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Guest Post: I’m a veteran who is transgender. These are the...

On 26 July 2017, President Trump used his primary method of communication – Twitter – to drop a bombshell on the U.S. military, stating...

‘Taking each day as it comes’

Jorge Tellez grew up in Colorado, an all-American kid. He's also one of the country's nearly 2 million undocumented immigration-reform Dreamers.

DREAM Act backers vow to keep trying after GOP filibuster

With Tuesday's failure of the DREAM Act, disappointed students and immigrant rights activists Wednesday vowed to forge ahead in their fight to create a...

Report: DREAM Act would leave out many potential residents

Thousands of Colorado children and adults would be eligible for permanent legal status under Dream Act legislation awaiting introduction in Congress this year. However, a recent report found that of the 2.1 million eligible in the country, considerably fewer would be able to surmount the barriers to education and military service that are necessary to take part in the program.