SubscribeCurrent Magazine Cover

News : Page 213

A Father’s Calling

Would he become a dad, or another deadbeat statistic? One man’s journey to an unexpected fatherhood.

Business: Labor’s New Boss

Can Mike Cerbo, the new executive director of Colorado’s AFL-CIO, make labor’s voice heard in a state that’s notoriously hostile to unions?

Mr. Coffee

Why Mark Overly left the high-paying world of corporate coffee.

The Most Important Political Race That No One’s Talking About. Yet.

While Colorado and the rest of the country have been focused on Obama, Clinton, and McCain, Republican Bob Schaffer and Democrat Mark Udall have been quietly laying the groundwork in their campaigns for Colorado’s open U.S. Senate seat. Though their political philosophies couldn’t be more different, both men are following remarkably similar strategies. Here, we trace the 10 steps Schaffer and Udall are taking in what promises to be one of the most fiercely contested races in the country.

The Boss

Leah Daughtry is a single African-American woman, an evangelical pastor—and she happens to be the CEO of the upcoming Democratic Convention Committee. You got a problem with that?

See Jane Run

The White House Project inspires women to plunge into politics.

Chips Barry: Water Wrangler

Denver enjoys some of the nation’s cleanest drinking water, thanks to Hamlet “Chips” J. Barry III, manager of Denver Water for the past 17 years. Here, the 64-year-old Denver native and Theodore Roosevelt look-alike expounds on family, global warming, and water usage in the West.

Nobody’s Hero

Reservists and National Guardsmen returning from Iraq are guaranteed to get their civilian jobs back. But is Uncle Sam really looking out for our troops? Not in Colorado. Just ask Jim Vigil

And on the Eighth Day, Dr. Dobson Created Himself

James Dobson launched his evangelical empire, Focus on the Family, and became the most influencial Christian in America. He’s lectured millions of parents on how to spank their children and advised President George W. Bush on how to spank the Supreme Court. How did the once lonely son of a preacher man rise to such heights? It’s no miracle.

Finding Motherland

Journalist. Mother. Denver’s First Lady. In three short years, I lost the self I’d always known. Could I ever find my way back?

Al Qaeda’s Greeley Roots

How the intellectual father of Osama Bin Laden’s terrorist network learned to hate America in a tiny Colorado town.

SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTERS.

All things Colorado delivered straight to your inbox.