by Cassandra Ballard | Jun 29, 2020 | News
//After being pushed away from the lawns around the municipal buildings, protesters gathered around violinists playing on the parking lot of the Aurora Municipal Center on June 27. Photos by Esteban Fernandez | sovereign73811b@gmail.com *Editor’s note: On...
by Ms. Mayhem Staff | Jun 29, 2020 | Arts/Entertainment, Features
//Artist Moe Gram stands in front of her mural in Denver’s Civic Center Park on June 16. Photo by Polina Saran | polinasarana@gmail.com The Black Love Mural Festival in Denver’s Civic Center Park was originally slotted to end on June 30 but has been...
by Madison Lauterbach | Jun 22, 2020 | Features, Lifestyle/Culture
//Protestors march from the Colorado State Capitol building through the historically-Black neighborhood of Five Points on June 19, 2020. The march was in commemoration of the Juneteenth holiday. Photos by Esteban Fernandez | sovereign73811b@gmail.com Editor’s...
by Madison Lauterbach | Jun 18, 2020 | Features, Lifestyle/Culture
//Denver’s annual Pride Parade kicked off at Cheeseman Park on June 16, 2019. Photo by Esteban Fernandez | sovereign73811b@gmail.com Denver PrideFest will be celebrating its 45th year with a twist on June 20-21. The annual parade, 5K, music performances and...
by Annie Burky | Jun 16, 2020 | News
//Porsha DeMarco-Douglas stands on the steps of the Colorado State Capital Building on June 14 during the Denver Pride Liberation March. Photos by Esteban Fernandez | sovereign73811b@gmail.com The alliance between the LGBTQ+ and black community was on full display at...
by Esteban Fernandez | Jun 12, 2020 | Equity, Features, News
//Jordon and Avyn Vaden at the Capitol on June 6, 2020. Photo by Esteban Fernandez | sovereign73811b@gmail.com Like many other people who took to the streets this week, Jordan Vaden was out to protest. He, and thousands of other Denverites, made their voices heard on...
by Madison Lauterbach | Jun 11, 2020 | Obituaries
//Lisa Kazazian in July 1997. Photo provided by her mother, Linda Rittenhouse Kazazian. Most obituaries are not written by the people who knew the person who died. For good reason. Usually, obits are concise, whittling a person’s entire life down to a paragraph of...
by Esteban Fernandez | Jun 10, 2020 | News
//Gathered at the Colorado State Capitol to hear Robert F Kennedy Jr. and others speak, several anti-vax groups rallied against the proposed School Immunization Entry bill on Jun 7, 2020. Photo by Esteban Fernandez | sovereign73811b@gmail.com A rare Sunday session to...
by Ms. Mayhem Staff | Jun 3, 2020 | News
//Departing the roads and cutting between the Denver Public Library and the Denver Art Museum, protesters head to Civic Center Park on May 29, 2020. Photo by Esteban Fernandez | sovereign73811b@gmail.com This week in Denver protests: DPS cuts ties with police,...
by Madison Lauterbach | Jun 2, 2020 | News
//Torrence Brown-Smith describes how black people would rather die of COVID-19 than be killed by the police at the Colorado State Capitol on June 1. Photos by Esteban Fernandez | sovereign73811b@gmail.com After four days of rallies at the Colorado State Capitol,...
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