The violence and chaos at the U.S. Capitol, the COVID death toll that has surpassed 4,000 people a day nationwide, and the brazen treachery of the executive branch has me thinking about that other branch of government that has been largely silent and absent for weeks. Just before their adjournment, the U.S. Supreme Court heard […]
Diana Bray
Special to The Colorado Sun
Twitter: @Diana4Colorado
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Opinion: Black Americans’ trauma and courage led to Biden-Harris win
All over the country, people felt joy and relief on Saturday morning when they learned that former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris had beaten President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence. Many other people felt the opposite: Rage and fear and distress. One dynamic is fairly universal, however, and that is […]
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Diana Bray: Why I’m supporting Andrew Romanoff in the Senate race
At the end of my campaign for U.S. Senate a couple weeks ago, I took some heat. When I decided to endorse Andrew Romanoff, the great majority of people who contacted me supported my decision, but some were offended by my choice. And they let me know it. Throughout my campaign, I received criticism […]
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Diana Bray: Coronavirus is just a symptom of a sick planet
It seems that feeling anxious, distressed and fearful is our collective new normal. I have been feeling some degree of this distress for several years. And I know I am not alone. The level of anxiety and depression and danger that many are feeling right now about the coronavirus pandemic are what some have been […]
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Diana Bray: I sat during the Pledge, and it likely cost me support. Here’s why I did it.
In all honesty, it took a bit of resolve for me to stay seated for the Pledge of Allegiance. But I had made a commitment to stand in solidarity with Tay Anderson and remain seated during the Pledge. Tay is the newly elected DPS school board member and youngest African American ever elected in Colorado […]
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Opinion: The climate disrupters are coming out of the woodwork, and they aren’t afraid
I had an opportunity to speak with the parents of a young activist, Ezra Kone, who was arrested along with 38 protesters at the Colorado State Capitol on Thursday morning. Ezra’s parents were at the Denver Detention Center the next day and though ready to post bail, they could not get direct answers about what […]
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Opinion: Casers and streeters and the case of the undelivered mail ballots in Colorado
Eight-hundred-and-twenty-eight ballots were not delivered to Aurora and Denver voters until late afternoon on Tuesday, Nov. 5, just hours before the polls closed on Election Day. How and why did that happen? Often, there are multiple factors leading to errors, mistakes, accidents and other failures. That may well be the case in this situation with […]
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Opinion: Let’s listen to Greta, not to DC insiders when it comes to the Senate race
Here in Colorado, some are asking why many of the candidates for U.S. Senate, and the women in particular, are staying in the race when John Hickenlooper, the former governor of Colorado, has been endorsed and anointed by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee in Washington, D.C. Though I cannot speak for others, the reason is […]
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Opinion: Health care is a right, not just for the privileged
Sometimes you just have to take a leap into the unknown when you see that the status quo is simply not working. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt did just that when he signed Social Security into law. In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson did the same with Medicare, which provides health care to all Americans […]
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Opinion: Will Colorado’s air be OK to breathe today? We shouldn’t have to guess.
Sunny skies. Light winds. Hot temperatures. One might think this a description of an ideal summer day, one that is perfect for swimming, a picnic or a hike. In fact, these days it is just as likely a recipe for an “ozone action alert.” You know, when you wake up, have a cup of coffee […]