Donald Trump protesters flood streets in cities across the country
PORTLAND, Ore. — From New York to Illinois to California, in red states and blue, protesters decrying Donald Trump’s election spent another night overtaking highways, smashing store windows, igniting...
View ArticleDenver Public Schools students march in protest of President-elect Donald Trump
An estimated 700 Denver school students spilled out of five schools Friday afternoon to march and rally in protest of President-elect Donald Trump, echoing demonstrations that wound through downtown...
View ArticleThousands rally, march in nationwide anti-Trump protests
NEW YORK (AP) — Tens of thousands of people marched in streets across the United States on Saturday, staging the fourth day of protests of Donald Trump’s surprise victory as president. The protests —...
View ArticleHundreds gather in Civic Center to spread love after the election
Hundreds gathered in Civic Center on Sunday night to spread love, to create a safe space and to reassure one another that they would fight to keep their civil rights. The crowd — a mix of young, old,...
View ArticleAnti-Donald Trump protests continue in New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia
NEW YORK — Immigrants, their advocates and others opposing a Donald Trump presidency continued to protest Sunday, speaking out against the president-elect’s support of deportation and other measures....
View ArticlePHOTOS: Community for Unity rally in Civic Center Park
The Community for Unity rally in Civic Center Park on November 13, 2016 in Denver, Colorado. The rally, which organizers said was not an anti-Trump protest, was described as a peaceful collective of...
View ArticleTampa Bay’s Mike Evans sits for anthem to protest Donald Trump election
By Fred Goodall, AP Sports Writer TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay receiver Mike Evans sat during the national anthem Sunday, saying he’s disheartened by the election of Donald Trump as the next president of...
View ArticleArmy Corps wants more study on Dakota Access oil pipeline
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The Army Corps of Engineers on Monday said it has finished a review of the disputed Dakota Access pipeline but wants more study and tribal input before deciding whether to allow...
View ArticleDakota Pipeline protest fuels activists’ passions in downtown Boulder
The Dakota Access Pipeline protest came to Boulder on Tuesday as more than 200 activists rallied in sympathy with protesters at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, with a man and woman locking...
View ArticleDozens gather at Colorado capitol calling for immigrants’ rights, end to...
Dozens gathered on the west steps of the Colorado capitol building Wednesday morning to call for increased rights — including driver’s licenses — for those living in the country illegally and an end to...
View ArticleAuraria students call for sanctuary campus
Kieran Nicholson, The Denver PostStudent protesters crowd room in the Tivoli Student Union on the Auraria campus in Denver on Nov. 16, 2016. Students rallied at the Auraria Higher Education Center on...
View ArticlePolice, protesters face off at Dakota Access pipeline
CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) — Protesters clashed with law enforcement late Sunday near the site of the Dakota Access pipeline, with at least one person arrested as protesters sought to push past a bridge on...
View ArticleColorado college students to spend Thanksgiving at Standing Rock protest
DURANGO — More than 50 students, professors and others from Colorado’s Fort Lewis College will spend Thanksgiving in the Dakotas to show solidarity with tribes protesting a controversial oil pipeline....
View ArticleAnti-pipeline protesters demonstrate on Thanksgiving Day
MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — About 300 opponents of the Dakota Access pipeline demonstrated in a North Dakota city on Thanksgiving Day, while protesters near the construction site where hundreds of...
View ArticlePipeline protesters vow to stay camped on federal land
By James MacPherson, The Associated Press CANNON BALL, N.D. — Dakota Access oil pipeline protesters will not follow a government directive to leave the federal land where hundreds have camped for...
View ArticleOrders could have little effect on pipeline protest camp
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Government orders for protesters of the Dakota Access pipeline to leave federal land could have little immediate effect on the encampment where scores of people have been gathered...
View ArticleColoradans standing with Standing Rock: “This isn’t just a Native American...
Glenn Morris tried to be brief, to quickly deliver updates from Standing Rock and take a few questions, but every time he went to sit down, another hand shot in the air. What kind of supplies are...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Native Americans and activists claim victory in Dakota Access...
CANNON BALL, N.D. — Native Americans and activists claimed victory Sunday after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced they will not grant an easement for the Dakota Access oil pipeline in southern...
View ArticleNorth Carolina upheaval: GOP bids to limit next gov’s power
By Gary D. Robertson and Emery P. Dalesia, The Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina’s Republican-dominated legislature took extraordinary steps Thursday to reduce the powers of a Democratic...
View ArticleFires, bricks mark daylong assault on inaugural festivities
By JESSICA GRESKO, MICHAEL BIESECKER and JACK GILLUM WASHINGTON (AP) — Protesters set fires and hurled bricks in a daylong assault on the city hosting Donald Trump’s inauguration, registering their...
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