Artemis T. Douglas

The newly elected mayor’s policy proposals would benefit and proactively protect LGBT+ people Editor’s Note: This article is an edited version of The Needle’s election-night coverage, re-used with permission from The Needle. Zohran Mamdani will be New York City’s new mayor. Mamdani’s win, with 51% of the vote at the time it was called, reflects that Democrats win when they stand up for something. Mamdani was elected at a time when Democrats are telling themselves...

The non-profit focuses on social and community connections to help address homelessness Miracle Messages is expanding into the Denver Metro area.  Miracle Messages is a non-profit organization based in San Francisco whose mission is “to end relational poverty on the streets and, in the process, inspire people everywhere to embrace their unhoused neighbors not as problems to be solved, but as people to be loved,” according to their website.  Miracle Messages setting up operations within...

The 2026 NDAA, as currently proposed, would end regulation promoting diversity and anti-discrimination in the military while banning transgender healthcare.

La obra y las palabras del podcaster de extrema derecha, en contexto. Written by Artemis T. Douglas and translated by Aron Emilio Garcia Reyes La muerte del podcaster de extrema derecha, Charlie Kirk, ocurrida el 10 de septiembre, desató una tormenta de debate sobre su vida y su legado. Los republicanos han convertido al podcaster asesinado en un mártir y un líder de los derechos civiles. Los demócratas han normalizado esta idea de Kirk como...

The bipartisan image of Charlie Kirk appears to miss crucial context. Academics and others alike have contextualized his life's work.

An unconstitutional censorship gambit, the bill would age-gate the internet The Republican led Kids Off Social Media Act (KOSMA) is making its way through Congress.  The bill proposes a “solution” to the “protect the children” moral panic.  It would bar children from large swaths of the internet while further consolidating internet platforms under large corporations that have the mass capital to implement burdensome new rules.  Previous versions of the bill failed to pass into law,...

A project to spend $28.5 million on new installations in the Civic Center Park area meets criticism Gov. Jared Polis is hoping Coloradans will give him feedback on the “Colorado150 Pedestrian Walkway.” The proposed walkway includes a re-design of Lincoln Veterans Memorial Park, up to 20 public art pieces, and a pedestrian overpass over Lincoln Street at the Colorado State Capitol.  On June 26, the project cleared its first major planning milestone- it got approved...

Top 35 fundamental changes if H.R. 1 passes If you’re anything like me, the efforts of President Donald Trump and his Republican caucus to dismantle the social safety net are hard to follow. I’d argue the pace and scale of their efforts are deliberately so large as to make it baffling, so they can avoid accountability or dissent. It’s my job as a journalist to tell my readers fairly and accurately how policy debates could...

The largest political rally in Colorado since 2008 focused on promoting unions, LGBT+ rights, and civil service to fight against “oligarchy” On March 21, 34,000 people gathered at Civic Center Park in Denver for the “anti-oligarchy” rally headlined by Sen. Bernie Sanders and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC).  It was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008, and bigger than the 2024 Democratic National Convention. Notably, the crowd, which followed their 11,000-st

The ambitious, peaceful future of utopian space exploration is still worth fighting for Aerospace is full of firsts. Some bloody, others peaceful, but all visionary. Sept. 6, 1944, Nazi Germany claims the first of the space firsts- the first modern rocket mission. The payload-a bomb, the destination- Paris. The Nazi V-2 is the first successful rocket in history, and it was used to destroy life. Every modern rocket since, has used an iteration on the...

Davidson’s political contributions conflict with her words of support for LGBTQ+ and immigrant communities In the first week of classes for the spring 2025 semester, MSU Denver President Janine Davidson gave remarks to university leaders, focusing on “the University’s commitment to its core values.” Early among those remarks, Davidson outlined her vision of the university’s purpose and mission. “We’re here to educate. We’re here to create welcoming spaces of learning and critical thinking to fos

Attempts to address homelessness in Colorado and the U.S. are held up by under-resourced programs Homelessness has grown rapidly across the United States, according to the national Point in Time (PIT) count, as high rents continue to displace people, especially those in low-income earning households. At the same time service providers face staffing and funding shortages. The PIT count is a measure that attempts to chart the total number of homeless individuals in the country....

Trump’s lawfare to eradicate transgender existence echoes historical crimes against humanity Trans people aren’t the administration’s only targets, though they are being targeted the most intensely. The Trump administration has also issued orders declaring initiatives to promote equity and inclusion as illegal, cynically using the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to argue that, in the administration’s words, “Illegal DEI and DEIA policies not only violate the text and spirit of our longstanding Federal civil-rights laws”...

Women in power on campus create an inclusive space amid political polarization On Oct. 25, MSU Denver’s Gender Institute for Teaching and Advocacy (GITA) held its 3rd annual Women and Gender Equity in Leadership Summit.  The event was hosted at St. Cajetan’s, the former church turned campus event center, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. It took place at a time when some students are concerned about gender discrimination on campus. The keynote speaker for...

The sky is not the limit, at this year’s Castro Professorship On Oct. 8, Jose Hernandez, the former astronaut and former congressional candidate, packed the Tivoli Turnhalle as MSU Denver’s Richard T. and Virginia M. Castro Distinguished Visiting…

A rally for “people, planet, and peace” took place at the Mercury Cafe downtown Green Party Presidential Candidate Dr. Jill Stein visited Colorado on Oct. 12, stopping in Denver and Longmont. Her Denver stop was at the Mercury Cafe, where she spoke…

From not voting at all to not voting for either major presidential candidate, electoral dissent exists on Auraria — for reasons that include U.S. foreign policy and performative candidates, spurring some Auraria Campus students to consider voting…

The Metropolitan interviewed a faculty, administrator and librarian to see how higher education is, or isn't, impacted by the advent of large-language model-based "AI". Is the purpose of higher education “job skills”, or something more?