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Beyond the 2024 Election: Time to Heal and Forge Ahead as One Nation

By Sheila Van de GraaphDecember 22, 2024

For young leaders, the election represented more than policy decisions; it was a reflection of the fractured nation they are poised to inherit.

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Reader: When You Give Women Rights, They Like It So Much They Actually Move Here

By Westword ReadersDecember 22, 2024

Young men are no longer in the majority in Denver, exploding the myth of “Menver.”

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Billboard Should Be Applauded for Raising Awareness of Challenging Time for Jews

By Scott LevinDecember 21, 2024

It’s part of a national campaign by an organization that fights hatred directed at the Jewish community.

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How the New Frontier Airlines Can Really Go First-Class

By Teague BohlenDecember 10, 2024

Isn’t “first-class service on Frontier” a contradiction in terms? Not anymore!

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Donald Trump Name-Checks Colorado on Meet the Press

By Patricia CalhounDecember 9, 2024

“And you’ve seen what they’ve done in Colorado and other places. They’re taking over, they’re literally taking over apartment complexes and doing it with impunity.”

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Reader: Buc-ee’s Is Just a Gas Station. Get Over It

By Westword ReadersDecember 8, 2024

A second Buc-ee’s is proposed for Colorado, right off I-25 near Palmer Lake. Some residents aren’t happy.

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Analysis: Supreme Court Could Narrow the Scope of Federal Environmental Reviews

By J.B. RuhlDecember 8, 2024

On December 10, the court will consider Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado.

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Reader: Denver Has Lost Enough. We Should Not Lose Tattered Cover, Too

By Westword StaffDecember 8, 2024

Tattered Cover has gone through bankruptcy court and three sets of owners since Joyce Meskis ran the independent bookstore. What’s the story?

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Reader: Murder of JonBenét Ramsey Will Never Be Solved

By Westword StaffDecember 7, 2024

The three-part Netflix series has revived interest in the almost thirty-year-old case.

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Opinion: Denver Needs to Commit to Building Safe Bike Lanes

By David MintzerDecember 1, 2024

The city promised to create a protected bike lane along West 29th Avenue. Then plans changed…

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Reader: Every Restaurant Should Be Vegan

By Westword ReadersDecember 1, 2024

The closing of the last two Meta Burger locations inspires a discussion of veganism in general.

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Reader: They’re Gentrifying All the Festivals Away, Like Five Points Jazz

By Westword ReadersDecember 1, 2024

The annual festival brought musicians and thousands of fans to Welton Street, the heart of Denver’s historic Black neighborhood.

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Reader: Larimer Square Is Not Exactly Tiananmen Square

By Westword ReadersNovember 30, 2024

After Mayor Mike Johnston talked about defending Denver from mass deportation, the incoming border czar said he was “willing to put him in jail.”

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Rioja at Twenty: Serving Up Two Decades of Memories

By Patricia CalhounNovember 29, 2024

Since opening Rioja in November 2004, Beth Gruitch and Jen Jasinski have changed the way people look at Larimer Square, Denver dining…and female chefs.

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Reader: Your Opinion About Politics Isn’t as Important as My Love Life

By Westword ReadersNovember 24, 2024

Should you only date people who share political beliefs?

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Reader: Did Denver Need Another Taco Shop?

By Westword ReadersNovember 24, 2024

“It’s a very tough and challenging landscape for restaurants to survive in Denver right now.”

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Hey, Colorado, Let’s Speak Out to Protect the Initiatives We Have Passed

By Jill CarstensNovember 24, 2024

This state’s citizens have worked hard the last decade to put into place progressive initiatives for our future:

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Reader: Will Pickleball Courts Be Completed Before Trend Passes?

By Westword ReadersNovember 23, 2024

The city has long wondered what to do with the vacant space at the corner of Broadway and Colfax, by the bus station.

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Casa Bonita Entertainment Workers Vote to Unionize

By Patricia CalhounNovember 23, 2024

“We are proud that we stood as a group and said clearly: We want to make Casa Bonita better,” the performers and tech workers announced.

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In Trumpian Times Like These, Consider the Alternative

By Patricia CalhounNovember 18, 2024

“Please don’t waste your time talking about Donald Trump and his minions.”

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Reader: Leave Casa Bonita Alone! Let Them Be Successful!

By Westword ReadersNovember 17, 2024

The pink eatertainment palace has had to deal with a jammed reservation system, a unionization effort and now a potentially smelly situation.

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Dateless in Denver: Flowers Are Nice, Boys – but How About a Vote?

Dateless in Denver: Flowers Are Nice, Boys – but How About a Vote?

By Abby ScottNovember 17, 2024

“I know this election has been confusing for so many Americans, partially because it has forced the deeply personal nature of politics into the spotlight.”

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