Publicly traded companies on the New York Stock Exchange and the S&P 600 own and operate for-profit prisons and immigration detention centers in the U.S. The two largest examples are…
They came with boots stomping the ground. They came with guns unholstered. They came with force to dominate. With no intent to bolster. The throngs of marchers were strong and…
I recently read Sen. Michael Bennet’s press release regarding his suggestions for ICE. While I applaud a few of them, the idea of retraining ICE agents is fanciful, to put…
When I was a young boy in school, I believed that when a person swore on a Bible “to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth,”…
It has been months since a masked ICE agent was filmed putting a 57-year-old mother, Franci Stagi, in a chokehold and throwing her down a hill. While the community stood…
As a student at DHS, I walked out of school in protest of ICE in our school, community and country on Friday, Jan. 30, for the Nationwide Shutdown to oppose…
For decades, Republican politicians and conservative influencers peddled fear that Democrats were “coming for your guns.” The message was relentless and effective. Many voters believed it, and it shaped elections…
To all anti-ICE protesters, please be aware of the possible danger you are putting yourselves into. The people you are demonstrating against could make a mistake. Gerry Schaerer Durango
The demeaning name “Catch of the Day” reveals the dehumanizing nature of Trump’s immigration policies. Likening immigrants to fish one might catch for supper rather than human beings is shocking…
Buying a puppy from a pet store should never mean unknowingly supporting cruelty. Yet many puppies sold in retail stores come from large-scale commercial dog breeders where profit comes before…
After George Floyd was killed by police in broad daylight while being filmed, many Minneapolis residents snapped. They let their outrage get the best of them and their protests turned…
A recent opinion column on nonprofit board governance is timely and important (Herald, Jan. 25). As the column notes, many nonprofit boards hold significant authority, and when transparency is limited,…
The most dangerous person in Washington today is the shadow president, Stephen Miller. Hitler’s Nazi criminality is OK even though Miller’s Jewish family fled Europe to escape concentration camps and…
Believe your eyes and act accordingly. Horrifically, Alex Pretti was shot to death by federal agents carrying out immigration enforcement in Minnesota – a state that does not rank in…
Thank you for the inspiring missive from Scott Perez (Herald, Jan. 23). In his concluding remark, he reminded us, “Working together, we can accomplish anything. A community united cannot be…
It’s time to reach across the political spectrum to build a strong response to Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s extreme, horrifying and oppressive tactics this year. Our Durango community has endured…
I am horrified by what is happening in a major city in the United States. I am ashamed to be an American. And I am afraid for all of us,…
When I was a little boy in my father’s black three-quarter ton Ford in ‘59, moving across the Mojave at barely fifty, every time we’d stop there among the rocks…
The U.S. has more people imprisoned than any country on Earth. A.I. and companies like Flock Safety are about to increase the incarcerated population by orders of magnitude. Today, your…
Mike Sigman argues that applying the term “fascism” to Republicans is problematic (Herald, Jan. 2). However, equating communism and socialism with fascism reflects a misunderstanding of political doctrine. Most students…
Back in 2014, residents of established neighborhoods worked closely with city planners and councilors to create workable rules allowing accessory dwelling units (ADUs) into our older, single-family neighborhoods. Unfortunately, those…
As LPEA moves through one of the most consequential changes in its history, hiring Chris Hansen as CEO was a strategic decision to protect our cooperative’s long-term future. His steady…
I would like to know if Congressman Hurd watched the videos of Alex Pretti being shot and killed by immigration agents. I would like to know if it appears to…
I grew up in a suburb of Minneapolis. I graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School and landed in Durango through a somewhat circuitous route in 1975. I’ve stayed…
Has anyone noticed the lunatic inconsistency of people like DHS Secretary Kristi Noem attacking ICE nurse Alex Pretti for carrying a gun – with a concealed carry permit – on…
The Killing-in-the-Streets phase of Stephen Miller and Steve Bannon’s shock and awe campaign has begun. If you support this, whatever moral sense you once possessed has evaporated. If you believe…
Trump can’t do a third presidential term, so he is conspiring to acquire another country to become King of Norwegian Greenland. No King Kongs! William Frederick Durango
LPEA is less than three months away from ending its membership in the Tri-State nonprofit cooperative, yet the organization faces serious management turmoil. In the past two months alone, both…
We can only sit back and watch in dumfounded, stunned silence as the Noem Nazi army eviscerates the lives of hardworking Americans on a daily basis. Being the point of…
As a frequent library visitor, I often pick up one of the student created bookmarks sponsored by the Friends of the Durango Public Library. The bookmarks feature a saying or…
