Heather Fitzsimmons was working on getting her life back together and staying clean while on probation in Aurora when she noticed what seemed to be an extra deposit in the account where she gets paid. Fitzsimmons called to alert her employers at the Center for Employment Opportunities in Denver, part of a national organization providing […]
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The curtain fell on Colorado’s arts scene during COVID. Can it dance back to life?
Denver’s major performing arts companies have, in fits and starts, been on a comeback season. But it is proving to be a long climb back.
Posted inColoradans, COVID, Education, News, Technology
In the age of social media, a new app aims to help Colorado teens make friends off their phones
Barely out of bed and still waiting for the fog of sleep to lift, Ameera Sierra used to start her mornings staring at an endless stream of selfies, tweets and Snapchat stories. It was almost a ritual for the 17-year-old: Roll over, turn off the alarm, grab the phone and begin scrolling, the glow from […]
Posted inOpinion, Opinion Columns
Nicolais: Let’s change our world. We can start with a little gratitude.
Gratitude has not come easy for many of us over the past two years. Pandemics, protests, wars. The general circumstances of our world seem incongruous with feelings of thanks. Even the things we might feel thankful for are often based on avoidance of negative outcomes: thankful I did not get deathly ill, thankful I have […]
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Littwin: As his poll numbers plunge, Biden tries for a mask-free State of the Union reset
If you were in search of the key takeaway from Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech, all you had to do was look at his face. Or Kamala Harris’ face. Or Nancy Pelosi’s face. Or, for that matter, the faces of most people in the House chamber. You could see their faces because the […]
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Zornio: Stop hurting kids with your political rage
The mental health crisis for children is still on the rise, and adults are doing very little to stop it. Over the past couple of years, reports suggest mental health emergency visits for kids ages 5 to 11 are up 24%. For teenagers, that number increases to 31%. It’s a troubling trend supported by several […]
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Nicolais: My cousin Matt died last week and must now be in Neverland
My cousin Matt died last Saturday. He is the first in this generation of my family to pass away, and I have not been able to stop thinking about it all week. I looked up to Matt when I was young. His mother and my mother shared a bond closer than any of my other […]
Posted inColoradans, Education, Health, News
Learning to save lives at 16: Denver teens train to become EMTs amid Colorado shortage
Samantha Rudnick has been fly-fishing since she was 2 and has spent more time off the grid in the mountains than just about anywhere else. Now, the mountains offer her the kind of escape that helps her cope with all the stress that comes with being a teenager living and studying in Denver and trying […]
Posted inCOVID, Health, News, Politics and Government
Colorado is planning a shift to an “endemic response” to COVID-19, possibly as soon as summer
As Colorado shifts toward an endemic response to COVID-19, the state health department is looking to the private sector for help in rethinking strategies to deal with the presence of the virus forever, and appears to be trying to shed its central role in limiting its spread in the process. The Colorado Department of Public […]
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When will COVID become endemic in Colorado? Soon, the state hopes.
OK, so now is the pandemic almost over? In a flurry of votes and orders issued over the past several days, both the state and local governments have begun to dismantle some of Colorado’s most visible remaining COVID restrictions. Denver and Tri-County Health Department will allow their mask mandates to expire this week. Jefferson, Broomfield […]