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Alan Berg Was Killed for Speaking Freely, Like Charlie Kirk

By Westword ReadersSeptember 21, 2025

The two had very different opinions, but both paid the ultimate price for free speech.

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Watching Businesses Suffer Through Colfax Construction Is Devastating

By Westword ReadersSeptember 21, 2025

Q House has joined the list of restaurants closing their doors, and fans worry the city is losing its flavor.

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Denver Needs Experienced Public Safety Leadership, Not Political Appointments

By Robert DavisSeptember 21, 2025

Why City Council should reject the nomination of Al Gardner as Executive Director of Public Safety.

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Queer Prisoners Speak Out for Justice

Queer Prisoners Speak Out for Justice

By Keean DavisSeptember 20, 2025

“By ignoring this cyclical pattern of dehumanization, individuals who identify as LGBTQ will continue to feel threatened.”

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Before There Was Charlie Kirk, There Was Alan Berg

By Patricia CalhounSeptember 19, 2025

Free speech shouldn’t pay the price this time.

The Evolution of School Shootings From Columbine to Evergreen, From Bullying to Brainwashing

The Evolution of School Shootings From Columbine to Evergreen, From Bullying to Brainwashing

By Randy BrownSeptember 15, 2025

“Get off the internet. It is possibly the worst influence in our society and civilization in history.”

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How to Avoid Seeing Disturbing Content on Social Media and Protect Your Peace of Mind

How to Avoid Seeing Disturbing Content on Social Media and Protect Your Peace of Mind

By Annie MargaretSeptember 15, 2025

You are not powerless.

Read the Room — the New Denver Broncos Stadium Is Going to Be Badass

Read the Room — the New Denver Broncos Stadium Is Going to Be Badass

By Westword ReadersSeptember 15, 2025

The team’s owners say they’re going to fund the new facility. Sound too good to be true?

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Instead of Bar Bar, More Tech Bros and Chipotle Apartments – Denver Has Lost Its Character

By Patricia CalhounSeptember 7, 2025

The Carioca Cafe hasn’t poured a drink for the past fifteen months…and now the building will be demolished.

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Banning Flavored Tobacco Won’t Make It Disappear

By Westword ReadersSeptember 7, 2025

Late last year, Denver City Council voted to ban flavored tobacco products. Now voters will get the chance to overturn that.

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Colorado Has One of the Nation’s Highest Suicide Rates: Here’s How to Bring It Down

By Emmy BetzSeptember 7, 2025

The answer is simple: “Reduce firearm access for people with suicide risk.”

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Raise a Glass to Denver’s Best Dive Bar, Whose Remaining Walls Will Soon Come Tumbling Down

By Patricia CalhounSeptember 4, 2025

In June, a car drove into the Carioca Cafe, aka Bar Bar, sealing its fate.

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Space Case: Donald Trump’s Rocky Relationship With Colorado

By Patricia CalhounSeptember 3, 2025

In pulling Space Command from Colorado Springs, the president blamed this state’s mail-in voting system and “automatically crooked elections.”

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World War III Won’t Start With Missiles: It’s Already Online

By Ava MooreSeptember 1, 2025

From the Capitol insurrection to coordinated attacks on public institutions, the line between online radicalization and real-world violence is vanishing.

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Reader: Denver Is Lucky to Have Mary Nguyen and Her Restaurants

By Westword ReadersAugust 31, 2025

After leaving a career in finance, she opened a series of elevated casual restaurants under the Olive & Finch umbrella, and now is working to push downtown.

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Reader: It’s Not About Where They Put the Broncos Stadium but Who Will Pay for It

By Westword ReadersAugust 31, 2025

“This will be a public relations disaster if ownership seriously considers moving the Denver Broncos outside the city,” says former Mayor Wellington Webb.

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When the Government Can See Everything: How Palantir Is Mapping the Nation’s Data

By Nicole M. BennettAugust 31, 2025

The Department of Defense has awarded this Denver-based company billion-dollar contracts to support battlefield intelligence and AI-driven analysis.

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Balancing Kratom’s Potential Benefits and Risks: New Legislation Seeks to Minimize Harm

By David KrollAugust 30, 2025

Despite the local and national debate over 7-OH, scientists are continuing to explore kratom compounds for their legitimate medical use.

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How to Poop Outdoors in a Way That Won’t Harm the Environment and Other Hikers

By Shari Edelson and B. Derrick TaffAugust 30, 2025

Hitting the trails? Time to come clean.

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Review: Sweet & Lucky: Echo Is a Repressed, Repetitive Retread

By Toni TrescaAugust 28, 2025

DCPA Off-Center’s highly anticipated follow-up to its groundbreaking 2016 immersive hit is an underwhelming grief trip.

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Reader: Will Trade Epstein Files for Tina Peters

By Westword ReadersAugust 24, 2025

Donald Trump says that the imprisoned former Mesa County clerk is “a brave and innocent Patriot who has been tortured by Crooked Colorado politicians.

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Reader: Sad to See Wu’s Garden Go, It’s Our Favorite Chinese Restaurant in the Area

By Westword ReadersAugust 24, 2025

At the close of business on August 24, Jin Yoong Wu will close the Littleton restaurant…and it’s not his choice.

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