by Toluwanimi Obiwole | Dec 29, 2020 | Arts/Entertainment, Badass Women, Features
//Still of Nadiya Jackson from the short film Planning a Wedding During Quarantine. Photo provided by Jackson. Nadiya Jackson’s work, ranging from theater to photography, to even her personal fashion, interrogates if and to what depth we engage with our...
by Toluwanimi Obiwole | Sep 15, 2020 | Badass Women, Editorials, Features, Local Business
//Sade Adebayo stands in the door of her food truck Sweet Pepper Kitchen on July 24. Photo by Toluwanimi Obiwole | toluwaniniobiwole@gmail.com Editor’s note: The use of the word “auntie” in this article is a cultural term and does not directly refer to someone...
by Alexandra Cummings | Nov 19, 2020 | Features
//Halim Ali. Photo provided by Ali. In the current social climate, many people are struggling with feelings of distress. Denver native Halim Ali is using it as a reason to create. A former gang member on the streets of Denver, Ali experienced different forms of...
by Alexandra Cummings | Mar 12, 2021 | Equity, Features
//Amy E. Brown, a co-founder of Black Lives Matter 5280, on Jan. 7 in Denver. Photo by Polina Saran | polinasarana@gmail.com While national foundations like Black Lives Matter are often in the public eye, it’s the chapters on the ground across the United States...
by Madison Lauterbach | May 13, 2021 | Equity, Features
//Illustration by Madison Lauterbach | mlauterbach@msmayhem.com //Freelance multimedia journalist Chandra Thomas Whitfield. Photo provided by Whitfield. Chandra Thomas Whitfield has made a name for herself as a freelance multimedia journalist, a rare achievement in...
by Madison Lauterbach | May 11, 2021 | Equity, Features
//Illustration by Madison Lauterbach | mlauterbach@msmayhem.com //BLM5280 Director of Strategic Development Amy E. Brown. Photo provided by Brown. Colorado-born Amy E. Brown has worked tirelessly for years fighting the oppression of marginalized people, specifically...
by Kieran Purce | Feb 25, 2021 | Arts/Entertainment, Equity, Features
//Photographer and artist Yvens Alex Saintil, left, speaks to a visitor about his artwork that explores his experience as a U.S. Army veteran at ILA Art Gallery on Feb. 19. Photo by Kieran Purce | purce.kieran1@gmail.com Last summer, while battling through clouds of...
by Esteban Fernandez | Aug 25, 2020 | News
//Photo by Gage Skidmore. In many ways, Donald J. Trump’s victory in 2016 can be seen as a backlash to eight years under a Black president. However, politics doesn’t exist without its own analog to Newton’s third law, every reaction brings an equal and opposite...
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