High Court Sides With Baker in Aspect of Wedding Cake Case

MARK SHERMAN / The Associated Press Jun 4, 2018 The court's limited decision in the Colorado case leaves for another day the larger issue of whether a business can invoke religious objections to refuse service to gay and lesbian people. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Arizona Students Back in Class After Six-Day Teacher Strike

MELISSA DANIELS and TERRY TANG / The Associated Press May 4, 2018 The state's educators win a 20-percent pay raise by 2020 after a walkout that was part of a bubbling national uprising over low pay and school funding. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Arizona, Colorado Schools to Close as Teachers Protest

MELISSA DANIELS / The Associated Press Apr 26, 2018 The walkouts are the climax of an uprising that began weeks ago with a grass-roots movement that spread from West Virginia, Oklahoma and Kentucky. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

San Francisco Embraces Amsterdam-Style Marijuana Lounges

PAUL ELIAS / The Associated Press Mar 15, 2018 Only California permits marijuana smoking at pot retailers with specially designed lounges. Unsurprisingly, San Francisco is the trailblazer. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Rioters Storm Peaceful Protest at Conservative’s Campus Speech

Emma Niles / Truthdig Feb 3, 2018 Fighting breaks out during Charlie Kirk's speech at Colorado State University when a masked group chanting Nazi slogans wades into a crowd of demonstrators. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Pot Industry Frets, Then Shrugs Off Sessions’ New Policy

PAUL ELIAS / The Associated Press Jan 6, 2018 Long-term marijuana purveyors see the attorney general's move to end a federal "hands-off" policy as a bump in the road to proving their legitimacy. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

5 Colorado Officers Shot, 1 Fatally, in ‘Ambush’ Attack

COLLEEN SLEVIN and ELLIOT SPAGAT / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Dec 31, 2017 Two civilians are also hurt as deputies respond to noise-related disturbance south of Denver. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Why Flip Burgers When You Can Sling Weed?

By Philip Smith / AlterNet Apr 3, 2017 Colorado's legal marijuana industry is providing more options for young workers, but it has created hiring challenges for Denver restaurant owners. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

U.N. Experts: Americans’ Right to Protest Is in Danger Under Trump

By Common Dreams staff Apr 3, 2017 Since Donald Trump was elected president, at least 19 states have introduced bills that attack freedom of peaceful assembly and expression. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘Tired of Waiting’ for Politicians, Voters in Four States Put Minimum Wage on the Ballot

By Lauren McCauley / Common Dreams Nov 4, 2016 In Arizona, Colorado, Maine and Washington, polls show strong support for the measures, as voters say a wage increase is "long overdue and desperately needed." Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Establishment Democrats Fight to Defeat Medicare-for-All Ballot Measure in Colorado

By Nika Knight / Common Dreams May 23, 2016 Pro-Clinton Democrats have joined Big Pharma and state Republicans in an effort to defeat a first-in-the-nation ballot measure calling for a statewide single-payer health care plan. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

GOP Debate Mendacity Shocks Even the Conservatives

Joe Conason / Truthdig Oct 31, 2015 For people who so often accuse Hillary Clinton of lying, the Republican presidential candidates seem to feel perfectly free to bend, twist and shred the truth at will. Unsurprisingly, that is just what several of them were caught doing in their free-for-all CNBC debate. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )