Community Corner – Category Archive – North Metro Diversions

Community Corner: Inspiring Incarceration Bills Signed in Colorado’s 2019 Legislative Session

This past legislative session saw some truly inspired bills regarding incarceration make it through the process to become law in Colorado, to the betterment of us all.

Unnecessary Heroes, Martyrs to America’s Gun Fetish | #DeLaVacasDesk

These lost lives, Americans of all ages lost just this past few weeks, burnt up and crumpled and offered up like grotesque cannabalistic - emphasis on ballistic - incense to America's gods of domestic warfare: the NRA, Congress, 2Aers, and other gun enthusiasts. For what? To be martyrs to Americas unnatural gun fetish? For the infantile logic of those who claim patriot but scream for a right to fight the same government?

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 to repeat much of the same behavior.

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, but that is about to change… The Colorado Senate and House have both passed the bill known as

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.

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 Committee on Monday, March 18. The hearing started at 1:30 pm with testimony being heard from both proponents and opponents of the bill at the Capitol, as well as from six

“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 state as well as Interfaith organizations and allies, and was filled with community members from across the Front Range.

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 how oil and gas development can occur in their cities and neighborhoods. Yes, under present law they are denied the fundamental right to

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 they call la consulta.

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 and Mexican-American relations. This situation is one of many since Trump took office that he's used to stoke fear among Americans about Mexico and Mexicans