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Rep. John Lewis on freedom riders getting beaten by the KKK

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Boulder Weekly spoke with Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) about the Civil Rights Movement, the Freedom Rides, and parallels between the struggle for racial equality and the struggle to eliminate discrimination based on sexual orientation. Lewis will speak about the new ...

Tangles in the ties that bind

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It’s a well-known fact that prison inmates with strong family and community ties are less likely to wind up back inside the joint once they are released...

Changes in ICE protocol limit Congress’ ability to aid immigrants

Two high profile immigrants who took sanctuary in Denver churches were each granted a two-year stay of removal last week by immigration officials. Arturo...

Heroin use in Boulder shoots up

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Heroin-related deaths in 2011 in Boulder have more than doubled since last year, according to numbers provided by the Boulder Police Department, and they are on pace to be nearly four times higher than they were last year...

News Briefs

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Winners of the Leadville Trail 100 Run Announced Neither Adrian MacDonald nor Annie Hughes had ever competed in a 100-mile race before, let alone one...

News briefs: Jail populations drop, radiation levels rise

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Jail populations drop by almost half during pandemic, according to ACLUIt appears the coronavirus pandemic has moved the needle in ways decades of criminal...

April is for marches

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On April 22, millions of Americans will celebrate Earth Day, but this year will look a little different than the 46 others that came...

Matt Moseley

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Link to previous Story Worth Telling...

Coronavirus testing ability lags; Colorado ‘chasing the ghost’

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Gov. Jared Polis said Colorado officials are “chasing the ghost” when it comes to identifying who has been infected by coronavirus in the state,...

‘Possibility and Power’

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Twenty-five years ago, a group of retired teachers decided to do something about the racial discrimination and bullying they saw in their classrooms. So...

Secrets of Natural Cocaine Production Revealed

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A mysterious but crucial step that coca plants use to build cocaine has been discovered, according to a group of biochemists...

Ability to choose

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On August 4, as people poured into Rio de Janeiro for the Olympics, Ashley Byrne settled in for a long bath — right in...