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Supporters, protesters turn out for reproductive freedoms event

October 8, 2024

STORY & PHOTOS BY DEVIN FLORES The Harris/Walz campaign’s “Fighting for Reproductive Freedoms” bus, which is currently performing a cross-country tour, made a stop in at the Pueblo Union Depot on October 7, 2024, to campaign for Democratic candidates in local, state,

Civics·Transforming Justice

Judge releases Pueblo man jailed on Municipal Court charges since January

October 6, 2024

Petition alleges 575-day sentence is unconstitutional By JUAN ESPINOSA A Pueblo man, who alleges he has been illegally held in Pueblo County Jail since January, was granted a zero-dollar personal recognizance bond by a district court judge on Friday, Oct. 4. Two

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Quinto Sol to fill void during Lucero Library renovation

September 3, 2024

El Centro Del Quinto Sol, located at 609 E 6th St. Pueblo and the Pueblo City-County Library District have partnered together during the renovations of the Patrick A. Lucero Branch Library to offer a temporary library location at El Centro del Quinto Sol

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Pueblo moves to sweep Fountain Creek to enforce municipal code

August 30, 2024

By: CHELA LUJAN & JUAN ESPINOSA With backhoes, skids, dump trucks and other heavy equipment, the City of Pueblo moved in Sept. 3 to enforce the camping ban ordinance, passed in February. Dozens of equipment operators, firemen, police officers and other workers

Civics·Education·History·Transforming Justice

Five decades ago, Kitayama Strike put human rights for farmworkers at forefront

June 27, 2024

By Deborah Martinez Martinez, Ph.D. In 1968-69, workers of the Colorado Brighton-based carnation greenhouse struck for better wages and working conditions. The woman-led union collaborated with the United Farm Workers and many other organizations. The strikers supported farm worker legislation—three bills—in the

Culture·Education·Movement Art·Uncategorized

Somos Agua honors the Water Protectors through silk murals

June 27, 2024

Book Review By Deborah Martinez Martinez Somos Agua is a treasure for everyone who is or wants to be a Water Protector. Author and artist Belinda Garcia, aka Manuko G. Garcia, began as a tribute to the Water Protectors at Sanding Rock,

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