Rallies against Islamic law draw counter-protests across U.S.
SEATTLE — Demonstrators at small but raucous gatherings around the country Saturday raised the specter that extremist interpretations of Islamic law might somehow spread across the U.S., but many of...
View ArticleDenver Islamic law protests draw small but testy crowds
A Denver protest Saturday over fears extremist interpretations of Islamic law will one day become the law of the land ended up producing yelling and insults, some scuffles and at least four arrests....
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Greeley’s Elaine Schmidt retires after decades of fighting for peace
Joshua Polson, Greeley TribuneElaine Schmidt, right, smiles as she stands next to Hollis Berendt on Friday at the Unitarian Church in Greeley. Elaine Schmidt is retiring from the Women’s International...
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Thousands rally across Russia in new challenge to Kremlin
MOSCOW — Tens of thousands of protesters held anti-corruption rallies across Russia on Monday in a new show of defiance by an opposition that the Kremlin had once dismissed as ineffectual and...
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Four arrested at Shariah law demonstration in Denver identified
Four people arrested in Denver at a demonstration and counter-demonstration on Shariah law were identified Monday. Provided by Denver Police DepartmentClockwise from top left: Benjamin...
View ArticleActivist prepared to take Dakota Access oil pipeline protest case to trial
BISMARCK, N.D. — An American Indian activist and former U.S. congressional candidate accused of inciting a riot during protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline says he has no qualms about taking...
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Teen activist accused of ruining $1,000 worth of meat at Boulder market takes...
Cliff Grassmick, Daily CameraAteret Goldman, right, and her mother, Ora, enter a courtroom at the Boulder County Justice Center Friday. The teenager accused of ruining $1,000 worth of meat by putting...
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Scores of farm workers, activists marching on Ben & Jerry’s
MONTPELIER, Vt. — Scores of dairy farm workers and activists are marching to the Ben & Jerry’s factory in the Vermont town of Waterbury to protest what they say are slow negotiations to reach a...
View ArticleCop who killed Philando Castile repeatedly blamed smell of marijuana for his...
A transcript released Tuesday by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) revealed that police officer Jeronimo Yanez told investigators the smell of marijuana from Philando Castile’s car...
View ArticleProtesters plan to greet Pence in “Handmaid’s Tale” garb at Colorado Springs...
Some of the protesters planning to welcome Vice President Mike Pence to Colorado Springs on Friday will be wearing the red robes and white bonnets from the dystopian novel “The Handmaid’s Tale,” which...
View ArticleDenver woman arrested during pipeline protest released to halfway house
BISMARCK, N.D. — A federal judge in North Dakota is allowing a move from jail to a halfway house for a Denver woman accused of shooting at law officers during a protest against the Dakota Access oil...
View ArticleGay pride parades sound a note of resistance — and face some
By Olga R. Rodriguez, The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Tens of thousands of people waving rainbow flags lined streets for gay pride parades Sunday in coast-to-coast events that took both...
View Article3 Chicago officers accused of lying about teen’s shooting
CHICAGO — Three Chicago police officers have been indicted on charges that they conspired to cover up and lie about what happened when a white police officer shot a black teenager 16 times — an...
View ArticleProtesters spend night at Cory Gardner’s Denver office to fight health care bill
A handful of protesters were planning to spend a second night in U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner’s Denver office Wednesday, vowing to remain there until Gardner pledges to oppose the GOP’s plan to repeal and...
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Disabled protesters arrested at Sen. Cory Gardner’s Denver office after 2-day...
Ten protesters — most with disabilities — were arrested in U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner’s Denver office Thursday, two days after they began a sit-in to demand that the Republican senator pledge to oppose...
View ArticleDisabled protesters remain behind bars after arrests at Sen. Cory Gardner’s...
Protesters held a vigil outside the downtown Denver jail Thursday night, continuing into Friday, in solidarity with the 10 protesters who were arrested during a sit-in at U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner’s...
View ArticleDisabled protesters who held sit-in in Sen. Cory Gardner’s office released...
The protesters who held a sit-in in Sen. Cory Gardner’s office, urging him to vote no on the proposed Senate health care bill, were all released from custody in the early hours of Saturday and were...
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492 died in police shootings this year
Police nationwide shot and killed 492 people in the first six months of this year, a number nearly identical to the count for the same period in each of the prior two years. John Muyskens, The...
View ArticleJuly Fourth holiday brings mixed feelings for minorities
By Russell Contreras, The Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — As many in the United States celebrate the Fourth of July holiday, some minorities have mixed feelings about the revelry of fireworks and...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Fight for disability rights, propelled nationally by ADAPT, was born...
In the early morning of Wednesday, July 5, 1978, protesters waited for an RTD bus. It rolled up to a stop at Broadway and Colfax avenues, one of the busiest intersections in the state. Within seconds,...
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