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We'll Drink to That

Burn, Baby, Burn

Passport Privy: Wherein I Try to Hack My Own State Department File

Q&A with Call Response director Justin Dillon

Nabbing Colorado's worst polluters through RapidScreen

Somali refugees face new hurdles in bringing their families to America

This week, Westword's cover story, "Wage War," introduced you to Greeley's Somali refugees, many of whom lost their jobs in a clash over prayer breaks at the JBS Swift & Company meatpacking plant.   But Somali refugees throughout the United States are facing a bigger hurdle: Seeing t ... More >>

Letters to the Editor

From the week of December 21, 2000

Kenny Be's Worst Case Scenario: Spring Break in Summit County, part 2

Are U.S. State Department warnings about the dangers of traveling in Mexico harshing your buzz? Keep it local this year! Help create the party that transforms Summit County into the "Cancun of the Colorado Rocky Mountains..."

There's no place like home for Somali refugees in Greeley

Are U.S. State Department warnings about the dangers of traveling in Mexico harshing your buzz? Keep it local this year! Help create the party that transforms Summit County into the "Cancun of the Colorado Rocky Mountains..."

America's promise to protect asylum-seekers gets lost in the paperwork

Are U.S. State Department warnings about the dangers of traveling in Mexico harshing your buzz? Keep it local this year! Help create the party that transforms Summit County into the "Cancun of the Colorado Rocky Mountains..."

Drop Boards Not Bombs

Llewellyn Werner thinks skateparks could get Iraq's economy rolling

Douglas Glaser on Ice

A catch-22 of an alias.

Georgia (and Much More) on Her Mind

As her second “comeback” movie arrives in theaters, Jane Fonda talks sex, politics and revolution.

View Masters

Karen Kitchel and David Sharpe record the Western landscape in solos at Robischon.

Odd Man In

Mike Miles could be the Democrats' choice in November.

Solitary Confinement

The politics of pain are displayed in Two Rooms.

Home Alone

On Mother's Day, Constance Rolon will be waiting for her son. Waiting for answers.

A Titanic Feat

On Mother's Day, Constance Rolon will be waiting for her son. Waiting for answers.

Off Limits

On Mother's Day, Constance Rolon will be waiting for her son. Waiting for answers.

In Living Black and White

On Mother's Day, Constance Rolon will be waiting for her son. Waiting for answers.

Go East, Young Men

Cephas & Wiggins are keeping a blues tradition alive.

Going to the Wellses'

Meet harpist Junior Wells--and the woman who keeps him in line.

Party Crasher

Back from the abyss, Sam Zakhem campaigns for the forgotten man: himself

The Strumpet Blares

Back from the abyss, Sam Zakhem campaigns for the forgotten man: himself

Lame Excuses

A disgruntled horse buyer snags a lemon and goes public--sort of.

The Out of Towners

Denver officials join the Department of Aviation and see the world.

HOME AGAIN, HOME AGAIN

HOW THE GOVERNMENT'S ATTEMPTS TO "REUNIFY" CHILDREN WITH THEIR PARENTS HURT KIDS AS MUCH AS THEY HELP THEM.

LETTERS

HOW THE GOVERNMENT'S ATTEMPTS TO "REUNIFY" CHILDREN WITH THEIR PARENTS HURT KIDS AS MUCH AS THEY HELP THEM.

SWANEE'S SONG

AMBASSADOR HUNT LEARNS THE LESSONS OF ANTI-SEMANTICS.

FLIGHT RISK

GUESS WHICH LITTLE AIRLINE IS BACK SNIFFING AT THE PUBLIC TROUGH.

OFF LIMITS

GUESS WHICH LITTLE AIRLINE IS BACK SNIFFING AT THE PUBLIC TROUGH.

BY THE SEAT OF THEIR PANTS

A DESPERATE CITY WOOS A DESPERATE AIRLINE.

Amy Herdy's Pakistan travel diary, volume one

Amy Herdy in Pakistan. Editor's note: Amy Herdy, a former Denver Post and Channel 9 journalist who's currently the advisor for the University of Colorado at Boulder's CUIndependent.com online newspaper, is in Pakistan under the auspices of the State Department. Her mission: to give students and pro ... More >>

Pretty in pink turns coyote ugly in Greenwood Village

Amy Herdy in Pakistan. Editor's note: Amy Herdy, a former Denver Post and Channel 9 journalist who's currently the advisor for the University of Colorado at Boulder's CUIndependent.com online newspaper, is in Pakistan under the auspices of the State Department. Her mission: to give students and pro ... More >>

