Ranting Points Memo

Reopening the Bulldog Mine in Creede, CO would clean up an EPA Superfund site and be an economic boon. Why hasn't it happened? [Audio from video: https://youtu.be/g_8_axILto0 ]

Leslie is an elementary school teacher in one of Denver's poorest and most crime-ridden neighborhoods. The challenges facing the teachers at her school come from outside and inside the school building. She shares an example of how a lack of support at home can make a student's success in the classroom nearly impossible.

Chad Lovings, a bicycle frame builder in Denver, Colorado and winner of "Best New Builder" at the 2015 North American Handbuilt Bicycle Show, details the journey he's taken from being a shop mechanic to handcrafting $10,000 bicycles.

Sina Solouksaran, an Iranian refugee living in Golden, Colorado, shares the story of being an Olympic hopeful and national champion mountain bike racer to becoming an exile from his homeland.