Today, immigrants rights activists from the American Friends Service Committee, Mojados Unidos, DU’s Sturm College of Law and others will gather at the State Capitol to decry a bill that they consider one of the most anti-immigrant in decades.
During a recent inspection by the Denver Fire Department, the Salvation Army’s Crossroads Homeless Shelter, which houses more than 550 men per night on average, was found to be in violation of several fire codes. According to Denver Fire Department spokeswoman Melissa Taylor, the shelter on 29th Street has been…
The Presidents’ Day holiday inspired a number of political rallies at the State Capitol and Civic Center Park, and the Not My President’s Day protests against Donald Trump were just the start of the action this week.
Whatever your feelings of the current commander and chief, it’s hard to deny the flurry of protest activity ignited by President Donald Trump and his administration.
As discussion of President Donald Trump’s immigration policies heats up, so does the debate over whether Denver is a sanctuary city – especially now that news of Jeanette Vizguerra seeking shelter in a local church has gone national.
A memo sent under the name of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly and shared below says that National Guard troops could be deployed in Colorado to round up immigrants. And while the spokesman for President Donald Trump has declared the document to be “not true,” the prospect of troops known in Colorado for actions like helping victims of the 2013 Lyons flood being used for such a purpose is likely to send shock waves through the community.
Hundreds of Denver residents contacted Mayor Michael Hancock’s office following President Trump’s executive order, issued on January 25, that threatens to pull federal funding from so-called sanctuary cities that protect undocumented residents from federal immigration enforcement. Through a Colorado Open Records Act request, Westword obtained data about the number of…
Jeanette Vizguerra is well-known to Westword readers as a symbol of the fight for immigrant rights thanks to her years-long struggles to stay in this country with her four children; three of them are U.S. citizens, while the fourth is a recipient of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. Now, Vizguerra is taking on the same role nationally. Media outlets ranging from Rachel Maddow’s MSNBC program to National Public Radio are covering her entry into sanctuary at Denver’s First Unitarian Church in an effort to avoid deportation.
A lawsuit over the arrest of a town leader has dredged up a history of law enforcement issues in Log Lane Village, which has had difficulty hiring and retaining qualified officers.
There are plenty of opportunities to get involved in politics this week, ranging from educational programming to more protests.
The park outside of Senator Cory Gardner’s office in downtown Denver has become a popular spot for protesters.
Though the Colorado Stands with Planned Parenthood rally at Skyline Park today, February 11, was dead-ass serious, attendees didn’t fail to come up with some funny and poignant signs. The rally drew a proud feminist crowd of both men and women, young and old, to Senator Cory Gardner’s office in downtown Denver to demand that the Republican senator not support any attempts in Congress to de-fund the health-services provider.
“I know that we all went to bed and woke up with images of round-ups in this country,” Denver Mayor Michael Hancock said at a forum on immigration and refugees on Saturday, February 11. “We acknowledge that President Trump’s actions have wreaked havoc on this nation.” Mayor Hancock spoke before…
As the first state to legalize abortion and home to Dr. Warren Hern, one of the country’s only late-term abortion providers, Colorado has always played a big role in the reproductive rights debate.
The political actions just keep coming. Here are five ways to get involved in Denver, February 11-12, 2017
When Wells Fargo employees and security guards saw more than one hundred indigenous activists and allies marching down Broadway from the State Capitol to Wells Fargo’s corporate office at Broadway and 17th Avenue, they tried to seal off the building.
Jason Flores-Williams has added some literary flair to a case in which he’s defending clients who were arrested at an inauguration protest in Washington, D.C., on January 20 and charged with felonies under the federal riot act.
This week marked the death of legislation that would have allowed cyclists to treat red lights and stop signs as yields at intersections with no oncoming traffic. Because the so-called “Idaho stop” bill failed to escape the state senate’s transportation committee, bike riders who roll past stop signs even when the route’s clear will be breaking a state law that’s already filled with plenty of oddities and quirks.
Yesterday, Betsy DeVos, President Donald Trump’s controversial pick to head the Department of Education, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate only after Vice President Mike Pence cast a tie-breaking vote. As such, every “yea” was key, including the one delivered by Colorado Republican Senator Cory Gardner of Colorado, a persistent cheerleader for the selection who just happens to have benefited from the newly minted Education secretary’s largesse.
Interested in getting politically involved? The rallies and protests continue this week, with One Colorado’s statewide tour hitting Denver and a major demonstration set for Saturday, outside Senator Cory Gardner’s office, to support Planned Parenthood.
A civil-rights lawsuit and motion for a preliminary injunction have been filed in relation to protests at Denver International Airport against President Donald Trump’s controversial executive order about immigration, which bans all refugees from entering the country for 120 days, indefinitely restricts U.S. entry by Syrians, and forbids visits by citizens of seven nations (Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen) for ninety days.
This month, a bill will be introduced before the state legislature to outlaw anti-homeless ordinances enacted by municipalities across Colorado, including the urban-camping ban in Denver. The bill — sponsored by House representatives Joseph Salazar, a Democrat from Thornton, and Jovan Melton, a Democrat from Arapahoe County/Aurora — will not…
