by Annie Burky | Feb 24, 2021 | Equity, Features, News
//William Wei, Ph.D., stands in front of the plaque that is being changed by the end of the year due to racist wording at 20th and Blake Streets on Feb. 16. Photo by Polina Saran | polinasarsna@gmail.com At the corner of 20th and Blake Streets sits a commemorative...
by Annie Burky | Feb 18, 2021 | Features, News
//Ousman Ba stands in front of Mountain View United Church holding images of his friends, the Diol family, who were killed in a fire on Aug. 5, 2020. Photo by Madeleine Kelly | mkellyindependent@gmail.com In the video that circulated following the death of the Diol...
by Annie Burky | Feb 10, 2021 | Editorials, Reviews
//Photo from YouTube. Macklemore’s newest video titled “Trump’s Over Freestyle,” was pointedly released to coincide with President Biden’s inauguration. In the two and a half minute freestyle he said what we’ve all been thinking. The despot is gone. Now what? ...
by Annie Burky | Jan 14, 2021 | Arts/Entertainment, Badass Women, Features
//Chelsea Lewinski working on her Bob Marley mural located at Denver Limo Inc. on Jan. 12. Photo by Esteban Fernandez | este.fdez20b@gmail.com This week, Chelsea Lewinski unveiled her first large mural following a wrist injury in October. The mural is on a wall at...
by Annie Burky | Jan 12, 2021 | Arts/Entertainment, Features
//Nickolas Muray, Frida on White Bench #5, 1939 Upon entering the Frida Khalo, Diego Rivera, and Mexican Modernism exhibit at the Denver Art Museum, you realize that this is not a shrine to Kahlo and her pop-culture status. Rather, you’re invited to explore the story...
by Annie Burky | Dec 30, 2020 | News
//Gov. Jared Polis at a press conference July 16, 2020. Photo by Esteban Fernandez | est.fdez20b@gmail.com The COVID-19 variant that has been raising alarms in the U.K. was confirmed in one Colorado National Guard member and is suspected in another. Both members were...
by Annie Burky | Nov 12, 2020 | Badass Women, Features
//Illustration by Madison Lauterbach | mlauterbach@msmayhem.com In June of this year, Alexander E. Kearns was an average 20-year-old student at the University of Nebraska. In his free time, Kearns began exploring the popular financial trading app named Robinhood. With...
by Annie Burky | Nov 6, 2020 | Editorials
//Voters line up outside the Barnum Recreation Center on Election Night, Nov. 3 in Denver. The wait time at this polling station was up to 30 minutes, but it was an otherwise smooth Election Night for Denver. Photo by Esteban Fernandez | este.fdez20b@gmail.com Dear...
by Annie Burky | Sep 28, 2020 | Equity, Features
//Mutsu Wada Homma (2nd from the left) with Rev. Masahiko Wada (2nd from the right) at Amache Concentration Camp in 1945. The granite monument holds the name of 148 persons Japanese Americans who died fighting for the U.S. in WWII. Photo provided by Mitch Homma. ...
by Annie Burky | Sep 25, 2020 | Badass Women, Features
//High Priestess Enheduanna of Sumer as depicted by Sarah Holle | cfs.sholle@gmail.com In most history books, Enheduanna might be omitted, deemed inconsequential, or perhaps her work might be marked under the same name as her female peers: anonymous. Patricia Sargent...
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