Thank you to the loyal readers and supporters of The Colorado Independent (2013-2020). The Indy has merged with the new nonprofit Colorado News Collaborative (COLab) on a new mission to strengthen local news in Colorado. We hope you will join us!

Visit COLab
Home Tags John Oliver

Tag: John Oliver

John Oliver takes aim at the broadcast giant trying to gobble...

Sinclair broadcasting, which already owns 173 local TV stations around the country, wants to buy The Tribune Media Company, which owns more than 40 local...

A Colorado reporter finds criminal evidence— in a landfill

This story is something else. First the background: Fremont County law enforcement have been working on a cold case murder of a 17-year-old girl who was shot near Cañon...

Wiretap: Universal health care saves lives, capital punishment does not

Mortality rates in Massachusetts fell by 3 percent in the four years after Romneycare began. Steepest declines came in counties with the highest proportion of previously uninsured people.

Wiretap: The Obama apology and the Obama apology punditry industry

The Obama apology news conference has to have been one of the low points of the Obama presidency and certainly of the long-running Obamacare story. Pundits are asking if he can make a comeback, as if he doesn't have three years left in his term.