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Tag: Civil Rights
More than 7,600 Colorado immigrants are stuck in a citizenship backlog...
Wait times for Colorado immigrants applying for citizenship are at near-unprecedented highs, stretching past 20 months in some cases, according to a new report...
Stapleton neighborhood votes to keep name that has a racist legacy...
The Stapleton neighborhood will keep its name for the time being despite critics’ arguments it venerates a former Denver mayor who was a member...
Night work to continue as I-70 construction takes toll on Elyria-Swansea...
Raquel Casillas, a 32-year-old who lives on 45th Street near an I-70 off-ramp in Denver, said her 8-year-old son woke her up one night...
Lawsuit claims Teller County sheriff is working with ICE, in violation...
The ACLU of Colorado has sued Teller County Sheriff Jason Mikesell, alleging his office is working with federal immigration officers to arrest and detain...
Wiretap: Who could have predicted Trump’s latest outrage? Well, Obama for...
Who could have predicted Donald Trump's stunning reaction to the neo-Nazi violence in Charlottesville? Barack Obama for one, writes David Remnick in The New...
From ‘This is about bigotry’ to ‘I agree’ with Trump, Colorado...
With Donald Trump's hopes for a health care overhaul smoldering in Washington and a narrative of Republican dysfunction wafting from the beltway, the president...
UPDATED: What’s going on with this crazy drug dog story in...
UPDATE, July 18: Results from an independent investigation into this matter are in. Well, some results. On July 14, Longmont officials told media how police conducted...
Denver police commander sued for nabbing watchdog’s phone
A citizen journalist from Fort Collins is suing a Denver Police commander for seizing a phone she was using to record video of officers...
Faces in the streets
As I walked down Colfax at today’s MLK Day Marade, camera in hand, I saw the faces of people I grew up with.
I...
Ballot initiatives aim to roll back Colorado LGBTQ rights
The anti-same-sex marriage initiatives are coming.
Gene Straub and D'Arcy Straub filed two ballot measures last Thursday — barely a week after the Supreme Court's historic ruling...