Editor’s note: The following are Wendy Howell’s remarks from today’s press conference hosted by the No on 115 campaign, which is seeking to defeat a Colorado ballot measure to ban abortion at 22 weeks. Howell is the Acting State Director of the Colorado Working Families Party, one of a long list of organizations and individuals that have now endorsed the No on 115 campaign.
Rory McVeigh wrote The Rise of the Ku Klux Klan, a study of the KKK in the 1920s, in 2009 — long before Donal Trump became president. But it could almost be about Trump today.
A few short weeks ago when President Trump signed the Great American Outdoors Act, he claimed that the United States has “Among the cleanest air and water on Earth” in modern history. Trump touted the law as so-called proof that his administration is “working every day to keep it that way.” More recently, he even compared himself to Teddy Roosevelt and said he would “go down as a great environmental president.”
In a few weeks, I begin my semester as a teaching assistant in an undergraduate sociology class. I am not sure what to expect.
Many people across the country are discussing how possible changes in the U.S. Postal Service operations could affect mail ballot voting. In Colorado, we have built up an excellent infrastructure to make sure voters can exercise their rights. We are in a good place to deal with some possible bumps in the road on the way to Election Day (Tuesday, Nov. 3). Here are ten ways Colorado voters can help County Elections Divisions protect voters’ rights and count the ballots in a secure and timely manner:
In mid-July I attended Colorado’s Water Quality Control Commission meeting to join concerned stakeholders, environmental leaders, and organizations in providing compelling testimonies about the use of poly- and per-flouroalkyl substances (PFAS). PFAS, a class of chemical that can be found in a range of uses including flame retardants, has been connected to significant health problems including cancer.
Last year, Denver killed 1,662 geese at Washington Park, Sloan’s Lake, and elsewhere, and fed them to families in need.
