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Winners and losers in the money battle for your vote on...

Big Tobacco and Big Oil were the biggest players in Colorado’s ballot measures in 2016, writing checks for more than $36 million to influence...

The great-granddaughter of a slave on the failure of Amendment T

Supporters of anti-slavery Amendment T were shocked Thursday to learn that Colorado voters had officially turned down the ballot measure. Those who worked to...

Close, but no cigar: Slavery amendment loses

Much has been written about why voters turned down Amendment T, the measure referred by the Colorado General Assembly to the November ballot that...

Two races still too close to call from Tuesday’s election

Six days after the election, the outcomes of two big races in Colorado are still too close to call. The first is the state board...

Amendment T — the slavery question — hanging in limbo

In a disappointing election for many Colorado civil rights advocates, Amendment T's potential failure is an unexpected twist of the knife. The measure, which...

“Words matter”: The great-granddaughter of a slave on what Amendment T...

This year, Colorado ballots contain a measure called Amendment T. Coverage of this amendment has paled in comparison to other issues, in part because...