The FBI is investigating a possible domestic terrorist attack after a homemade bomb exploded outside of an NAACP office in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The explosion, which occurred on Tuesday, did not result in any deaths or injuries. The FBI field office in Denver said that an “improvised explosive device” was used, commonly known as an…
The Obama administration has allowed Colorado and Washington state to implement their recreational marijuana laws since being approved by voters in their respective states in 2012. The Justice Department outlined in 2013 guidelines that geared enforcement to eight specific areas. The memo requires federal prosecutors to focus their resources on preventing the growing of marijuana…
In an impassioned speech on the U.S. Senate floor on Wednesday morning, outgoing Senator Mark Udall (D-Colo.) reiterated his call for the resignation of CIA Director John Brennan and blasted the CIA and the White House for dodging not just accountability, but also the truth. While he acknowledged that the release of the Senate Intelligence…
Colorado Senator Mark Udall (D), one of the few congressional dissenters against U.S. government agencies’ secrecy and spying, was voted out of office last week. Now, transparency advocates are urging Udall to exit with a flourish, by using his congressional access and immunity — while he still has them — to expose to the public…
Hundreds of students from high schools across Colorado’s Jefferson County school district walked out of classes on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday this week, protesting attempts by conservative members of the school board to amp up what they consider the “positive aspects of the United States and its heritage” within the district’s history curriculum while minimizing…
The New York Times is the first major national media outlet to call for an end to the prohibition of marijuana. “It took 13 years for the United States to come to its senses and end Prohibition, 13 years in which people kept drinking, otherwise law-abiding citizens became criminals and crime syndicates arose and flourished….
