My (short) life as an election judge
From my first shift on Oct. 19 to the last on Election Day, my behind-the-headlines perspective was different. Here’s a diary of my (short) life as a citizen in the front row of a historic election.
A small city sounds a big message on Black Lives Matter
The Routt County Courthouse is 912 miles away from 38th Street and Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis, the place where George Floyd was killed. Yet despite its distance from that scene and its relative lack of racial diversity, it was one of hundreds of cities, big and small, that sprang into action in the wake of George Floyd’s death.
Denver teen fights to make Elijah McClain’s name known
Earlier, when organizers asked “What’s his name?,” Denverites yelled back the name of the man killed in Minneapolis, not the young man who was killed in their own backyard.
OPINION: In Denver, it can’t be just another Wednesday
He loves “Peppa Pig.” I’m sitting on my neighbors’ couch, babysitting their 2-year-old son because preschool was canceled today, and we’re watching “Peppa.” He doesn’t know why he’s still in his pajamas on a Wednesday morning.