Reader: Sweeping the Homeless Is No Solution, Just Moves Them Around

On Wednesday, when Governor John Hickenlooper and Mayor Michael Hancock were at the Lawrence Street day shelter, serving Thanksgiving dinner to the homeless, the Denver Police Department continued its city-sanctioned sweep of the streets right outside. The contrast was stark, and the reactions of readers to this latest round of…

Ten Rules for Protesting in Denver

For many, 2016 has been one enormous bummer. There are suddenly and shockingly almost too many outrages to address, and so people have taken to the streets both here in Denver and across the country.

Homeless Campers Stand Their Ground on Third Day of Police Activity

As snow began to fall on Thursday, at least two dozen homeless individuals located within a one block radius of the Denver Rescue Mission, at the intersection of Park Avenue West and Lawrence Street, remained camped out on the sidewalks. They remained despite not being allowed to cover themselves with…

Ten Ways Donald Trump’s New Strategist Steve Bannon Has Spun Colorado

President-elect Donald Trump has sparked another firestorm of criticism by naming Steve Bannon as his chief strategist and counselor. Why? Prior to joining Trump’s campaign, Bannon was executive chairman of Breitbart News, an outlet that the Southern Poverty Law Center, which monitors hate groups, has excoriated as a purveyor of…

Denver Plans Another Major Homeless Sweep This Week

The City of Denver is preparing its next major sweep operation to clear out homeless encampments. The focus of the operation will be along Park Avenue West and Lawrence Street, near the Denver Rescue Mission, where signs have been posted advising homeless individuals to remove their belongings from the streets…

Readers: I Was Proud to See Denver Set an Example for the Country

Comments are still pouring in about the classy way Denver protesters — and the Denver Police Department — behaved on Thursday night during a massive demonstration against the election results.  There will be another community gathering at 2:30 p.m. today, November 13, in Civic Center Park. “It is time that we…

Five Ways President-Elect Donald Trump Has Already Impacted Colorado

When Donald Trump was announced the winner of the 2016 presidential race, Colorado’s pot advocates got to work on a petition demanding the president-elect leave legal marijuana alone. They have reason to be nervous; people close to Trump, including New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, have publicly spoken against states’ legalizing pot. Though Christie was booted from Trump’s transition team on Friday, Giuliani is still close to the Donald and has been floated as a potential Attorney General. Yeah, holy shit is right.

For Immigrant Kids in Denver, Trump’s Election Is Their 9/11

In basic ways, the three Denver-area schools are different. One is public, one is charter, one is Catholic. But demographically, they have a lot in common. Their students come from exceedingly diverse national, ethnic and religious backgrounds, and their families tend to be on the lower end of the economic…

Libertarian Party: It’s Great to Be Blamed for Hillary’s Loss

Among the narratives to emerge from the wreckage of Hillary Clinton’s failed presidential campaign is the theory that she might have come out on top in the key state of Florida if it weren’t for the impact there of Gary Johnson and William Weld, the ticket representing the Libertarian Party. At…