More than a hundred rally to urge Cory Gardner to reject DeVos’ confirmation
More than a hundred teachers, parents and other Coloradans rallied outside Sen. Cory Gardner’s empty downtown Denver office Saturday, urging the Republican to vote against Department of Education...
View ArticleThousands rally at Denver’s Civic Center in support of Muslim neighbors
Thousands filed into Civic Center park on Saturday, carrying signs written in Arabic and English with sayings like “Refugees welcome here” as they protested in solidarity with Muslims. “Protect Our...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Protect Our Muslim Neighbors Rally in Denver
Protect Our Muslim Neighbors Rally took place Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017 at the Greek Amphitheater in Civic Center Park. The 3-hour peaceful protest included speakers, poets, interfaith leaders, and an Asr...
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Cory Gardner’s claim of “paid protesters” calling his office (2 letters)
Joe Amon, Denver Post fileU.S. Sen. Cory Gardner speaks in Denver on March 30, 2016. On Jan. 27, Shaun Boyd of CBS4 interviewed Sen. Cory Gardner. According to Boyd, the senator stated that many of the...
View ArticleHow to get invited to Sen. Cory Gardner’s regional telephone town halls
Protesters for weeks have been agitating for Republican Sen. Cory Gardner to meet with Colorado constituents in a town-hall situation, swarming him at a Colorado Water Congress meeting in January,...
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Protest against Cory Gardner and call for celebration follow DeVos’...
The confirmation of Betsy DeVos as U.S. Secretary of Education Tuesday sparked outrage among local critics of President Donald Trump’s nominee and calls for celebration among her supporters. The vote...
View ArticleBerkeley probes “hands-off” police response to protest chaos
By Paul Elias, The Associated Press BERKELEY, Calif. — University of California, Berkeley police took a hands-off approach to protesters on the campus last week when violent rioters caused chaos when...
View ArticleSheriffs ask Trump for federal help with Dakota Access pipeline protesters
By Tom Jackman, The Washington Post When top members of the National Sheriffs’ Association met with President Donald Trump in the White House Tuesday morning, one of their chief requests was for...
View ArticleUntil now, this Arizona mother got a pass from immigration authorities for years
By Samantha Schmidt and Sarah Larimer, The Washington Post About eight years ago, there was a knock on Guadalupe García de Rayos’ door. Authorities had come to arrest the undocumented mother of two...
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Jeffco school leaders spare four of five schools from the chopping block
GOLDEN — School closures have become a third-rail issue for education leaders in Jefferson County, with the school board voting late Thursday to spare four of five elementary schools that had been...
View ArticlePlanned Parenthood funding supporters, and objectors, demonstrate in Denver
It was a tale of two cities Saturday — or one city with two opposing beliefs. In the morning, more than a hundred people gathered outside Planned Parenthood Rocky Mountain headquarters in east Denver...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Demonstrators support, oppose Planned Parenthood across the nation
Protesters — some in support of, some in opposition to — services provided by Planned Parenthood gathered at health centers across the country on Feb. 11, 2017 to make their voices heard. MORE: Planned...
View ArticleFrom protests to “pussy hats,” Trump resistance brews online
By Barbara Ortutay, The Associated Press NEW YORK — The revolution may not be televised — but it apparently will be tweeted. And Facebooked. And Instagrammed. Not long after President Donald Trump...
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A guide to recent events in the Dakota Access pipeline battle
By Blake Nicholson, The Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. — The disputed four-state Dakota Access pipeline could be moving oil in as little as a month, though opponents are promising to continue fighting...
View ArticleMuslim-ban protesters testify in federal court that their airport protest was...
Two people who claim they were threatened with arrest for protesting President Donald Trump’s Muslim travel ban testified in federal court Wednesday that they were silently holding up signs at Denver...
View Article“Day Without Immigrants” protest leaves Denver restaurants, construction...
As Lorena Cantarovici sat in her empty restaurant Thursday during the normally busy lunch hour, a chorus of phone calls going unanswered, she said she was at peace with the thousands of dollars she was...
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“Day Without Immigrants” protests close restaurants, shops in U.S.
By Errin Haines Whack, The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — The heart of Philadelphia’s Italian Market was uncommonly quiet. Fine restaurants in New York, San Francisco and the nation’s capital closed...
View Article200 people march to show solidarity with Jeanette Vizguerra, seeking...
Roughly 200 people marched a mile from Civic Center park to the First Unitarian Society of Denver and back Saturday afternoon to show support for Jeanette Vizguerra, who is currently at the church...
View Article“California is a nation, not a state”: A fringe movement wants a break from...
By Katie Zezima, The Washington Post SAN FRANCISCO – About 15 people huddled in a luxury apartment building, munching on danishes as they plotted out their plan to have California secede from the...
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Oglala Lakota Sioux offer lessons for Denver-area students
Members and friends of the Oglala Lakota Sioux want Denver-area students to know more about the tribe than its battle against the Dakota Access Pipeline. Tribe representatives, who came to Denver as...
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