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DA Morrissey drops 15-year-old’s charges, then insults her family

Denver’s District Attorney Mitch Morrissey took to Facebook to announce he was dropping all charges against a 15-year-old girl and to blast her family for a...

Opinion: Bill Clinton proves racism is not a partisan affair

Bill Clinton’s recent outburst at Black Lives Matter protesters reminds us that America’s history of racism—in the form of policy and official political discourse—is...

Denver ousts slain inmate’s niece from public meeting

  Natalia Marshall used to take pride in Denver. She and her family long supported Michael Hancock, the city’s second black mayor. She’d even defend...

Wiretap: Government bashing caused the Flint water crisis

Anti-government The real cause of the Flint water crisis: In an era of government bashing, America's infrastructure, once the envy of the world, has been...

Black Lives Matter commandeers Denver’s MLK Day Marade

Black Lives Matter 5280 and other social justice organizations took over the annual MLK Day march, demanding an end to police violence.   Roughly 2,000 demonstrators...

Wiretap: White cop charged with murdering a black youth in Chicago

Officer charged In Chicago, a white cop is charged with murder a year after the shooting death of a black teen, and the city finally releases the...

Wiretap: Raqqa’s underground media-activists report on ISIS

Silent night Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently: David Remnick writes of how an underground journalistic-activist enterprise risks everything to get out the truth about ISIS...

Auraria students demand debt-free future at Million Student March

Dozens of students walked out of classes yesterday to gather at the center of Denver’s Auraria campus to demand a debt-free future after graduation....

Fight for $15: “Here we are, and we’re not going anywhere”

The crowd of workers gathered outside the Denver City and County Building chanted, “Aqui estamos, y no los vamos." Translation: “Here we are, and we’re not...

Charges dropped against Black Lives Matter activist for Confederate flag arson

  COLORADO SPRINGS — An arson charge was dropped today against Patricia Cameron, the Black Lives Matter activist from Manitou Springs who participated in a...