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Whenever elected officials take steps to narrow the ways people can be involved in democracy, it really gets my blood boiling. You might remember back a couple of decades when the Colorado General Assembly refused to pass any bill requiring people and groups spending big money on our elections to disclose that information to the [...]

ALEC’s legislative and corporate members have … don’t care about the public interest when it conflicts with their private, special interests.

U.S. District Judge Richard Cebull continues to draw fire over a racist email directed at President Obama and the President’s mother that he forwarded to friends last week. The National Bar Association and the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association on Monday joined calls for Judge Cebull’s resignation. NBA President Daryl D. Parks said the [...]

The world is changing quickly, and we need to help steer it according to our shared values — our vision of what might be.

What we see in this arrest is intimidation by Rep. Harris, another attempt by the industry to keep the truth about the dangers and potential dangers of fracking behind closed doors.