Civil rights

ACLU: Colorado’s branch of the watchdog organization is in Durango’s grill again

du1-i-syn The latest notice to the city from the group that deemed Durango’s panhandling laws unconstitutional in 2014 – which…

August 2, 2017

Regional News

Activists gain resolve from civil rights vets post-election

He went to bed around 4 a.m. and expected to be depressed for days. Instead, Benavidez began thinking of the…

December 29, 2016

Nation & World

Homeless seek legal protection from cities’ laws

living on the streets say booming cities have outlawed their right to sleep, beg and even sit

June 5, 2016

Local News

Durango businesses hit with ADA lawsuits

Florida man called ‘serial plaintiff’ by local lawyer

May 2, 2016

Local News

Durango women applaud $20 bill redesign

“I let out an audible squeal of delight when I heard that this morning,” said Sidny Zink, a Colorado Department…

April 20, 2016

Local News

Counterrally planned to confront Confederate flag ride

Organizers aim to defy display of Confederate symbol

March 4, 2016

Local News

Niece of MLK applies civil rights message to unborn in Durango speech

King delivers pro-life message

February 20, 2016

Local News

Cortez police likely to face lawsuit in Make My Day case

In a 1,154-word letter dated Jan. 12, attorney Kathyrn Stimson notified city attorney Mike Green that a Cortez family was…

January 30, 2016

Local News

March, rally, songs mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day at Fort Lewis College

Days after King became the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway in December 1964, he gave…

January 18, 2016

Nation & World

Poll: Online surveillance is OK for most

Jacquelyn Martin/Associated Press<br><br>Aiden Abdelaziz, 2, attends prayers with his father, Mohamed Abdelaziz, 22, originally from Cairo, Egypt, at Dar al-Hijrah…

December 31, 2015

Nation & World

State gun rights expand after Sandy Hook massacre

But in the three years since, many states have moved in the opposite direction, embracing the National Rifle Association’s axiom…

December 13, 2015

Local News

Lawsuit filed in intoxicated man’s 2013 death in Montezuma County jail

Begay In a 40-page complaint filed last week in U.S. District Court in Denver, Russell Sacks claimed that a lack…

November 5, 2015

Nation & World

‘America, we can’t breathe’

20 years after Million Man March, there is now a fresh call for justice

October 10, 2015

Local News

‘Rosa Parks’ to come to life in living history program

Becky Stone will present civil-rights pioneer Rosa Parks, seen here in character, in a Chautauqua on Wednesday night at the…

September 15, 2015

Regional News

School dedicated for ‘forgotten’ Mexican-American scholar

Albuquerque Public Schools officials on Friday formally dedicated the George I. Sanchez Collaborative Community School for the former superintendent, whose…

August 30, 2015