Editorials
EDITORIAL: Set aside the Trump hysteria. Mail voting in Colorado is just the ticket
Colorado’s elections are imperfect because nothing run by human beings — or artificial intelligence — is perfect But Colorado elections are safe. They are accountable. They are remarkably difficult to manipulate. And, most importantly, the evidence shows they are accurate and they work. So critics need to stop pretending otherwise. It’s election time in Colorado. […]
EDITORIAL: It’s accurate now to call the Aurora GEO ICE prison a concentration camp
It’s no longer just a barbed social media meme to insist the Trump administration has turned the nation’s stock of immigrant detention centers into concentration camps. As you read this, and right here in Aurora, people are illegally confiscated and rounded up, denied their constitutional rights regarding search and seizure and habeas corpus, held without […]
EDITORIAL: Let Aurora shine a light on GEO ICE jail’s lack of transparency
Aurora city lawmakers are right to push for greater oversight of the GEO Group’s ICE immigration detention center, and they shouldn’t be cowed by critics who dismiss the effort as “performative.” The real performance has been the years-long pretense by the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and GEO Group that the Aurora […]