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Month in Review | Jan 21-Feb 22

February 26, 2021 Like 0 editor

Month in Review The darkest days of modern American politics seem to be behind us, as the #GOPCoup failed, Donald J. Trump left office, and Joe Biden became the 45th President of the United States. We say “seem” because after…

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Month in Review | October 2020

October 29, 2020 Like 0 editor

MONTH IN REVIEW As of this writing, Boulder County sits at 4,998 cases of COVID-19, and the death toll is 84. There have been 227 hospitalizations and there are 252 disease investigations in progress. Restrictions on college students have…

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Month in Review – July 2020

July 16, 2020 Like 0 editor

Month in Review A month of openings – gyms, bars, strip clubs, restaurants – even at half capacity was cut off. Governor Polis announced a re-closing of bars and clubs to stem the current rise in…

Community Corner

Governor’s Order on Ballot Initiatives Highlights Justice Inequities – Community Corner

June 22, 2020 Like 0 Darren O'Connor

The pandemic is providing a lens through which inequity is plainly visible for all to see. Essential workers earning survival wages are dying so we can go to the supermarket, e.g., and Governor Polis has made highly visible public proclamations…

Month in Review

Month in Review June 2019

June 17, 2019 Like 0 editor

Month in Review . *On May 20, Boulder County made big moves to embolden the county’s LGBTQ professional residents. The county officially launched the Boulder County LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce, which will be the first LGBTQ chapter in all of…

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Increasing the Racial Achievement Gap in BVSD: District Cancels IB Program at Majority Hispanic Alicia Sanchez International Elementary School

May 10, 2019 Like 0 Johnathen De La Vaca

Our focus is the advanced courses bill. At the same time that this law has just been signed at the state level, coupled with additional funding laws to support implementation, Boulder Valley School District has decided to cut the International…

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

May 8, 2019 Like 0 Johnathen De La Vaca

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…

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The Blue Puddle: Colorado’s Legislators v Oil and Gas-Update 3.5.2019

February 27, 2019 Like 0 redtornado

In fact, we have earned the unfortunate nickname “Tour De Frack” by many, including legislators adapting the term. We do not have a choice where a drill or a well goes, whether it is next to our houses or schools,…