As a Denverite, I’ve slapped my head in embarrassment more than once watching Mayor Michael Hancock make moral blunders, legal and personal. Hancock’s mandate for all city employees to vaccinate may look civically responsible on the surface, but there are some very real legal, social and political vulnerabilities he opens himself and Democrats up to. […]
Theo E.J. Wilson
Special to The Colorado Sun
Twitter: @lucifury
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Wilson: The tide turns for Tay Anderson, but will the left learn not to be too quick to judgment?
Tay Anderson looked clean, fresh and polished sitting next to Jeff Fard on the Free Think Zone podcast. It was almost as if he hadn’t just been weathering the storm of his young life. Ever since anonymous allegations of assault, the Denver Public Schools board member has been persona non-grata in the community. These very […]
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Wilson: Here’s Colorado’s most important upcoming battle over redistricting
Years ago, I sat in on a chess game at Brother Jeff’s Cultural Center, and overheard an elder explaining how politicians can choose their own voters. All they had to do was change the boundaries of a district. “Gerrymandering,” he called it. “How undemocratic,” I thought. They can just draw the lines that make up our […]
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Wilson: Black gun owners can feel unwelcome in white shooting ranges, so they created their own in Denver
Behind the walls of an unassuming building in Denver’s historic Five Points neighborhood, a cultural shift is taking hold in the Black community. Gun owners and novice shooters are stepping inside the 1770 Armory and Gun Club to learn about their weapons, pick up some Black history and practice shooting — without firing a shot. […]
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Wilson: Mass shootings, the fruit of broken community
I held a bullet in my hand while watching the coverage of the mass shooting Boulder on Monday. As a gun owner, I owed it to myself to physically hold this sorrow, and its cause, simultaneously. Our culture often obscures the consequences of these ubiquitous weapons, until events like these. Then, with my stomach in […]
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Wilson: Denver hip-hop legend Apostle returns to take on Michael Hancock and homelessness
Jeff Campbell’s genius can sneak up on you if you’re not careful. Unlike many rappers, he’s not the type to lead with his résumé, so allow me to do so. He was one of the first Denver rappers to get a distribution deal as far back as the early ’90s. He was the founder of […]
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Wilson: What white America was really saying in the 2020 election
Donald Trump’s presidency declared open season on Black people, and 57% of white voters didn’t care. That’s the fundamental message one could glean from the election demographics if so inclined. The data is clear: Racists felt emboldened under Trump and acted accordingly. In fact, an unprecedented 54 court cases cite Trump as the inspiration for […]
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Wilson: Joe Biden is the 45th president. Trump shouldn’t count.
“Dude, was that plain English? Was that a soaring, presidential speech?” That’s literally what I thought while listening to Joe Biden give his victory speech in Wilmington recently. It was like waking up out of a nightmare in which reality TV star Donald Trump was president. Then, upon opening my eyes, I discovered that the […]
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Wilson: Yard signs are free speech. We have to fight to protect it — even from our own HOA.
Melissa Steele was just living her best life, trying to speak up on the things that matter. Her yard sign affirming that Black Lives Matter, Science is Real, and Love is Love was simply too much for the HOA. They left a note on Melissa’s door saying that she had 10 days to remove her […]
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Wilson: African immigrants often blindsided by American racial hatred
When the Diol family finally made it to America from Senegal, I’m sure they didn’t picture their dreams going up in literal flames. But, early in the morning on Aug. 5, the Diols’ journey in America ended in tragedy. Arsonists set their house ablaze like a burning cross in the Jim Crow South. Three masked […]