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(Image: Luminary) The combined talent of rappers Talib Kweli, Yasiin Bey, formerly known as Mos Def, and comedian Dave Chappelle will be showcased in an upcoming podcast. Luminary, a subscription podcast network, announced its latest podcast, The Midnight Miracle, a salon-style show created and hosted by Talib Kweli, Yasiin Bey, and Dave Chappelle. The podcast will provide a glimpse into the lives of the three hosts and their friends and will also feature the country’s most influential cultu...

The El Paso County Jail in Colorado Springs, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. A refurbished locker room for deputies. A new training facility and high-tech locks and security cameras. A $600,000 conveyer belt to move inmate property from one place to another and new doors throughout. All those renovations at the El Paso County Jail — some of them part of a longstanding wish list  — were paid for with federal COVID-19 relief funds. But it took until November for officials to furnish inmate face cover...

Close Body camera footage shows two school resource officers with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office restraining and handcuffing an 11-year-old student at Sagewood Middle School for scratching another student with a pencil on Aug. 29, 2019.  Footage courtesy of ACLU of Colorado

Close Body camera footage shows two school resource officers with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office restraining and handcuffing an 11-year-old student at Sagewood Middle School for scratching another student with a pencil on Aug. 29, 2019.  Footage courtesy of ACLU of Colorado

ACLU of Colorado filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Douglas County School District, Sheriff Tony Spurlock and several school resource officers for handcuffing an 11-year-old boy with autism for scratching

Editors note: This story was updated at 12:45 p.m. Thursday to include comments from Fort Collins city attorney. In a split vote, Fort Collins City Council decided against appealing a court ruling related to enforcement of the citys camping ban. Council voted 4-3 to not appeal the recent ruling, which found that Fort Collins Police Services unconstitutionally ticketed a man for sleeping in his car at a rest stop in 2018.  ACLU of Colorado assisted the man, Adam Wiemold, in his appeal of the ti...

A community activist is considering suing Aurora for a chance to run for city council Andrew Bray Community activist Candice Bailey is considering suing Aurora for a chance to run for city council. Current city charter bans Bailey from running due to a previous felony conviction. and last updated 2021-03-02 21:02:05-05 AURORA, Colo. — An Aurora community activist who has been vocal in the Black Lives Matter and demands for police accountability movements wants to run for city council but i...

Mark Silverstein is seizing his chance to wedge a foot in the door for free speech.

The flagpole isnt in front of the home in unincorporated Jefferson County. Instead, the pole is mounted in the backyard, where its visible to commuters on Bowles Avenue, one of the major east-west routes in the area. As a result, thousands of people passing by every day see the display: an American flag flying upside down, in the international symbol of distress, over a "Dont Tread on Me" banner. In a neighborhood a mile or two away, a Trump 2020 flag flew alongside the traditional stars and st...

The Whispering Pines community didn't give David Pendery indefinite permission to fly a Pride Flag from his Arapahoe County home. He filed a lawsuit with ACLU.