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UPDATE: The disabled demonstrators were released from jail early Saturday morning— the last one leaving at around 2 a.m., according to media reports. "The...
Police arrested 10 disability rights activists, many in wheelchairs, on Thursday after a 58-hour sit-in protest in Sen. Cory Gardner's Denver office.
The protest, which began Tuesday morning,...
By Allen Tian
More than 20 activists for disability rights marched to the Secretary of State’s office to protest an aid-in-dying measure likely to end up...
When Safe2Tell becomes Safe2Bully:
Last year, in the wake of the Arapahoe High School shooting, state lawmakers adopted Safe2Tell, a successful anonymous student intel program that...
“Suicide is someone intentionally causing their own death,” he said. “I don’t want to cause my own death. I’m not doing that. The cancer is doing that.”
Senate treads thin line between serving justice and protecting privacy with passive surveillance bill
While a national debate rages about the eyes and ears of...