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The last few months, our Editor’s Picks section has been focused on getting by in Trump’s America 2.0. But, even as democracy struggles for its continued existence, there’s still things to enjoy in life, such as movies. With summer movie…

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Los Mocochetes on Music as Education and Activism | Spotlight

April 27, 2025 Like 0 Julie River

Mocoso roughly translates as “snot-nosed brat.” A machete, of course, is a long-bladed knife used as both an agricultural tool and a weapon. So what is a Mocochete? The term came from a joke that came up when the early…

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Chuck Sitero of High Lonesome is Playing for World Peace | Spotlight

March 29, 2025 3 0 Julie River

“When I came up in bluegrass, it was only white dudes,” explains Chuck Sitero, founding member of Lyons, Colorado-based bluegrass outfit High Lonesome. “It was nobody that was gay, it was nobody that was Black, it was nobody that was…

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25 Stories Then and Now

March 27, 2025 Like 0 Julie River

The process of going through all of our stories from the past 25 years of Yellow Scene Magazine (YS) to find the 25 stories best suited for a sort of “Where are they now?” segment proved to be a little…

National Issues

Will Trump’s Executive Orders Hold Up in Court?

January 21, 2025 Like 0 Julie River

After Donald J. Trump was sworn back into the office of President on Tuesday, he immediately went to work trying to single-handedly rewrite the law by issuing a flurry of very controversial executive orders aimed at everything from transgender rights…

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Students for Justice in Palestine Sue CU Boulder Over Being Punished for a Pro-Palestine Protest

January 13, 2025 Like 0 Julie River

It’s hard to imagine where the anti-war movements during the Vietnam War and the Iraq War would have been without the action taken on college campuses. College campuses have long been the focal point of such movements, and their input…

Online News

Fear of a Black Santa: The Black Santa Project Meets with Racism and Broken Promises from Toys for Tots

December 20, 2024 1 0 Julie River

When you hear the name “The Black Santa Project” what comes to mind? To me, it’s the image of a version of jolly ol’ Saint Nick that’s more approachable and relatable for children of color. Frankly, I can’t imagine how…

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Why a Wealthy Community Sees So Many People in Need

December 4, 2024 Like 0 Julie River

When we live in affluent areas, people seem to think that there are no people in need, struggling in poverty. We do our best to keep people like this out of our peripheral vision. We want to believe that our…

Pop Culture

“Rocky Horror” in 2024: Can it Still be Relevant for a New Generation?

November 22, 2024 Like 0 Julie River

After realizing that our interns had never heard of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” we sent them to a screening to experience it. The 1975 film “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” is an absolute cultural institution that defies generational boundaries,…

News

Car-Centric Cities and the Issue of Transportation Between Erie and Boulder

October 15, 2024 Like 0 Julie River

There’s currently very limited public transit options to get from Erie to Boulder, but that could change in the upcoming election It’s been a little over a year now since I became a full-time pedestrian and user of public transportation.…