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Spring | Whiskey and Words
A row of barstools / has decayed from loneliness / and the curb outside / crumbles from neglect.These days / swing from / apathy to anger / and back.
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Rejection | Whiskey and Words
Even when you anticipate it / the sting pulses through you / whether it’s a love interest / who picked someone else / or the local poetry festival / that rejected your work / as unsurprising as it is. /…
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“Pireki Avot” – the “Wisdom of our Fathers” | Duly Noted
“I can’t immerse myself the same way you do. I respect what you do so much. But I can’t do what you do.”
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Learning to Love Again While Living with Trauma
Finding love after trauma can be a daunting task, especially on the heels of the collective disruption of the Covid pandemic.
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The World: Ukraine
One year after the Russian invasion of Ukraine we take a look at local relief efforts, mental struggles, and the impacts here at home from the war abroad.
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Colorado experts declared a youth mental health emergency. Here’s what happened next.
Roxana is part of a generation that has grappled with unprecedented mental health struggles over the last few years amid a pandemic that stoked stress, fear, and isolation for people young and old. She’s also one of thousands of Colorado…
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People Live in Cities: An Analysis of Urban Planning’s Role in Loneliness
American cities nurture loneliness by hyper-focusing on cars to the detriment of alternative transportation and neglecting the creation of quality public spaces.
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Info on Indigenous Student Journalist Fellowship in CO
We will offer two Indigenous college students studying journalism in Colorado the opportunity to learn about the niche of mental health journalism over three months.
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Everything and everyone is not a nail-it’s time to change the perspective
Another man has died at the hands of police. His name is Keenan Anderson. He was a 31-year-old high school teacher in Los Angeles, California. He was in a minor traffic accident when he was tased to death by the…
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People have the right to not be killed by the police for a traffic stop
Anger pours through my entire being. In 2014 I had never been to a protest. Then Michael Brown was murdered, and I knew what I was watching on TV was not the whole truth. So I drove to Ferguson and…
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