In “What’d I Miss?” Ossie’s dad observes one reason Black American history has been carried forward is that folks like his relatives continued to celebrate it.
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What’d I Miss?: Remembering groundbreaking “Star Trek” icon Nichelle Nichols
Myra has missed 30 years of her life, due to a coma, but has found a new friendship with her young neighbor, Ossie. Together, they both are searching for their place in this world. < Previous | Start from the beginning | Next >
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Opinion: Achieving racial equity in health care is a task for all of us
It’s true — COVID-19 disproportionately affects people of color. We know that Black and Latinx people are 3 to 4 times more likely to be hospitalized or die from the virus. This datapoint, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, further highlights the wide health care disparities that our communities of color have faced […]
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Silverman: Voting is a great way to fight bigotry. Remember that in November
Cling to first principles in troubled times. One man. One vote. Women, too. Mess with voting and you are messing with America. Our nation’s Voting Rights Act was born of blood spilled on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in 1965. Young John Lewis took a brutal beating on Bloody Sunday. Martin Luther King Jr. and his […]
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What’d I Miss?: Young enough to change (the world)
Myra has missed 30 years of her life, due to a coma, but has found a new friendship with her young neighbor, Ossie. Together, they both are searching for their place in this world. < Previous | Start from the beginning | Next > More cartoons from The Colorado Sun