Mimi Madrid

Mimi Madrid, a former columnist with The Denver Post, is a Denver-raised writer who has worked in non-profits serving youth, LGBTQ, and Latinx communities.

April 30, 2020. Denver public service ...

Madrid: A judge ruled Denver can legally criminalize homelessness, but voters can respond with compassion

September 16, 2020 at 5:17 p.m.

All metropolitan cities grapple with homelessness. It's a harsh truth many families and communities must endure, but Denver鈥檚 approach continues to be insufficient.

Denver Police protest on Aug. 22, 2020 in Denver.

Madrid: Don’t decry the “language of the unheard” with whistles of law and order

August 30, 2020 at 12:12 p.m.

Our nation continues to boil in a state of civil arrest. We all feel it. As pressure builds and elections near, our city officials have begun to blow whistles --...

Madrid: A Colorado Springs police officer’s hate is being swept under the rug

August 14, 2020 at 1:33 p.m.

Police officers continue to enact violence and condone hate. Both on and off duty. And now one has been caught online.

Madrid: Stealing and burning Native American flags is apparently not a hate crime in Northglenn

August 3, 2020 at 12:12 p.m.

It certainly seemed intimidating to me. Nichols stared straight at the house after yanking all three flags and jabbing the front door with the flag poles. His actions were brazen....

Angie Zapata's sister Monica Murguia, left, and mother, Maria Zapata, react to the verdict sentencing the man who killed Angie Zapata to life in prison. The jury deliberated for barely two hours.

Madrid: Transphobia is an elusive serial killer

July 16, 2020 at 11:00 a.m.

It seems young trans and non-binary people can鈥檛 dodge this violence. It comes from bullying in schools, street harassment and at times hate waiting at home. More often than not,...

Tariq Peters, left, Rashad Williams, 14, ...

Madrid: Was the killing of Mendez Perez self-defense or moving target practice?

July 5, 2020 at 9:28 a.m.

This past so-called Independence Day all I could think of was red, white, and blue. The color of bloodshed, upholding white supremacy, and blue impunity. This is our current America.

Donaciano Martinez, 72, stands in his ...

Madrid: These elders have been fighting for justice for decades

June 19, 2020 at 3:58 p.m.

Believe it or not, radical elders exist. They are queer, Black and brown, disabled, and still ticked-off as ever.

A Pride flag flies near the Colorado state Capitol along the Denver Pride Parade route on June 16, 2019 in Denver, Colorado.

Madrid: PrideFest went from revolutionary roots to city cash pipelines and now online

May 22, 2020 at 7:00 a.m.

It wasn鈥檛 long before the revolutionary roots of Pride morphed into cash pipelines for cities. The needs of individuals impacted by violence and poverty that sparked the movement quickly were...

DENVER, CO - April 12: Laura Sonia Rosales wipes away her tears as she and her husband Jose Hernandez parents of Jessica Hernandez, a 17-year-old shot and killed by police in July 2015 listen during a press conference announcing a settlement with the City has been reached that also includes concessions designed to improve the relationship between the Denver Police Department and the city's Latino and gay youth at Parr Widener Room, Denver City County Building downtown Denver. April 12, 2017, Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Joe Amon/The Denver Post)

Madrid: What can you do for the mothers on the margins?

May 10, 2020 at 6:00 a.m.

Mothers are like vessels. They are the containers that carry, grow and feed us. They pour into us unconditionally. But it seems we鈥檝e depleted them for far too long or...

Protesters gathered at the Colorado State ...

Madrid: The space cadets descended on Colorado’s Capitol this April for a show of exceptionalism

April 23, 2020 at 11:46 a.m.

This year, it wasn鈥檛 the typical stoner types in all-green that descended on Civic Center Park in April with marijuana leaf flags. It was the star-spangled banners that waved sky...

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