It was a test run. A proof of concept. A dress rehearsal.
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DAVIS: Lessons I Learned From Starting a Union
On an unseasonably warm Sunday afternoon in January 2021, my friends and I gathered around a shoddy table in a borrowed conference room for the specific purpose of causing trouble. Some were legislative aides, historically underpaid and mistreated at the state Capitol. Some were campaign workers, historically underpaid and mistreated on the campaign trail. All of us knew we deserved better, and all of us had come to the realization that asking nicely wasn’t going to do the trick. We had gathered to put a collective foot down.
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Colorado Rep. Scott Bottoms Rejects Science of Evolution
At a recent church-sponsored town hall in Colorado Springs, Colorado Representative and pastor Scott Bottoms rejected the science of biological evolution, calling it a hoax, Heidi Beedle reported. To my knowledge, Bottoms is the highest-ranking elected official currently serving in the state to explicitly reject evolution. He joins District 51 school board member Barbara Evanson, who, with her husband (also a pastor) penned a screed against evolution and called for the teaching of creationism in public-school science classrooms.
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Review: I Watched ‘Let My People Go,’ The Newest Election Conspiracy Documentary, So You Don’t Have To
A trailer touts “Let My People Go” as “A Film The Captured Media Has To Ignore.” In truth, I wish I had ignored it.
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Here’s Why Colorado Charter Schools Need More Transparency & Accountability
The Legislature should change the law to ensure taxpayers are not in the dark about how charter schools spend public money.
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Poem: It’s All Happening So Fast
A poem, inspired by articles in a recent issue of High Country News.
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2023 Review: We Compiled a List of CO Institutions that Need to Shed Trump Extremism
The conservative institutions that surround the Colorado Republican Party — and rely on it to advance their agendas — promote the same election deniers, Trumpists, and extremists that Republican activists love but Colorado voters hate.
