January 21, 2018 in 4,457 words
This is how democracies die Defending our constitution requires more than outrage Blatant dictatorship – in the form of fascism, communism, or military rule – has disappeared across much of the world....
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CU Historian: After One Year, Donald Trump Already Worst U.S. President Ever Pictured above Donald Trump during a 2016 campaign appearance in Denver. Exhibit A: America’s Shithole. On January 19,...
View ArticleJanuary 23, 2018 in 4,687 words
Can Planet Earth Feed 10 Billion People? Humanity has 30 years to find out All parents remember the moment when they first held their children—the tiny crumpled face, an entire new person, emerging...
View ArticleJanuary 24, 2018 in 4,925 words
Life hacks are part of a 200-year-old movement to destroy your humanity Our obsession with finding the perfect route to productivity has deep roots The quest for achieving peak productivity is now...
View ArticleJanuary 25, 2018 in 5,004 words
Is this the end of civilisation? We could take a different path Environmental breakdown, coupled with the self-destructive behaviour of governments, has set us on a road to ruin. And we’re blocking...
View ArticleJanuary 26, 2018 in 3.913 words
Does our state constitution protect the environment? Environmental activist and lawyer Maya K. van Rossum comes to Boulder to discuss how to states can pass ‘green’ amendments In 2014, there was an...
View ArticleJanuary 27, 2018 in 4,913 words
Chain migration? It is historical fact that millions of people have come to the U.S. to create new lives in freedom. Immigration is the origin of our history as a country. Our federal government did...
View ArticleJanuary 28, 2018 in 5,009 words
For Nazi Officers, Trinidad’s POW Camp Was the Great Escape The enemy arrived in Colorado by the trainload in June 1943. There were hundreds of them — sullen yet cocky, a little worse for wear from...
View ArticleJanuary 30, 2018 in 4,606 words
All Followers Are Fake Followers A New York Times exposé of a “black market” for online fame diagnoses the symptom of social-media despair, but misses its cause In the summer of 2015, the game...
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Shithead of the Americas: What Trump Doesn’t Know Could Fill a Third World Country Pictured above: Sunset in San Salvador, El Salvador’s capital. During a meeting about U.S. immigration policy,...
View ArticleFebruary 1, 2018 in 5,667 words
We can battle climate change without Washington DC. Here’s how. Global warming is an immediate battle with enormous consequences. We dare not wait for Washington to return to sanity – nor do we have...
View ArticleFebruary 2, 2018 in 5,400 words
Will Coloradans free wolves on the state’s public lands? A pair of gray wolves stand on a ridge looking out across an endless alpine expanse of forested valleys that fall from peaks into rivers,...
View ArticleFebruary 3, 2018 in 3,723 words
Did you see the showering rat video? It explains why Trump won. I’ve summed up the week in internet indignation so you can adjust your anger levels accordingly. Enjoy! The online outrage cycle comes...
View ArticleFebruary 4, 2018 in 2,919 words
After baking in the sun for what we can only assume was an exceedingly unhealthy amount of time, The Bearded Man once awoke with a start to discover that he had gone partially deaf for reasons...
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“Don’t Be a Fucking Nazi”: Antifa, White Supremacists Clash at CSU Above photo shared by the Northern Colorado Antifa Collective purports to show a white supremacist protester wounded following a...
View ArticleFebruary 6, 2018 in 5,512 words
Reagan economic adviser mocks Trump as Dow falls: The market just realized an ‘unstable lunatic is president’ Pictured above: President Donald Trump speaks in Ohio while the Dow Jones plummets in...
View ArticleFebruary 7, 2018 in 4,290 words
You can’t un-see this video of Trump’s hair as he boards Air Force One On Tuesday evening, journalist Ashley Feinberg noticed something off about a YouTube video showing President Donald Trump...
View ArticleFebruary 9, 2018 in 6,336 words
Building A Latino-Muslim Coalition With #TacoTrucksAtEveryMosque Food For Thought Pictured above: Muslims and Latinos line up for free halal tacos outside a mosque in Rosarito, in Baja California,...
View ArticleFebruary 10, 2018 in 5,424 words
The ROAD Highway BR-163 cuts a brutal path through Brazil’s conflicting ambitions: to transform itself into an economic powerhouse and to preserve the Amazon as a bulwark against climate change....
View ArticleFebruary 11, 2018 in 4,378 words
GIN: HOW THE LIQUOR KNOWN AS “MOTHER’S RUIN” WENT FROM SCOURGE TO SAVIOR BOTTOMS UP Gin is having a moment in the UK. Supermarkets can’t keep hipster micro-distilled brands on their shelves, and...
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