Opinion Pieces

Several members of our group have published opinion pieces based on our work, please see below for some of the most recent pieces!

Opinion: Denver Must Create a Plan to Prevent Cold Weather Injuries Among Unhoused Neighbors
Authors: Samantha Nall, Yjuliana Tin, Erin Bredenberg
Date: November 12, 2023
Published in: Westword

Opinion: The Abysmal State of Reporting Suicides from U.S. Prisons
Authors: Kate LeMasters, Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein
Date: August 3, 2023
Published in: Undark

Commentary: Sounding the Xylazine Alarm
Authors: Josh Barocas, Sarah Axelrath
Date: July 16, 2023
Published in: Westword

Commentary: Solutions Over Sweeps
Authors: Cole Jurecka, Pranav Padmanabhan
Date: April 16, 2023
Published in: Westword

Opinion: A tougher drug-related homicide law won’t reduce overdose deaths
Author: Josh Barocas
Date: March 10, 2023
Published in: The Colorado Sun

Prison Hospital Data Is Omitted From Federal Data Sets
Authors: Michael Forrest Behne, Josh Barocas, Josiah D. Rich, Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein
Date: January 24, 2023
Published in: Health Affairs

Opinion: What does “fighting fentanyl” mean, Rep. Lynch?
Author: Josh Barocas
Date: January 19, 2023
Published in: The Denver Post

Denver Union Station: Clinic or Bus Depot?
Author: Sam Nall
Date: September 18, 2022
Published in: Westword

Two Paths to Homelessness, Two Very Different Reponses
Author: Josh Barocas
Date: January 9, 2022
Published in: Westword

Prison Hospital Data Is Omitted From Federal Data Sets
Authors: Josh Barocas, Celine Gounder, Syra Madad
Date: February 12, 2021
Published in: Health Affairs

Pulled By Hope And Grief: What It Felt Like To Get The Vaccine
Author: Josh Barocas
Date: December 17, 2020
Published in: WBUR

Pay Americans to Wear Masks
Author: Josh Barocas, Gregg Gonsalves
Date: November 23, 2020
Published in: Slate

The pandemic is an extraordinary opportunity to reform US education
Author: Josh Barocas, Jennifer E. Lacy
Date: August 7, 2020
Published in: Vox