El gobernador Jared Polis firmó una ley que permite a los nativos americanos llevar atuendos tradicionales en las graduaciones. Ahora, Naomi Peña Villasano, de 18 años, pide que se incluya a más etnias.
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Posted inOpinion Columns
Laura Pritchett: An appreciation of time and health in a stretch of rampant illness
Columnist Laura Pritchett found the weight of emotional and physical symptoms of illness all around her drove home the importance of saving for a long-anticipated family trip.
Posted inBook Excerpts
“Borderlands Curanderos” traces impact of two faith healers and revolutionaries
Jennifer Koshatka Seman’s scholarly history examines the impact of 19th-century faith healing practices and radical politics of two curanderos in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands.
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A tale of home life gone awry from “The Boundaries of Their Dwelling”
With the short story “How to Live Domestically as an Artist,” author Blake Sanz describes a sense of place tainted by turmoil.
Posted inWater
In Mexico’s dry north, Colorado River adds to uncertainty
A small fraction of the river reaches Northern Mexico, irrigating its fields and providing for millions of residents. That supply is now more at risk than ever.
Posted inOpinion, Opinion Columns
Opinion: Colorado’s Ken Salazar is steering Mexico toward better relations with the U.S.
Congratulations to President Joe Biden for persuading Mexico’s President, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, to meet with him in Washington on July 12 to discuss key Mexico-U.S. issues, especially those pertaining to the border. I believe, however, that much of the credit should go to the U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, Ken Salazar, who has done something […]
Posted inBusiness
San Luis Valley potato growers can finally sell in major Mexican cities. But do they trust the potato politics?
Colorado politicians are celebrating new rules allowing potato sales in the Mexican interior. Potato farmers, though, have been burned before.
Posted inOpinion, Opinion Columns
Opinion: In any age, the questions confronting refugees are the same
Like many Coloradans and Americans, I was deeply moved last month by the pictures of President Joe Biden holding up a young Ukrainian refugee in his arms. The jubilant smile and the loving energy of the embrace between our president and the refugee child struck a particular chord with me, reminding me of my hopes […]
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Pritchett: Hanging with birders sharpens the senses — no matter where you look
I caught some sleep during the short interlude between frenzied barking dogs and the crowing roosters. It wasn’t enough. I won’t lie, this Mexico trip wasn’t easy, and in all the cliché ways: A grapefruit-sized whip spider shedding its exoskeleton on the bathroom ceiling, a scorpion skittering down the hallway, tiny biting ants stinging my […]
Posted inClimate, Environment, News
Federal government will build climate observatory near Gunnison to monitor drought
By Felicia Fonseca, The Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The U.S. Department of Energy on Tuesday announced a new kind of climate observatory near Crested Butte that will help scientists better predict rain and snowfall in the U.S. West and determine how much of it will flow through the region in the Colorado River. The […]