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Littwin: Will Trump’s ‘hatred’ become America’s new norm?

May 4, 2016: This story has been updated to reflect that John Kasich has left the race. I'm not sure which is worse - that...

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...

White activists march in Denver against racist political rhetoric

When Donald Trump announced plans to come to Denver, activists in a white anti-racist group planned to march downtown tonight to protest racism in...

Denver KKK cop painting: What’s wrong with this picture?

By now, you've probably seen the painting everyone in Denver's talking about. It depicts a city cop as a Ku Klux Klan-style child killer. Denver...

What you need to know about efforts to redistrict Colorado

You pull out your November ballot and read over several measures about redistricting congressional and legislative districts. Your eyes glaze over. Can you unpack...

Wiretap: Majority of GOP primary voters support Trump’s Muslim ban

Donald Trump has proposed to ban all Muslims from entering the United States. Some in the Republican establishment are hoping this will be the...

Littwin: Rising racism in the 2016 presidential race is no joke

Once, not so long ago, it was great fun to mock the Donald. And it was so easy. He was the short-fingered vulgarian, as...

Littwin: Scott Walker couldn’t keep up with the bigots

The big story from the GOP presidential trail is that Scott Walker, the once-highly-touted candidate whose poll numbers are now hovering just above zero,...

What about that other flag and the racist legacy of the...

You know the flag -- the one that has waved as government officials in the U.S. have built the country on the backs of...