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  Marijuana Is Legal in Colorado — But Only If You're a U.S. Citizen

  September 13 at 7:09 a.m.

  Claudia didn’t think anything was wrong when United States Customs and Border Protection agents flagged her for an in-depth security screening after the early-morning flight from her native Chile landed at Los Angeles International Airport early on October 8, 2015. “It’s normal,” she says. “Sometimes the officers review people.” Besides,...

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  "Speak English, Bitch:" Advocate Says Viral Racist Video Represents Ugly Trend

  August 8 at 5:50 a.m.

  "You," says the Grand Junction woman in a Facebook video. "Your kind. You're the ones that gives brown people the bad name. Just fucking want to get something for nothing. Well, get your ass a job if you don’t have one." At that point in the clip, which is on view...

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  Detained Immigrants in Aurora and Their Families Find a Home at Casa de Paz

  July 12 at 8:37 a.m.

  Jose Cruz-Hernandez knew very little about where he was, aside from the fact that he was in a city named Aurora. He’d never been to the state of Colorado before, and yet suddenly he found himself blinking into the bright Colorado sunshine for the first time, the Rocky Mountains posing...

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  Coalition for an Inclusive Colorado Battles Islamophobia, Builds Bridges

  March 28 at 8 a.m.

  On March 26 a delegation of interfaith leaders met with concerned community members at the Colorado Muslim Society, the largest mosque in the Rocky Mountain region, to openly denounce Islamophobia at “Building Bridges with the Muslim Community.” The gathering was organized by the newly-formed Coalition for an Inclusive Colorado, and offered break-out...

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  The Mexican Says Adiós to Denver

  February 5 at 10:40 a.m.

  Dear Mexican: I enjoyed reading the letter some years back from the lovely Mexican lesbian about lip liner. I have met several guys from Mexico who come to the U.S. so they can come out of the closet. Nothing warms my middle-aged gay heart more than when a nice Mexican...

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  Dear Mexican: What Do You Think About White Privilege?

  January 29 at 11:23 a.m.

  Dear Mexican: I’m an instructor at a community college. I wanted to work within the community college to help the marginalized and disenfranchised have greater access to education. Additionally, as a Latina, I have witnessed too many of my own people dropping out of college, and I wanted to do...