- Wall Street's been in a tizzy. Last week, the gaming retailer GameStop saw a huge surge in its stock price thanks to a swarm of amateur investors. That surge vexed Wall Street hedge funds, which bet the stock would go down. So what does this populist streak of investing mean for the future of the stock market? And does it mirror what the country is seeing in politics? Chris Hughen, an associate professor of finance at the University of Denver, and Tony Cookson at CU Boulder discuss.
- Aya Gruber is a professor of criminal law and procedure at the University of Colorado Law School in Boulder. She recently wrote a paper for the Houston Law Review on the concept of bluelining and the perception that a crowd of white people may be less of a threat than a crowd of people of color.
- In an interview with Colorado Matters, Crow also addressed the criticism leveled against Rep. Lauren Boebert.
- The concept of social media echo chambers has already been of concern to political scientists.
- Herod, a Denver Democrat, views Harris as a friend and colleague.
- "I think that there are many in both parties, Americans of good faith, who recognized that what happened on our nation’s Capitol on Wednesday can never happen again." said Neguse.
- The Democratic Congressman said anyone surprised by the insurrectionist action of extremists at the U.S.
- The current chair of the Colorado Republican Party called what happened "tyranny and anarchy."
- The violence that wracked the U.S. Capitol Wednesday was a historic reflection of the nation's political divide. Was it a turning point? Professors Timothy Sisk of the University of Denver and Paul DeBell of Fort Lewis College in Durango on whether and how the nation can right itself.
