Mark Silverstein

Independent Monitor Richard Rosenthal keeps a close eye on the Denver police

Overland High School newspaper threatened with closure to survive after ACLU complaints

The editors.​Last week, two editors of The Scout, the Overland High School student newspaper, appeared with representatives of the ACLU of Colorado to protest actions of the school's principal, who was said to have ordered the pub to shut down for the year and removed its faculty adviser over ... More >>

ACLU stands up for right of Colorado Springs middle schooler to wear rosary at public school

Flickr​Critics of the ACLU portray the organization as an apologist for flag burners. As such, the group loves to show it's about principles, not ideology. Case in point: Its defense of Cainan Gostnell, a Colorado Springs student whose middle school has banned wearing religious symbols like ro ... More >>

ACLU challenging Boulder's practice of ticketing homeless people for sleeping outside

​The ACLU is challenging a Boulder ordinance that penalizes homeless people for sleeping outside under the cover of blankets -- even when the city's homeless shelter is full. That's what happened to David Madison. He was ticketed last November under the city's controversial camping ban for s ... More >>

DPD racial profiling charges: The continuing costly saga of Sgt. Speelman

​There are mellow cops and in-your-face cops.Then there are cops like the Denver Police Department's Perry Speelman, the subject of at least 18 internal affairs investigations dating back to the 1990s, many triggered by complaints of alleged "unnecessary force" or "discourtesy." Precisely how ... More >>

Can a veterans court help former GIs find justice here at home?

Pain Management

Cancer patient Tim Thomason didn't think he could feel any worse. His Denver jailers showed that he could.

Dani Newsum to Leave Colorado Inside Out

Recreate '68 Plans to Do Just That

Chicago in 1968 was a place of violence and chaos. Some activists would like to re-create those good old days.

Critical Mess

Denver bicyclists get taken for a ride.

The Vision Thing

Landscape paintings and photos are at Robischon, while art and architecture make the news.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of September 12, 2002

Why Spy?

The DPD has a binge-and-purge problem.

Hall of Shame 1999

Although Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were an impossibly horrific act to follow, others gave it a shot.

This Is Crazy

Stan Israel spent two days in a psych ward. There was just one little problem.

Seizer's Palace

The Denver cops make a drug bust at the infamous Walker house. Is a seizure of the property next?

SLAPP Shot

The ACLU jumps into Warren Hern's battle with Ken Scott.