice movements are antithetical to Christianity.
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CU Boulder Students Protest Against Sexual Assault at Fraternities
On Friday evening, University of Colorado students organized a march calling on CU Boulder to take action following multiple allegations of women being drugged and sexually assaulted at fraternity houses in the last month.
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Colorado Election Conspiracy Watch: A List of CO Republicans Who Believe the 2020 Election Was Stolen — And Some Who Don’t
Colorado Republicans show no sign of stopping their attacks against last year’s election results, both in Colorado and nationwide — even though claims that the 2020 election was rigged in favor of the Democrats have been debunked.
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At Hearing, Hick Says Women-Owned Business Aren’t Getting Their “Fair Share” And Asks What Can Be Done About It
“Women-owned businesses are obviously not getting their fair share,” said U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-CO) last week at a hearing of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. “If you look at startups, the percentage of venture capital that goes to women-led startups is under three percent, which defies any possible measure of what is going on.”
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Boulder Council Candidates Speak on Gun Control, Workers’ Rights, and Local Issues at Virtual Forum
On Sunday afternoon during a virtual forum, several of Boulder’s City Council candidates answered a wide range of questions on gun safety, workers’ rights, and other issues.
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Deleted JeffCo Republican Party Post Pushes White Nationalist Conspiracy Theory That Immigrants Are Used To Flip Red States
Last week, a cartoon appeared on the Jefferson County Republican Party’s Facebook page that depicted a caricature of President Joe Biden saying that “illegal immigrants and Afghan refugees” will be sent to Republican-dominated states.
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Boulder City Council Candidates Talk Climate Change, Social Justice
Last Thursday, four of the candidates for Boulder City Council — Matt Benjamin, Lauren Folkerts, Nicole Speer, and Dan Williams — met for drinks and conversation with local constituents at the Rayback Collective, a food truck park and beer garden located in Boulder.