by Jenna Thomas | Dec 23, 2020 | Features, Health
//Volunteer Karen Waelke and Captiol Hill United Ministries Director Diana Flahive look at the donated coloring books and colored pencils on Flahive’s porch on Dec. 17. Photos by Madeleine Kelly | mkellyindependent@gmail.com The twinkle of the lights will burn...
by Jenna Thomas | Nov 3, 2020 | Features, Lifestyle/Culture
//Helen Lyon of Grand Junction and Jackie Bennett of Englewood are voting for candidates of the opposing party they have identified with for years. Photos provided by Lyon and Bennett. The roar of the presidential campaign rallies has quieted, billions of dollars...
by Jenna Thomas | Dec 3, 2020 | Badass Women, Features
//Naquetta Ricks, State Representative-elect for Colorado District 40, stands in front of the Colorado State Capitol on Nov. 27 with a notebook she’s carried since she was a child. Photo by Esteban Fernandez | este.fdez20b@gmail.com Representative-elect Naquetta...
by Jenna Thomas | Sep 29, 2020 | Features, Lifestyle/Culture, News
//Colorado State Capitol. Photo from Shuttershock. The year was 1876, the birth of Colorado’s statehood. The rush for gold was in full swing, the creation of railroads was running hot, and life by candlelight was the norm. John Long Routt served as Governor. Henry...
by Jenna Thomas | Oct 30, 2020 | News
//A woman wearing a mask with a Ruth Bader Ginsberg quote at the Women’s March in Washington, D.C. Oct. 17. Photo from Shutterstock. Earlier this month, thousands of protestors at the Women’s March in Washington D.C. wore masks and t-shirts emblazoned with a...
by Hannah Thomas | Nov 7, 2020 | Editorials
//A sign in the front yard of a home in the Sloan Lake neighborhood in Denver is decorated with four “I Voted” stickers on Nov. 1. Photo by Ali C. M. Watkins | acmwatkins@gmail.com What do Colorado ballot propositions 113, 115 and 118 have in common? The final voting...
by Hannah Thomas | Sep 29, 2020 | Features, Local Business
//Rita Price, Angel Neri, Mary Wright and Kendra Anderson. Photos provided by individuals. More than 75% of bars and restaurants in Colorado are independently owned and operated. Prior to COVID-19, those establishments accounted for almost 10% of the state’s labor...
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 | 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 Alexandra Cummings | Mar 12, 2021 | Equity, Features
//Amy E. Brown, a co-founder of Black Lives Matter 5280, on Jan. 7 in Denver. Photo by Polina Saran | polinasarana@gmail.com While national foundations like Black Lives Matter are often in the public eye, it’s the chapters on the ground across the United States...
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