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How Christian-Right Activists Got Anti-Trans Initiatives on Colorado’s Ballot
8+ hour, 53+ min ago (685+ words) Last week, a set of anti-trans initiatives was approved for Colorado's 2026 ballot. The Colorado Times Recorder has been tracking these initiatives, and the anti-LGBTQ activist group Protect Kids Colorado that has pushed them with help from conservative politicians and religious…...
Creationism Attempt at Charter School Illustrates Broader Antagonism Toward Science
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (735+ words) A Colorado charter school quickly backed down from teaching creationism to eighth graders, but the incident illustrates that a lot of the public, and some people within public schools, remain antagonistic to the science of biological evolution. On March 10, Daugherty…...
Partners of CO Springs Ministry Push Laws on Gender, Speech, Conscience Nationwide
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (899+ words) Pro-family" groups affiliated with Focus on the Family are working to move state legislatures to the right with bills that grant conscience rights" to medical workers, restrict students" speech, define humans as male and female, promote Turning Point USA in…...
Colorado's Progress in Reducing Childhood Poverty Is at Risk
6+ day, 17+ hour ago (972+ words) by Stephen Roll,Jenn Finders, and Leah Hamilton Childhood poverty in the U.S. fell to its lowest level in history in 2021. The fall was largely due to the expanded child tax credit and other COVID-19 pandemic supports that put cash directly…...
CO Springs Public School Teaching Creationism
1+ week, 6+ day ago (265+ words) The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) has issued a letter to a Colorado Springs charter school, accusing the school of violating the Constitution by teaching creationism as part of its 8th grade science curriculum. According to the FFRF, a parent " who…...
Capt. B's Earthship Log: 'The Spanish Entrada"
2+ week, 2+ day ago (245+ words) The book takes the reader right up to the American entrada that changed Nueva Espa'a irrevocably. I believe it should be required reading for anyone who wants to understand the roots of the clash of cultures that made the American…...
Legislators Address Black Maternal Health
2+ week, 3+ day ago (354+ words) Sean Beedle is a former soldier, educator, activist, and animal welfare worker. He received a Bachelor's in English from UCCS. He has worked as a freelance and staff writer for the Colorado Springs Independent covering LGBTQ issues, nuclear disasters, cattle…...
'Abortion Reversal' is Unethical. Here's Why.
2+ week, 4+ day ago (482+ words) As a bioethicist who conducted research at three highly ranked research universities across the country, the continued efforts to undermine medication abortion, including the promotion of "abortion pill reversal," deeply worry me. And it should worry you, too. Anti-abortion advocates…...
How Breckenridge Reserved Almost 75% of Its Full-Time Housing For Workforce
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (1001+ words) by Susan Shain, High Country News Jake Carter is only 27, yet he already owns a home in Breckenridge, Colorado, where the average listing price is $1.85 million. His two-bedroom condo is surrounded by trees, just half a mile from the ski…...
Abortion Groups Join Conservatives to Oppose Digital Surveillance
3+ week, 4+ day ago (260+ words) The bill didn't just raise concerns for gun rights groups like RMGO, but also abortion advocacy groups like COLOR, which also lobbied against the bill, and Cobalt, which lobbied to amend it. Cobalt's Political Director Kiera Hatton Sena noted that…...