On a hot June day I sat outside with CU student Lily Dennis, the low hum of engines bouncing off the nearby road. The conversation was about Pride month, and what it means during the Trump Administration.  “I think that [Pride] is more important now than ever. To remember the history, especially as it’s being erased,” she said.  In the past year and half since Donald Trump took office, his administration has systematically rolled back trans rights, and attacked the queer community. The military has banned transgender individuals from serving, made it “official” US policy that there are only two

The following letter was sent to Yellow Scene Magazine. As with all Letters to the Editor, the views expressed are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the publication. Antisemitism is rising. I read this almost daily, and I have no reason to doubt it, and I am sad to see it occurring. And though, importantly, Palestinians are Semites too, the common interpretation is that this is negative, and even deadly opinions and actions taken against Jewish people. While people may misunderstand that term’s definition, throw in anti-Zionism and discussions become heated and too often

This past month, Yellow Scene Magazine published our endorsements for the upcoming primary election. What haunted much of our coverage was the specter of dark money: who has it, who does not, which donors we viewed as disqualifying, and which we did not. Particularly in a post-Mamdani electoral landscape, a candidate’s financial connections are beginning to resonate deeply with everyday voters. Candidates have learned to capitalize on this shift, weaponizing their opponents’ financial ties against them to sell themselves as grassroots alternatives. Whether pointing out candidate Heidi Henkel’s ties to One Main Street or the hundreds of thousands accepted from

At a June 9 Thornton City Council meeting, council members unanimously advanced an ordinance to rezone almost 29 acres of land to make way for a new apartment complex. The land, on East 112th Avenue and York Street, is vacant. City council has long been searching for a way to fill it, especially as the nearby RTD rail station sees a decline in ridership.  Hillpointe, a developer managing more than 12,000 units across over 10 states, hopes to build a new residential space geared towards providing affordable housing for what it calls the “missing middle,”  those who earn too much to

When Jacob Giron graduated high school, he was shocked by the price of student housing  and tuition at the University of Colorado Boulder. Giron, like many prospective students in Boulder and East County, initially desired to attend CU Boulder. But CU and other public universities in Colorado enforce on campus housing during a student’s freshman year. So when Giron saw the tuition and housing costs that the University would require, he instead opted to attend Front Range Community College.  The price for residence housing at Boulder ranges from $8,000-$10,000 per semester on top of tuition. “I remember looking at the