By Jennifer Shutt of Colorado Newsline
Feature
Poem: For Those Who Love Giving Thanks But Eat Too Much Turkey
BoBloBo: Wellness in an Era of Accumulation
News
DAVIS: Giving Thanks in Dark Times
Despite being a holiday rooted in a stone-cold historical myth constructed to provide an alibi for early settler treatment of indigenous Americans, I have always enjoyed Thanksgiving. As a child, I enjoyed it more than Christmas – which was typically dreary and gray in my native Nashville – but my enjoyment of Thanksgiving has grown as an adult. Now that I am rarely required to participate in dubious reenactments of the holiday’s self-serving origin myth, I can enjoy it for what it is: America’s only proper feast day, and it even comes with football.
News
Hickenlooper Visits College That Offers Federally Funded Apprenticeship Program
Yesterday, the Western States College of Construction (WSCC) welcomed Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-CO) to their campus in Northern Denver. The institution was awarded the 2024 Community Project Fund/Congressionally Directed Spending for its apprenticeship program that works with the local chapter of the Pipefitters Union.
Opinions
McGUIRE: Being Different Doesn’t Mean I Can’t Be Successful. So Can My Students
McGuire When Hunter first walked into my after-school coding club, they were shy and a bit standoffish. I could sense their discomfort, yet I also saw a willingness to give this new experience a try. I quickly learned that Hunter, who has hearing issues, dyslexia, autism, and ADHD, had endured persistent bullying for years. This only intensified after Hunter came out as non-binary. Hunter went into a deep depression and struggled to make friends and connections.
News
How RFK Jr. Could Boost Colorado’s Budding Psychedelic Movement
If confirmed to lead the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a unique chance to advance major drug reforms, say some advocates, adding that he has previously endorsed expanding access to psychedelic therapies for military veterans and creating a pathway toward legalizing the use of psilocybin and ibogaine.
News
Youth Voters in Colorado Bucked National Trends in the 2024 Election
Democrats have long relied on youth turnout as an important part of their path to victory. While the 2024 presidential election saw a swing to the right among young people, especially among young men, Colorado was one of the few places in the country that didn’t follow this trend.
News
Extremist Rewind – November 22, 2024
As part of our weekly roundup of articles about political extremism in Colorado, the Colorado Times Recorder is featuring Ari Armstrong’s write-up on Jared Polis’s support for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination lead the Department of Health and Human Services — despite Kennedy’s history of promoting vaccine conspiracy theories. On the docket this week, we have Erik Maulbetsch’s reporting on Dave Williams appearing at a fundraiser with a trio who continue to deny the results of the 2020 election and Logan Davis’s reflection on the Christian Nationalist background of Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Defense. Alslo included is Westword’s Hannah Metzger on Rep. Brianna Titone, an openly transgender lawmaker, who says she had to leave her name off a bill supporting same-sex marriage to get Republican support in the state Senate.