by Ali Mai | Mar 21, 2021 | Equity, Features
//A woman holds a #StopAsianHate sign at the Denver vigil honoring the Atlanta shootings victims infront of Coors Field on March 20. Photo by Ali Mai | alimai@msmayhem.com Grief and anger delivered a unified message at a candlelight vigil for the victims of last...
by Madison Lauterbach | Apr 6, 2021 | Badass Women, Features
//Moe Gram, Denver-based artist, educator and public speaker, sits in her home studio in Denver on Jan. 11. Gram’s work is a blend of her passion for social justice and art. Photo by Polina Saran | polinasarana@gmail.com When Denver artist Moe Gram was growing up, she...
by Ali Mai | May 14, 2021 | Equity, Features
//Molly Merkert looks out the window of her Denver apartment on March 28. As Chinese adoptee, Merkert has felt hurt and confused by the anti-Asian comments her white extended family have made. Photos by Ali Mai | alimai@msmayhem.com For Asian intercountry adoptees in...
by Ali Mai | Apr 26, 2021 | Features, Local Business
//Sam Butarbutar and Wenter Shyu, owners of Third Culture Bakery and life partners, prepare drinks and pastries at the opening of the Denver Matcha Cafe in Five Points on April 24. It’s the third location for the Third Culture brand and the second in the Denver Metro....
by Lexi Reich | Apr 30, 2021 | Features, Local Business
//Denver area illustrator Amy Zhang works in her studio on April 24. Photo by Madeleine Kelly | mkellyindependent@gmail.com Jump in, even if you don’t feel ready. That’s Amy Zhang’s most well-worn advice. “To me, it’s like exercising a muscle,” Zhang said....
by Jenna Thomas | Mar 4, 2021 | Features, Health
//Ashlee Morris Hobbs, a school social worker, holds her 6-months-old son on Feb. 26 at Cheesman Park. Hobbs, who gave birth to her son last year, worries about how systemic racism and the COVID-19 pandemic will impact her child’s future. Photo by Polina Saran |...
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 Esteban Fernandez | Aug 25, 2020 | News
//Photo by Gage Skidmore. In many ways, Donald J. Trump’s victory in 2016 can be seen as a backlash to eight years under a Black president. However, politics doesn’t exist without its own analog to Newton’s third law, every reaction brings an equal and opposite...
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