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Tuesday’s primaries brought some good news for Colorado progressives. Just not...

As of Wednesday morning, for the first time in her adult life, Vanessa Quintana is no longer a Democrat. The 27-year-old Denver activist registered as...

Littwin: Clinton defends Obama to lure black voters from Sanders

The Democratic race made a dramatic turn in Debate VI Thursday night. After weeks and months of trying and failing, Hillary Clinton basically conceded...

Littwin: Hillary shined, Bernie fought, and the rest were not so...

In the end, it seemed too easy. Hillary Clinton didn't just win the first Democratic debate. She pretty much eliminated - for her purposes,...

Progressive rebel Jason McKain ‘rode life to the edge’

Today the colleagues, friends and family of Jason McKain, 42, gathered to celebrate his life and mourn his death. McKain, a progressive leader in...

A moderate lawmaker, candidate Romanoff has moved left

DENVER - Andrew Romanoff, former speaker of the Colorado State House and now a candidate for U.S. Senate, likes to say he's more progressive...

SquareState 2.0: New management at lefty blog seeks to engage activists

Pioneering lefty Colorado political blog SquareState announced a change in management Tuesday. Previously owned by Paul Preston's Soapbox Network, the site was purchased by...

Progressive Groups Target Voters

The Colorado progressive community has actively coordinated a "Get-Out-The-Vote" four day effort with dozens of in-state and national organizations such as the Sierra Club,...