Among many things the COVID-19 pandemic revealed was just how undervalued many essential workers are. In today’s Colorado Edition, we talk with Denver-based author and blogger Adam Kaat who chronicled his experience as a grocery store cashier in his novel Life on the Grocery Line: A Frontline Experience in a Global Pandemic. And we hear what climate experts are saying about how much water will be available this summer in the Colorado River.
to get free. if ukraine wins this war, that means putin is too weakened. reporter: this is a tiny group. none have frontline experience. they say it is about the symbolism of belarusians standing by in their battle against president putin. four were killed, said opposition leader. . the belarusians are part of the wider resistance movement? . absolutely. absolutely. without a free ukraine, there will be no free belarus. reporter: and there are signs of defiance inside belarus. activists cut a rail line used to support russian forces. but these are small measures. what threat do you all actually pose? . a long journey starts somewhere. we build a small force, to build
you know, sadly, that s exactly the case. it s really striking to me that we are creating this content at a time where people are trying to suppress the telling of real history. as you mentioned in that terrific opening, these crimes are not solved. so, this film is part of a larger frontline investigation into the names of the tail act, which was introduced by congressman louis. it was an attempt to investigate a number of cold case civil rights claims, civil rights killings, civil rights murders. none of whom have actually been brought to justice. so, this beautiful film is a piece of that frontline experience. it s a bigger project called unresolved. but, this story that we have created, as you say, this footage has never been seen, and it s really important, you know, this footage doesn t lie.
Among many things the pandemic revealed was just how undervalued many essential workers are, especially those who work in lower-paid service-industry jobs. Denver-based author and blogger Adam Kaat chronicles his experience working in this tumultuous time in his novel Life on the Grocery Line: A Frontline Experience in a Global Pandemic.