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By now, everyone is clearly tired of hearing about immigration, and 2012 has already proven to be another frustrating year for advocates of immigration reform. Between Marco Rubio’s pathetic, watered-down DREAM Act and the several versions of the bill that were voted down in states like Colorado and Florida earlier this year, immigration reform has proven to be a real Read More
Today, April 20, marks a day that has managed to become something of a global holiday in the face of official condemnation. 4/20 is the infamous holiday when pot smokers from all over the world gather in celebration. In Denver, stoners from across the state will gather at Civic Center Park for 4/20 to smoke Read More
The Supreme Court’s consideration of President Obama’s health care legislation last week has left supporters rattled to say the least. Although the fate of the landmark legislation remains uncertain – likely until June – legal scholars and political analysts observe that a majority of the justices seem inclined to strike down the individual mandate, the Read More
The increasingly notorious shooting of 17-year-old African-American Trayvon Martin on Feb. 26 has set off a national outcry for justice. Martin was walking home from a convenience store in Sanford, Fla. when he was shot and killed by George Zimmerman, a local neighborhood watch volunteer. Although Zimmerman, a white Hispanic, told police he shot Martin Read More
Last week, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano defended a budgetary request to expand the highly controversial Secure Communities program. When the program was launched by the federal government in 2008, it was presented as a smart and effective way to find and deport undocumented immigrants with serious criminal convictions. It uses biometric information-sharing Read More
The KONY 2012 campaign, created by the San Diego-based non-profit organization, Invisible Children, took the social media sphere by storm this week. The campaign is a documentary named after Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a guerilla group originally based in Uganda, Africa that is said to have abducted at least Read More