A virtual meeting between Colorado GOP leaders and their La Plata County colleagues became contentious last week as party officials debated the next steps in a proposed legal battle with a Durango school district.
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What the Death of the Department of Education Would Mean for Colorado Kids
Republican presidents as far back as Ronald Reagan have been threatening to shutter the Department of Education (DOE). Lamar Alexander (under former President George W. Bush) took up the chant, as did Betsy DeVos during the first Trump administration and several prominent Colorado Republicans. But in the midst of the current onslaught from Washington, D.C., it looks like it may be more than a threat this time.
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‘State of Education’ Forum Discusses Problems with Public Education
Colorado Board of Education Commissioner Steve Durham, Academy School District 20 Board member Aaron Salt, and Colorado Springs School District 11 Board member Lauren Nelson spoke at Engage the Rockies’ “State of Education” event at Library 21c in Colorado Springs this week.
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CTR Readers Respond: Article on Falun Gong’s Shen Yun Dance Show is ‘Biased’ & ‘Bigoted’
On February 6, the Colorado Times Recorder republished a story by Steve Rabey originally published in Baptist News Global, “Shen Yun Promotes Dance Performances in Colorado After Being Sued for Child Labor Violations,” discussing Shen Yun Performing Arts and Falun Gong, the controversial religious group affiliated with it. In the United States, Falun Gong is also known for its affiliated media outlet, The Epoch Times.
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Colorado Democrats Should Not Grant Religious People Special Legal Privileges
I'm all for women being able to get abortion services, and I'm all for people being able to afford housing. But the law should say yes to an atheist's backyard, too.
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DAVIS: A Conversation with Katherine Stewart about Her New Book, and the Movement to Destroy Democracy
Every now and then, I read a book which hits me with such a profound impact that, like Paul on the road to Damascus, I find my life divided into before and after, incapable of recovering from the revelation. More than a decade ago, legendary investigative journalist Katherine Stewart’s first book, The Good News Club: The Christian Right’s Stealth Assault on America’s Children, hit me with just such a haymaker. The Good News Club was not only revelatory, it was inspiring: ten years after I read it, the book was constantly on my mind as I investigated the happenings in the Woodland Park school district two years ago.
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Extremist Rewind – Feb 7. 2025
A lot has happened in the past seven days. Trump’s promised “Operation Aurora” kicked off in Colorado as ICE and other federal agencies carried out raids at apartment buildings in the Denver Metro area. According to The Colorado Sun’s Jennifer Brown, the agency has yet to reveal how many people were detained and if they had connections to the gang ICE was targeting, but residents and activists described masked agents using smoke grenades and breaking in doors.
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For the Record: DEA Leader Says U.S. Military Could Fight Cartels in Mexico
"So if we can ... really go hard, not just on the cartel members in the U.S. but in Mexico, whether that's DEA action or military action or the Mexican government action, whatever that looks like, that's the only way to really stop this threat.”
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Black History Is Every Day, With or Without the White House
From local school boards to the White House, the right is doubling down on its efforts to erase Black history. They’ll fail.