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Reformers double down on death penalty repeal Abolishing the death penalty...

Helen Griffiths stood beside a wooden podium inside the Second Baptist Church in Boulder on Monday and delivered a well-rehearsed presentation to about two...

Littwin: Can Giellis swing story back to ‘vulnerable mayor’ from ‘string...

It was never going to be easy, but Jamie Giellis — the little-known challenger pitted against the apparently too-well-known Denver mayor in a runoff...

Wiretap: Journalists tackle Rachel Dolezal’s racial outing

Black out Rachel Dolezal, the now-former president of the Spokane NAACP chapter, was outed as white last week to a resounding "huh?" from the American...

Wiretap: Klingenschmitt punishes himself

Curse of God House Republicans stripped Gordon "Dr. Chaps" Klingenschmitt of one of his two committee assignments as a way of punishing him for being,...

Statetap: ‘It reeks of injustice’

NAACP President and CEO Cornell William Brooks paid a visit to the New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church in Fountain on Sunday to deliver a...

DeGette rallies state civil rights activists to spotlight, counteract new GOP...

DENVER-- Colorado Democratic Congresswoman Diana DeGette and representatives of the state's top civil rights organizations this weekend railed against efforts by Republican lawmakers and officials around the country to recast voter rules. Flooded with pale mountain sun on the west steps of the capitol, the speakers took turns detailing ways new registration and voting requirements and restrictions will make it more difficult for millions of Americans to cast ballots in presidential election year 2012.

ACLU calls on Department of Justice to investigate Denver PD

The ACLU of Colorado joined together with other civil rights groups Wednesday to call on the Department of Justice to investigate what they called a pattern of civil rights violation by Denver law enforcement.

Sherrod to sue Breitbart, joins ACORN employees in seeking redress

AP reports that Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod has declared she will sue right-wing activist publisher Andrew Breitbart for posting a tendentious blog and...

Tancredo Lone Republican at NAACP

Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo was the only Republican presidential hopeful to take part in a candidate forum this morning at the NAACP national conference...
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