Opinions
Opinions
Opinion: Policing Is Not a Public Good
For decades, we’ve been told that policing is a public good: available to all, for the benefit of all. But in practice, that’s never been true.
Opinions
OPINION: Welcome Colorado Newsline
I hope Colorado journalists have better things to do than fight over whether to keep our state’s promising new news site, called Colorado Newsline, from getting press credentials at the Capitol.
Opinions
Expected Surge in Medicaid Enrollment During Pandemic Means Cory Gardner Must Support Health Care Protections for Coloradans
In order to protect Coloradans as the coronavirus spread, many businesses had to shut down, which led to unprecedented job losses in our state. Over the last few months, federal assistance for families and businesses has not met the moment. But there is a way for our elected officials, and in particular Republican Senator Cory Gardner, to do more for Coloradans: Denounce the lawsuit to tear down the Affordable Care Act and pass legislation to provide support for state, local and tribal governments.
Opinions
Four Ways YOU Can Fight Racism
For weeks since the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, protests have erupted across the globe. While demonstrations in larger cities have drawn the most attention in the U.S., smaller communities can be — and are — involved in the fight for racial justice.
Opinions
A Bittersweet Juneteenth
Americans may or may not know there’s more than one Independence Day in the United States. In addition to the Fourth of July holiday all Americans recognize, black Americans commemorate our ancestors’ freedom from slavery on Juneteenth.
Opinions
Defund the Police, Invest in Communities
Five years ago, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division released a damning report on the Ferguson, Missouri police department.
