Heidi Ganahl’s plan to “fix” Colorado’s complex and expensive transportation problems surprised me. I thought the plan from the Republican candidate for governor would simply be a retread of conservatives’ biannual effort to jam a hugely expensive wishlist into a severely strained budget. It was that, but it was also much more – the entire menu of options our elected leaders have been discussing for ten years. In some cases, she proposed things that have already been done by our current leadership. 

Across the country, an ongoing education controversy has erupted around queerness.

Over the last several years a cultural shift has the United States citizenry reevaluating our relationships with those we’ve canonized as heroes due to their contributions to the institutions we so deeply revere. Some have taken to referring to it as “woke” or “cancel” or “consequence” culture, and depending on your stance, it’s either something to be demonized or lauded. But for Jews, this is nothing new. 

We’re told that higher education is one of the best ways to overcome poverty. But for many indebted borrowers, it’s been just the opposite.

America’s stringent system of corporate capitalism keeps carving out new depths of worker exploitation. Take Chick-fil-A — a right-wing, Atlanta-based fast-food operation that likes to boast about following “biblically-based” principles.