Obama urges gun control after Colorado Springs shooting: ‘Enough is enough’
Robert Lewis Dear, a 57-year-old from North Carolina, has been named as the suspected gunman behind a standoff at a Planned Parenthood health clinic in
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Colorado Springs: a playground for pro-life, pro-gun evangelical Christians
Anti-abortion rhetoric is not hard to find in the city where the ‘fortress-like’ Planned Parenthood centre is the subject of regular protests
Three dead after gunman storms Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado
Two civilians and police officer killed after hours-long standoff
Three dead after gunman storms Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado
Three people have been killed after a gunman armed with a rifle stormed a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs and opened fire before an hours-long standoff
What’s Next After the War on Drugs?
Between Bill Clinton denouncing the overreach of his own crime policies during the 1990s, and Barack Obama making some refreshingly unequivocal statements about mass incarceration during his historic
Ten Years After Hunter S. Thompson’s Death, the Debate Over Suicide Rages On
The sticking point, of course, is what constitutes a justifiable reason to kill yourself—or have a doctor do so for you. Today, February 20, marks
The Hypocrisy of Jeb Bush’s Admission That He Used to Smoke Pot
In the lead-up to the inevitable announcement that he is running for president, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush has followed in the footsteps of our
The Problem with Massive Cash Payments from Police Departments
In July 2010, a homeless street preacher named Marvin Booker was being processed in a Denver County jail when a guard directed him toward a
Forty-Five Years Ago, the Government Used Subterranean Nukes to Dig for Natural Gas
On the afternoon of September 10, 1969, Chester McQueary laid his belly onto the dirt of rural Rulison, Colorado. A few seconds later, a nuclear
Babies on Speed: Why Is The Government Giving Adderall To Our Nation’s Poorest Toddlers?
Thousands of the nation’s poorest children under the age of four are being prescribed stimulants like Ritalin and Adderall for ailments they’re too young to