Ending the Fire Zone Subsidy

David Sirota / Truthdig Nov 23, 2013 As the Denver Post previously reported, between 1990 and 2000, more than a third of all homes built in America were built in the so-called Wildland-Urban Interface -- aka the fire red zones. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Learning From a Thousand-Year Flood

David Sirota / Truthdig Sep 20, 2013 Two months before my Colorado community was overwhelmed this week by epic rains, our state's chief oil and gas regulator, Matt Lepore, berated citizens concerned about the ecological impact of hydraulic fracturing and unbridled drilling. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Boulder

David Fitzsimmons, Cagle Cartoons, The Arizona Star Sep 18, 2013 Dig deeper

Floods Damage Colorado Oil and Gas Drilling Sites; Leaks Feared

BLANK Sep 18, 2013 Environmentalists and state inspectors are trying to track thousands of oil and gas wells, pipelines and fracking storage tanks to determine the scope of impairment from the region's massive floods. "They're just overwhelmed," one expert says. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Colorado’s Morality Lesson on Guns

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Sep 16, 2013 You have to hand it to the gun manufacturers lobby. Children may be slaughtered, the death toll from firearms may keep mounting, but these guys are unrelenting and know how to play politics. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Boulder Flooding: Remembering Warnings From ‘Weather Report’

By Subhankar Banerjee, ClimateStoryTellers Sep 16, 2013 Will the death and devastation from this week’s flood in Colorado simply pass us by as a mere spectacle? Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Colorado Rainfall Threatens Flood Rescues

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 15, 2013 Severe rain is stymieing the efforts of rescuers to save people stranded by severe flooding between the Rocky Mountain foothills and the plains of northeastern Colorado. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Lessons of Colorado’s Gun Debate

David Sirota / Truthdig Sep 13, 2013 The day after this week's elections, the National Rifle Association got exactly what it wanted. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Never Again Enough

By William deBuys, TomDisaptch Aug 1, 2013 The crucial question for Phoenix, for the Colorado, and for the greater part of the American West is this: How long will the water hold out? Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Scahill on Obama’s Admitted Killings of Americans

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 23, 2013 The Obama administration's unprecedented acknowledgement that four Americans were killed in U.S. drone strikes overseas -- including one whose death was not previously reported -- "raises more questions than it answers," Jeremy Scahill, national security correspondent for The Nation and author of the new book "Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield," told "Democracy Now!" on Thursday. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘It’s No Different Than a Seatbelt in a Car’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 26, 2013 In addition to bulletproof whiteboards, some U.S. schools are weighing the benefits of adopting uniforms lined with ballistic material that can stop a 9 mm bullet traveling at 400 meters per second. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The U.N. Needs to Sober Up

David Sirota / Truthdig Mar 15, 2013 An international body immersed in one drug (alcohol) yet telling governments to outlaw an objectively less harmful drug (marijuana) is biting comedy. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )