When the Denver Police Department sent officers to raid an encampment of tiny homes at Sustainability Park last October, “something in me snapped,” says photographer Paula Bard. “I began walking those streets were the homeless are trying to survive, photographing the faces of those my city has abandoned.” The result is…
Over the years, we’ve documented the misadventures of Gordon Klingenschmitt, who we described in a 2014 headline as an “Exorcism-Doing, Gay-Slamming, Just-Elected State Rep” from the Colorado Springs area. Our posts about Klingenschmitt, who’s also a priest, have featured his claim that “gays have lost their soul” and his prayers…
The cops arrived at ten in the morning, setting up a perimeter around the two dozen homeless individuals who were camping in the area known as “Resurrection Village,” near the former Big Wonderful site at the intersection of 26th and Arapahoe streets. The officers didn’t come alone. Their arrival was…
Donald Trump could be headed to Colorado for the state’s Republican Party convention next weekend — but he won’t get a warm welcome from many of the people who heard the comments Trump made at a recent MSNBC town hall regarding the legalization of marijuana, and the “very serious reports…
Colorado Republicans may not have been able to pick a presidential candidate at their caucus on March 1, but a former Coloradan just weighed in with the major vote against Donald Trump. Stephanie Cegielski, a graduate of the University of Colorado Denver who got a law degree from the University of…
On March 26 a delegation of interfaith leaders met with concerned community members at the Colorado Muslim Society, the largest mosque in the Rocky Mountain region, to openly denounce Islamophobia at “Building Bridges with the Muslim Community.” The gathering was organized by the newly-formed Coalition for an Inclusive Colorado, and offered break-out…
Inside a nondescript brick building on the corner of Colfax Avenue and Glenarm Place, directly across the street from the Lindsey-Flanigan Courthouse, is a room filled with trash cans. They’re the same kind of trash cans that many Denver residents roll out to the curb each week – green, with…
The Stompin’ Ground Games danced into the Swansea community center on Saturday, March 19, celebrating the conjoined neighborhoods of Globeville and Elyria-Swansea. Warm Cookies of the Revolution, the city’s “civic health club,” has been holding these events in different neighborhoods each month. January’s program in Capitol Hill, for example, used comedy…
“For rent: Downtown apartment, 2 bedrooms. Includes organic garden space, hot tub, great backyard. You can bring your dogs if they have references as good as yours. If voting for Donald Trump, do not call.” This ad appeared in The Nickel, a free publication in Grand Junction — and even…
Community groups in north Denver have joined forces with the Sierra Club to file a federal lawsuit against the EPA, claiming that the agency lowered its pollution standards in order to push forward the controversial expansion of I-70 through the Elyria and Swansea neighborhoods. The $1.8 billion project, which would…
On Tuesday, City of Denver workers launched a clean sweep of the Ballpark neighborhood, where the homeless had been setting up encampments — or at least stashing stuff that was not allowed in nearby shelters. During the move — which was overseen by Denver Police Department officers — some of…
The photo above pictures Leelah Alcorn, a transgender teen who posted a suicide note on Tumblr in December 2014 shortly before stepping in front of a semi-truck that killed her. Alcorn’s last words include references to how her parents forced her to take part in so-called conversion therapy, which is…
A new poll intended to make a serious point about the nomination of a Supreme Court justice to fill the seat opened after the death of Antonin Scalia winds up making a hilarious one about Donald Trump and newly retired Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning. Turns out America would rather…
Once upon a time, people who wanted to smoke without annoying anyone would simply head outside. Now, however, large parts of the outdoors in Boulder County may be off-limits to smokers no matter the substance they’re consuming, be it tobacco or marijuana. And violations could result in fines as high…
The turnout for yesterday’s Colorado caucus, during which Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders bested former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, was far beyond expectations. But not every story had a happy ending. For instance, we heard from one person who wasn’t allowed to participate because he arrived in line one minute…
When RedPeak Properties first approached her about developing a five-story apartment complex in her district, Susan Shepherd remembers thinking, “Whoa, this is going to be controversial.” Even so, the then-city councilwoman never expected the mudslinging she would encounter at a community meeting she set up between the developer and her…
Last week, legislators considered a “homeless bill of rights” at the State Capitol, but representatives at a House committee meeting ultimately voted the proposal down five to six. It was a major defeat for homeless activists who were counting on passage of the Right to Rest Act — sponsored by…
This Tuesday, March 1, will be Primarypalooza, when almost a quarter of the states in this country will decide which presidential hopefuls should face off in the general election. Super Tuesday has voters in Alabama, Arkansas, (our own) Colorado, Georgia, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont and Virginia heading to…
Last year, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper vetoed bills related to traffic cameras and photo-radar enforcement, causing plenty of critics to see red. In explaining his reasoning, Hickenlooper suggested that he might okay legislation on the topic if they allowed the technology to be used under limited circumstances. Now, a new…
Denver is usually quick to point out all the money it’s spending to help the homeless, but what does the city spend to police them? That’s a question that a group of law students from the University of Denver’s Sturm College of Law recently set out to answer. In a…
Last month, we told you about a legislation sponsored by State Senator Tim Neville that would allow concealed carry without a permit in Colorado. Senate Bill 16-017, the original version of which is shared here, is still alive; on February 12, according to the Colorado General Assembly’s history page, the…
By the time the TV news teams showed up at Sustainability Park on October 24, most of the arrests had been made, and the city’s dump trucks were already in the process of hauling away five tiny houses that had been built there by dozens of homeless people and activists…
