![Twitter](/wp-content/themes/heydude-child/images/icon-twitter.png"){kind=icon}
![Superkids Expo 2026](/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/superkidsexpo26-btn.png")
![Current Issue](/wp-content/themes/heydude-child/images/current-issue.png")
![Archive](/wp-content/themes/heydude-child/images/archives.png")
HB-1324, and What a SLAPP Means to Me
SLAPP stands for “strategic lawsuit against public participation.” But what is it, really? A SLAPP action is a lawsuit, brought without valid…
Read more
Community Corner
Community Corner: What a difference a month makes
One month after eight officers surrounded a Black Naropa student for the non-crime of cleaning as part of his work study job on his own rental property, Boulder Police Department officers seem to feel the national spotlight had dimmed enough…
Read more
You, too, can help stop Sexual Assault
Every year in April, MESA - and sexual assault prevention organizations across the country - promotes Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM), which is used to shine a spotlight on what D’Anniballe refers to as an “epidemic crime,” for which both…
Read more
OPINION: Oil & Gas Reform is on the Horizon
For years, residents impacted by oil and gas development have been actively engaged at both the state and local level seemingly to no avail,…
Read more
Community Corner: Chasing Freedom with Elisabeth Epps
Can you imagine the end of cash bail and pre-trial detention, the abolition of jail and prisons in their entirety. Elisabeth Epps can, and she’s working to make it a reality.
Read more
OPINION: SB 19-181 Passes 7-4 through Energy & Environment Committee
The oil and gas omnibus bill SB19-181 passed through the Senate last week along party lines at every vote. This bill has now moved on to the House of Representatives. The first Hearing was in the House Energy and Environment…
Read more
“Hello, Brother”: Colorado Stands in Solidarity, Denounces Hate in wake of Christchurch White Terror Attack
Colorado stood in solidarity with the victims the white terror event in Christchurch, New Zealand, yesterday evening. Hundreds gathered at the Colorado Muslim Society and Mosque in Arapahoe County. The event was organized by numerous Muslim organizations from throughout the…
Read more
SB 19-181 What are the amendments doing to the bill?
We genuinely applaud the legislature for advancing SB 19-181. It is what the people in the fracking fields of Colorado have been seeking for almost a decade. This bill will give them a right to participate in decisions concerning where, when, and…
Read more
Community Corner: How We’re Strengthening Direct Democracy
I decided we needed better and national direct democracy so we, the people, make the big decisions. Direct democracy works. The Zapatista Rebellion, started by Mayans living in Chiapas, Mexico, have been using and advocating direct democracy for years, which…
Read more
Community Corner | American in Mexico: My view from the other side of the “wall”
As President Trump prepares to declare a national emergency to build a border wall, I’m sitting here on the other side, holding my breath, horrified by what is happening in my home country and its effect on the American psyche…
Read more
