This election day, Coloradans resoundingly reaffirmed our shared values on abortion rights across geographic and partisan lines. Coloradans voted YES on Amendment 79 by an overwhelming 62% of the vote, enshrining abortion rights in our state’s Constitution and removing a discriminatory ban on insurance coverage for abortion care.
Politically conservative “pro-family” groups ended 2024 by calling to stamp out the “transgender cult,” opposing constitutional rights for Satanists, promoting Melania Trump’s parenting advice, warning against sympathy for immigrants, and celebrating Donald Trump’s second election as a source of spiritual revival.
This year the Colorado Times Recorder focused more on County Commissioner races in Colorado, particularly in El Paso County. We built on our existing coverage of the El Paso County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC), which has seen Commissioner Carrie Geitner lead efforts to deny federal grant funding to “progressive” nonprofits and take public stances against immigration. In our coverage of county commissioner races, we highlighted the efforts of the Colorado Democratic Party’s County Comeback Initiative and profiled competitive races in the state.
The Colorado Times Recorder has been debunking conspiracies and disinformation since our launch in 2017, and this year was no different. Ever since the 2020 presidential election, conservative conspiracists have focused most of their energy on election denialism, so we’ve done the same.
By Jordan Hedberg for the Wet Mountain Tribune.
Most journalism is compost for a community. The manure of words can be toxic for sure (e.g., FOX News), but if it’s done right, journalism lays the groundwork for debate, inspires new ideas, stimulates broader perspectives, and kills infectious societal diseases like misinformation, conspiracies, lies, inconsistencies, and more.
From Durango to Denver, Colorado Times Recorder reporters covered over a dozen state legislative races this year. We focused largely, but not exclusively, on the smaller set of competitive races where our reporting could help inform voters. The stories touch on policies ranging from Uber drivers to oil drilling, LGBT rights to … eating bugs. Seriously.
In 2024, the Colorado Times Recorder branched out its coverage of conservative media into a new sphere: movies, often with a right-wing or conspiratorial bent. Here, you can read all the reviews from this year.
