It's been 6 long years - and I can't believe I can FINALLY share this photo.
Nazanin is now in the air flying away from 6 years of hell in Iran.
My heart goes out to Gabriella and Richard, as her long journey back home to them gets closer by the minute.
#NazaninIsFree ❤️
This International Women's Day is all about celebrating women's achievement, raising awareness against bias, and taking action for equality. Here are a few Colorado women making an impact.
Readers will discover how the cult manipulates its followers, harms children and leaves a trail of trauma across its three dozen worldwide communes and its many businesses, like the Yellow Deli in Boulder and the Maté Factor Cafe in Manitou Springs. 5/6
My findings will be published in a three-part Denver Post series starting today, with two stories to follow online Monday & Tuesday. Readers will hear from a Boulder woman who escaped at age 14, and from a Cañon City dad who is trying to get his 8-year-old child out. 4/6
So I talked to 10 ex-members, reviewed 394 pages of Twelve Tribes teachings and combed through real estate, court and police records about the group. I discovered three major issues: child abuse, labor exploitation and racist, misogynistic and homophobic teachings. 2/6
Remember when the Twelve Tribes religious sect burst into Colorado news in January, when one of its properties became part of the Marshall fire investigation? Not many on the Front Range know much about the insular religious group. But after the fire, I wanted to know more.🧵1/6
"“This is the NICU. In a bomb shelter. Can you imagine?” Dr. Denis Surkov, chief of the neonatal unit, at Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Children’s Clinical Hospital"
https://t.co/LaaF0wJOAu
An emotional Russian caller tells LBC she can't talk to her 'brainwashed' mother who's sent her videos of troops invading Ukraine with 👍 emojis.
@IainDale
https://t.co/Ho6F5yG62T
I pulled 35 years of crime data to help Coloradans better understand what's going on with public safety here. There are no politicians cited in this article. Just data and criminologists.
Here's what crime in Colorado really looks like:
https://t.co/QqtyPLBSdI
A small thread..