Amy Herdy's Pakistan travel diary, volume four

Amy Herdy teaching at the National University of Modern Languages, or NUML, in Islamabad. Editor's note: Amy Herdy, a former Denver Post and Channel 9 journalist who's currently the advisor for the University of Colorado at Boulder's CUIndependent.com online newspaper, is in Pakistan under the ausp ... More >>

Amy Herdy's Pakistan travel diary, volume five

Amir Mateen, the CEO of Rohi TV, with anchorwoman Asma Shirazi. Editor's note: Amy Herdy, a former Denver Post and Channel 9 journalist who's currently the advisor for the University of Colorado at Boulder's CUIndependent.com online newspaper, has spent recent weeks in Pakistan under the auspices o ... More >>

In the Loop

Amir Mateen, the CEO of Rohi TV, with anchorwoman Asma Shirazi. Editor's note: Amy Herdy, a former Denver Post and Channel 9 journalist who's currently the advisor for the University of Colorado at Boulder's CUIndependent.com online newspaper, has spent recent weeks in Pakistan under the auspices o ... More >>

Tonight's MTV Hope for Haiti Telethon has roots here at home with mGive

As you've undoubtedly heard by now, tonight the biggest names in entertainment are coming together for MTV's Hope for Haiti Telethon, a unified relief effort to raise much needed funds for the disaster torn country, devastated by the recent earthquake. The relief effort is wide reaching and beyond m ... More >>

Tom Tancredo's favorite new trivia game: "Illegal Immigration"

Photo by John JohnstonTom Tancredo engages in some gamesmanship.​Looking for a fun new board game to while away these lovely spring afternoons? Anti-immigration firebrand Tom Tancredo has the perfect suggestion. As the Colorado Independent first reported, Tancredo fired up his Twitter account ... More >>

An Immigrant's Heart

To survive the ordeal of escaping Guatemala, Julia needed a big Heart. But not this big.

Mile High Music Festival: Ozomatli on activism and working under the Bush administration

​ This is distinctly American music. Working with a lineup that's fluctuated between six and ten and has included members of Jurassic 5, Ozomatli has for some fifteen years been blending Latin rhythms and hip-hop influences for a sound that's as big as it is varied and multicultural. The U.S. ... More >>

Asylum Denied: Only a fraction of Mexicans get U.S. asylum

​ This is distinctly American music. Working with a lineup that's fluctuated between six and ten and has included members of Jurassic 5, Ozomatli has for some fifteen years been blending Latin rhythms and hip-hop influences for a sound that's as big as it is varied and multicultural. The U.S. ... More >>

Hot Rize was bluegrass before bluegrass was cool

​ This is distinctly American music. Working with a lineup that's fluctuated between six and ten and has included members of Jurassic 5, Ozomatli has for some fifteen years been blending Latin rhythms and hip-hop influences for a sound that's as big as it is varied and multicultural. The U.S. ... More >>

Raymond Allen Davis: Feds asked 9News not to mention CIA link in Pakistan murder case

Davis.​Update below: The story of Raymond Allen Davis, the Highlands Ranch man accused of murder in Pakistan, has made international news due to the U.S. government's claim of immunity on his behalf. We now know Davis is a CIA security contractor -- a story initially broken by 9News, although ... More >>

Gay immigrants need asylum from persecution at home

Davis.​Update below: The story of Raymond Allen Davis, the Highlands Ranch man accused of murder in Pakistan, has made international news due to the U.S. government's claim of immunity on his behalf. We now know Davis is a CIA security contractor -- a story initially broken by 9News, although ... More >>

Judicial Watch launches investigation into David Hartley murder

Judicial WatchTiffany Hartley.​Colorado native Tiffany Hartley is still seeking justice for her husband, David, who was murdered on the Texas-Mexico border last September. Frustrated with the government's inaction she has turned to watchdog organization Judicial Watch, which will begin an inve ... More >>

John Hickenlooper: Help Tiffany Hartley, whose husband David was murdered in Mexico

Hickenlooper.​Governor John Hickenlooper is apparently not convinced a Judicial Watch investigation will be sufficient to solve the murder in Mexico of David Hartley. So he, along with senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennet and Representative Cory Gardner, signed letters sent to the department ... More >>

How do Mexicans feel about Americans moving to Mexico?

Hickenlooper.​Governor John Hickenlooper is apparently not convinced a Judicial Watch investigation will be sufficient to solve the murder in Mexico of David Hartley. So he, along with senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennet and Representative Cory Gardner, signed letters sent to the department ... More >>

Raymond Davis, CIA contractor who killed 2 in Pakistan, charged with felony in parking lot beef

Davis.​The phrase "international incident" understates the controversy that erupted in Pakistan this past January after Raymond Davis, subsequently revealed to be a CIA employee, killed two men in what he insisted was self-defense. Now, a story closer to home drags Davis back into the spotligh ... More >>