Five things you (probably) didn’t know about climate change
1.) Bhutan Did you know that though it is tucked between India and China (two of the most populous and populated countries in the world) the country of...
What you can do to fight back this week (July 15)
Like these alerts? Click here to subscribe. Or, download the Beacon app and never miss an action. Republicans announced two more recall attempts on Friday. These recalls are nothing more than a brazen attempt by a few extremists to overturn the will of the people....
What you can do to fight back this week (July 8)
Like these alerts? Click here to subscribe. Or, download the Beacon (formerly RiseUp) app and never miss an action. I hope you had a great long holiday weekend, because I’ve got some unpleasant news. Last November, Gov. Jared Polis was elected by an overwhelming...
What you can do to fight back this week (July 1)
Like these alerts? Click here to subscribe. Or, download the Beacon (formerly RiseUp) app and never miss an action. It’s a short holiday work week, as the nation celebrates its 243rd birthday on Thursday. For most of American history, we’ve struggled to define what...
What you can do to fight back this week (June 24)
Like these alerts? Click here to subscribe. Or, download the Beacon (formerly RiseUp) app and never miss an action. Last week, Sen. Cory Gardner failed Colorado again. Sen. Gardner sits on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Last week, the entire U.S. Senate voted...
What you can do to fight back this week (June 17)
Like these alerts? Click here to subscribe. Or, download the Beacon (formerly RiseUp) app and never miss an action. Yesterday, thousands of LGBTQ+ Coloradans, allies, family members, and political leaders marched in the 2019 Denver Pride Parade. Denver has had one of...
Colorado Republicans Cancel Misguided Sullivan Recall
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, June 11, 2019CONTACT: Ian Silverii, Executive Director at silverii@progressnowcolorado.org DENVER: Responding to news today that Colorado Republican Party vice chair Kristi Burton Brown will end her campaign to recall freshman Rep. Tom...
What you can do to fight back this week (June 10)
Like these alerts? Click here to subscribe. Or, download the Beacon (formerly RiseUp) app and never miss an action. Yesterday, we were privileged to join Indivisible Front Range Resistance at Denver’s Barnum Park for a picnic and forum with nine candidates running for...
What you can do to fight back this week (June 3)
Like these alerts? Click here to subscribe. Or, download the Beacon (formerly RiseUp) app and never miss an action. It’s June! The weather has finally turned nice to stay, flowers are in bloom, skies are blue, and it’s Pride Month. Let’s kick off the 2020 U.S. Senate...
What you can do to fight back this week (May 28)
Like these alerts? Click here to subscribe. Or, download the Beacon (formerly RiseUp) app and never miss an action. After one of the most productive sessions of the Colorado legislature in years, last week I gave my staff here at ProgressNow Colorado a week’s worth of...
What you can do to fight back this week (May 13)
Like these alerts? Click here to subscribe. Or, download the Beacon (formerly RiseUp) app and never miss an action. The 2019 legislative session is over, and a summer of organizing before the crucial 2020 election season lies ahead. Over the past two and a half years,...
Last Week in Colorado Politics – Episode 15
We recap the 2019 legislative session and all the promises kept by progressives elected in 2018. Watch, learn more, and share!
What you can do to fight back this week (May 6)
Like these alerts? Click here to subscribe. Or, download the Beacon (formerly RiseUp) app and never miss an action. After 120 days and hundreds of bills, the 2019 session of the Colorado legislature adjourned last Friday. Last November, the voters of Colorado elected...
Winners and Losers of the 2019 Colorado Legislative Session
THE WINNERS Regular people The Colorado State Capitol is the place where more law is made that directly impacts our daily lives than anywhere else. In 2019, the progressive majority went to work protecting college students from drowning in debt, helping Coloradans...
Last Week in Colorado Politics – Episode 14
Last week in Colorado politics: long nights at 200 East Colfax, voting rights restored, the oil and gas industry acknowledging that SB181 isn't going to destroy their industry, and another example of TABOR harming public safety. Watch, learn more, and...
What you can do to fight back this week (April 29)
Like these alerts? Click here to subscribe. Or, download the Beacon (formerly RiseUp) app and never miss an action. After five years of tyranny at the hands of Cory Gardner and the Dark Side of the Republican Party, a New Hope is rising for 2020. And there’s beer, on...
Last Week in Colorado Politics – Episode 13
In this week’s episode, Ian Silverii discusses the recent tragedy that occurred on the anniversary Columbine, Automatic Voter Registration legislation, "anti-vaxxers" descent on the Capitol, a state senator who doesn't know what on earth he's talking...
Tending to Gardner (4/25/19)
What you can do to fight back this week (April 22)
Like these alerts? Click here to subscribe. Or, download the Beacon (formerly RiseUp) app and never miss an action. Happy Earth Week! Here in Colorado, this week’s observance of a week devoted to caring for our natural environment takes on added significance as the...
Last Week in Colorado Politics – Episode 12
Cory Gardner held a fundraiser with a Lebanese banker who supports Hezbollah without explanation, the GOP is proudly selling obstruction bumper stickers, the red flag bill was signed into law, and David "The Ultimate Swamp Monster" Bernhardt was confirmed...
What you can do to fight back this week (April 15)
Like these alerts? Click here to subscribe. Or, download the Beacon (formerly RiseUp) app and never miss an action. Today is April 15th, the day we’ve all been taught to dread as the day tax filings are due to the IRS. But our friends at the Colorado Fiscal Institute...
What you can do to fight back this week (April 8)
Like these alerts? Click here to subscribe. Or, download the Beacon (formerly RiseUp) app and never miss an action. You’ve probably seen on the local news by now that Republicans are once again talking about recalls against progressive lawmakers in targeted districts...
What you can do to fight back this week (April 1)
Like these alerts? Click here to subscribe. Or, download the Beacon (formerly RiseUp) app and never miss an action. This email contains no April Fool jokes. One day out of the year we have to start every serious message that way! But the first day of April means...
What you can do to fight back this week (March 25)
Like these alerts? Click here to subscribe. Or, download the Beacon (formerly RiseUp) app and never miss an action. After two years of investigation, Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference in the 2016 election on behalf of Donald Trump is now...
Progressives Call Out Senator Cory Gardner’s Changing Positions, Demand Full Mueller Report Release
DENVER: Progressive activists and organizations gathered in front of Senator Cory Gardner’s office today to ask him to stand up for Colorado voters and stop avoiding critical issues like healthcare and the Mueller report. Rally participants followed the rally with a...
What you can do to fight back this week (March 18)
Like these alerts? Click here to subscribe. Or, download the Beacon (formerly RiseUp) app and never miss an action. Many of you remember in 2014 when the Denver Post endorsed Cory Gardner in the U.S. Senate race, turning a blind eye to the clear evidence that if...
Gardner’s Betrayal Of American Values To Protect Trump Is Disqualifying
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, March 14, 2019CONTACT: Ian Silverii, Executive Director at silverii@progressnowcolorado.org DENVER: Responding to Sen. Cory Gardner's vote in the U.S. Senate today against a resolution disapproving of President Trump's unjustified...
What you can do to fight back this week (March 11)
Like these alerts? Click here to subscribe. Or, download the RiseUp app and never miss an action. It's hard to believe, but we're already halfway through the 2019 session of the Colorado General Assembly! As debate continues in the Colorado legislature on many...
What you can do to fight back this week (March 4)
Like these alerts? Click here to subscribe. Or, download the RiseUp app and never miss an action. For years, a serious conflict has been growing between local governments trying to protect their communities from the harmful effects of oil and gas drilling near homes...
