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A Cargill meatpacking plant worker is picketing on Main Street in Fort Morgan, Colorado on Wednesday, July 15, 2026. The meatpacking company has locked out its workers and shuttered its plant after Teamsters Local Union 455 was agitating for a new contract. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

Cargill’s heavy-handed shutdown for union employees in Fort Morgan explains the rise in democratic socialism (Letters)

July 22, 2026 at 5:01 a.m.

"When workers can鈥檛 pay for healthcare, college, food, housing, energy they are being deprived of the 'pursuit of happiness' cited in the Declaration of Independence." Steve Morrow, Denver

The scene on Pool Street where a man was reportedly killed in a shooting involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, Monday, July 13, 2026 in Biddeford, Maine. (Gregory Rec/Portland Press Herald via AP)

Where is accountability for these shocking ICE shootings? (Letters)

July 18, 2026 at 5:01 a.m.

I am shocked at the seemingly quick application to the use of deadly force by ICE and question the training that the officers receive, if at all. Where is the...

Former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters speaks during the first day of the Rocky Mountain Voice Freedom Festival on Friday, June 26, 2026, at the Douglas County Fairgrounds in Castle Rock, Colo. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)

Coloradans talk about Trump’s claims of election fraud (Letters)

July 17, 2026 at 6:01 a.m.

So Trump declares that mail-in ballots and voting machines are rigged so Democrats can win elections. Why hasn't anyone confronted Trump that he doesn't declare the same thing when Republicans...

The Colorado River flows past the northernmost boundary of the Bears Ears National Monument in southeastern Utah. A plan to put large towers inside Bears Ears National Monument was abandoned in part due to opposition. (Francisco Kjolseth, The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)

Trump effectively destroys two national monuments in Utah (Letters)

July 14, 2026 at 1:39 p.m.

Trump's action opens previously protected public lands in these national monuments to corporate use including the oil and gas industry and totally disregards the view of Native Americans that these...

Ian Escalante, executive director of Rocky Mountain Gun Owners, gives his testimony to members of the Senate's State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee as they talk about Senate Bill 3 in the Old Supreme Court Chamber in the Colorado State Capitol in Denver on Jan. 28, 2025. The law takes effect on August 1 and prohibits the sale of some semiautomatic weapons without a safety training class. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

Colorado’s newest law is clearly not actually about gun safety (Letters)

July 13, 2026 at 12:55 p.m.

"Wouldn't it make sense since anti-rights groups claim that accidents with firearms are a major concern?" -- Lance Touve, Longmont

Fire crews battle the Aspen Acres Fire from the air as it continues to burn on Thursday, July 02, 2026, in Colorado City, Colorado. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

The cost of ignoring climate science (Letters)

July 12, 2026 at 5:01 a.m.

Fire officials say this fire was human-caused. In the narrowest sense, that means a person or human activity started the spark. But the larger truth is harder to look away...

Miniature American flags flutter in wind gusts across the National Mall near the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

How to be a good citizen in divisive times (Letters)

July 10, 2026 at 5:01 a.m.

"Although we certainly should try to understand those who have opinions about policy that differ from ours, we can only condemn those whose differing policy choices are based on ignorance...

Gov. Jared Polis at a news conference to address his administration鈥檚 new 鈥淎 Healthy Colorado For All鈥� initiative at the Governor鈥檚 Residence in Denver on Thursday, May 21, 2026. He also took questions from the press in relation to his commutation of Tina Peters' sentence. (Photo by Harmon Dobson/The Denver Post)

Let’s count the ways Jared Polis has been acting Trumpesque (Letters)

July 9, 2026 at 5:01 a.m.

""These three Trumpesque hallmarks will leave an indelible stain on Polis's legacy as our governor, in this writer's opinion." -- Peter Ehrlich, Denver

Drilling on the Roan Plateau threatens Colorado’s elk (Letters)

July 8, 2026 at 5:01 a.m.

Colorado's world-class elk herd is in trouble! The Bureau of Land Management is proposing oil and gas drilling on the Roan Plateau.

Ken Rees leads a prayer during a vigil for the Rev. Edward Nalwamba, a Ugandan national being held at the Aurora ICE Processing Center who is facing deportation after 25 years in the U.S., on Saturday, June 27, 2026, outside the processing center in Aurora. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)

Even this atheist can see deporting Nalwamba is immoral (Letters)

July 6, 2026 at 11:02 a.m.

"I can guarantee that had Trump not been reelected, Rev. Nalwamba would be safe and sound on his way to getting citizenship, instead of suffering from illness in detention awaiting...

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