Opinion
ANNE KEKE: Running while immigrant: Public education, purity politics and the cost of nuance
I did not come to public life through ideology. I came through classrooms. Before politics, I worked alongside students, families, and educators, many of them immigrants like me, navigating a public education system that can be both a ladder and a barrier. My work has always been grounded in two questions: What actually improves outcomes […]
ANNE KEKE: Running while immigrant: Public education, purity politics and the cost of nuance
I did not come to public life through ideology. I came through classrooms. Before politics, I worked alongside students, families, and educators, many of them immigrants like me, navigating a public education system that can be both a ladder and a barrier. My work has always been grounded in two questions: What actually improves outcomes […]
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JOAN FITZ-GERALD: Colorado deserves a fighter in the Senate: It’s Julie Gonzales
In over thirty-five years in Colorado politics, I learned something: when things get hard, many legislators fold. When the votes aren’t there, when leadership’s against them, when the room full of lobbyists and donors is telling them to wait, many of them fold, lower their expectations, and move on. A few don’t. Julie Gonzales doesn’t […]
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PERRY: Mizel Holocaust program reviews the road to Hell, and how to avoid it
Two recent programs produced by Denver’s Mizel Museum make it clear the red lights are flashing, folks. The critical message that a noted Holocaust researcher offered last week is that Americans must take action to keep history from repeating itself. Better hurry. “When we study the Holocaust, it’s very important to remember that these crimes […]
REP. CARTER: I voted yes on farm worker overtime bill. I would do it again.
I voted yes on Senate Bill 121, the “Overtime Threshold for Agricultural Employees” bill. I want to explain why — not just defend it. Let me start with something most people at the Capitol don’t have to reckon with: I represent Aurora. Our city has spent over $120 million in recent years purchasing small farms […]