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Community groups to Denver Police: Count Latinos in new accountability effort

  The Denver Police Department’s decision to once again collect data on the race of individuals its officers stop is raising a key question among...

Bernie Sanders’ democratic socialist stump speech in Denver

“Yeah, we’re over fire code,” a security guard said with a laugh and a shrug while eying the crowd at Bernie Sanders’ jam-packed town-hall meeting Saturday...

Proposed mascot ban touches racial nerve at Capitol

On Monday, a lawmaker projected racist mascots on the walls of the Statehouse’s largest committee room to make a point about hate speech. “Would we...

Catholic politics, power dynamics highlighted in Colorado funding flap

The political tug-of-war waging within the U.S. Catholic Church made headlines in Colorado this month when the Church's Campaign for Human Development threatened to pull tens of thousands of dollars in support from Durango-based immigrant-rights group Compañeros.