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Scott Gessler grilled at Capitol about immigrant letters, website glitches

At the Capitol yesterday, Secretary of State Scott Gessler had lots to discuss at a State Affairs briefing -- but only a few minutes into his presentation, he was interrupted by critical questions from lawmakers. The immediate criticisms, which were put on hold until after he finished his prepared r ... More >>

CU profs can't cancel classes if student is legally carrying a gun, administrator says

Earlier this week, we told you about CU-Boulder's new regs concerning concealed-carry permits -- changes necessitated by a Colorado Supreme Court ruling allowing them on campus two years after the university added Nerf guns to its banned weapons list. Shortly thereafter, one professor said he'd canc ... More >>

Five best concerts in Colorado this weekend

See also: - Brennen Bryarly goes Into the Night as option4 - Parting words: A Sauna Q&A before its farewell show - Sharon Van Etten Q&A: "I get nervous sometimes that my songs are too personal" - Q&A with Brendan Perry of Dead Can Dance - Q&A with Derek Vincent Smith of Pretty Lights Welcome to the ... More >>

BoldLeaders trip to Kenya postponed, but the explorations continue

After months of planning and fundraising, this year's BoldLeaders trip to Kenya has been grounded, thanks to threats of violence from the Somali militant group, Al-Shabaab. The Denver-based group had flights arranged and was within a week of departure when the U.S. Department of State and its embass ... More >>

They Call It Myanmar, in Denver tomorrow, lifts the curtain on the people of Burma

Colorado is home to more than two thousand refugees from Burma, an isolated country in southeast Asia. Among them is Drucie Bathin, the head of the Colorado Rangers Organization, which works on the model of refugees helping refugees, and the subject of our cover story, "A World Away." And what is it ... More >>

Shirin Ebadi comes to Denver as another Nobel Peace Prize winner pulls out of Chicago summit

Mairead Corrigan Maguire, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976 for her work in Northern Ireland, has pulled out of the twelfth World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates that starts Monday in Chicago. "That's what happens when you don't hold your big Nobel events in Denver!," jokes Dawn Engle, a founde ... More >>

Mike Coffman's key to victory: A giant warchest

Denver blog posts have a secret list of 200 communists working in the State Department. Colorado Pols know that size matters, especially when it comes to warchests -- like the giant one Mike Coffman will be able to use against his Democratic opponent. Mile High Mamas' Lori on five ways yoga can he ... More >>

Carolyn Bninski channels decades of progress at Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center

Editor's note: This is the latest profile in Kelsey Whipple's ongoing series highlighting local political activists. They were wearing black, and they carried coffins. This is Carolyn Bninski's strongest early memory of political activism, a lifestyle she would later take up and pursue for more th ... More >>

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

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 spotlight: He's been ... More >>

How do Mexicans feel about Americans moving to Mexico?

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 >>

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 >>

Gay immigrants need asylum from persecution at home

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 >>

Hot Rize was bluegrass before bluegrass was cool

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

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

In the Loop

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 >>

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 >>

Pretty in pink turns coyote ugly in Greenwood Village

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 >>

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

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 >>

Nabbing Colorado's worst polluters through RapidScreen

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

Q&A with Call Response director Justin Dillon

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

Burn, Baby, Burn

We'll Drink to That

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.

Squeeze Play

A Titanic Feat

Off Limits

Go East, Young Men

Cephas & Wiggins are keeping a blues tradition alive.

Party Crasher

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

The Strumpet Blares

Lame Excuses

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

HOME AGAIN, HOME AGAIN

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

LETTERS

SWANEE'S SONG

AMBASSADOR HUNT LEARNS THE LESSONS OF ANTI-SEMANTICS.

OFF LIMITS

BY THE SEAT OF THEIR PANTS

A DESPERATE CITY WOOS A DESPERATE AIRLINE.