by Esteban Fernandez | Feb 26, 2021 | Badass Women, Features
//Zyah Brown, known by her rap name Fly Zyah, on the swing in Patterson Park in Baltimore, Maryland Jan. 21. Photos by Madeleine Kelly | mkellyindependent@gmail.com Despite Joe Biden being sworn into office, Black women were the toast of Inauguration Day. Amanda...
by Madison Lauterbach | May 17, 2021 | Equity, Features
//Illustration by Madison Lauterbach | mlauterbach@msmayhem.com //Marketing strategist Krystal Covington. Photo provided by Covington. Public relations strategist Krystal Covington is a one-woman powerhouse. Over the last seven years, she’s built a networking empire...
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 Madison Lauterbach | Aug 19, 2020 | Badass Women, Features, Local Business
//Priscilla Jerez holds one of the orange cards from the Protect Your Space Project behind the bar at Tooey’s Off Colfax on Aug. 16. Jerez launched the program on July 4. Photos by Madison Lauterbach | mlauterbach@msmayhem.com Priscilla Jerez, the manager and...
by Madison Lauterbach | Jul 28, 2020 | Features, Local Business, News
//Looking to get out of the house, Erechia Bailey brings her kids to Feed the Teens held outside the Martin Luther King Jr. Library in Aurora, on July 25, 2020. Bailey said one of the women at the food bank she goes to told her about the event. Photos by Esteban...
by Madison Lauterbach | Jul 9, 2020 | Badass Women, Features, Lifestyle/Culture
// Pattie Gonia in Mt. Tamalpais, CA in 2018. Photo by Hannah Shea. Eco-activist drag queen Pattie Gonia is here to save the world. The self-proclaimed “backpacking queen” is on a mission to teach her 285,000 Instagram followers how to enjoy the outdoors responsibly...
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 Padideh Aghanoury | Sep 29, 2020 | News
//Protesters with the March 4 Black Women and the Party for Socialism and Liberation – Denver march through Denver on Sept. 26. Photo by Esteban Fernandez |Este.Fdez20B@gmail.com Additional reporting by Esteban Fernandez. The recent ruling regarding Breonna...
by Madison Lauterbach | Aug 25, 2020 | News
//Protesters stand with their fists raised during a moment of silence at the Protect Black Men event at Manual High School on Aug. 24. Photo by Esteban Fernandez |Este.Fdez20B@gmail.com One year ago, Elijah McClain was approached by Aurora police officers in an...
by Padideh Aghanoury | Jul 29, 2020 | News
//Fund Justice’s website logo. Cities across the US and much of the world are embroiled in protests against excessive state force. Paradoxically, many municipal forces are fighting protests against police brutality with brute force. As of June 22, over 14,000...
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