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Coloradans protest fracking near schools

By Troy Hooper | 06.05.12 | 10:48 am | More from The Colorado Independent

ERIE, COLO. — With black whiskers painted across her cheeks, 6-year-old Olivia Cusimano roared into the plastic megaphone as if hers were the voice of the blue knotted-up balloon tiger she clutched beneath her left arm. More…

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In Colorado, fracking near schools

By Troy Hooper | 06.04.12 | 2:59 pm | More from The Colorado Independent

ERIE, COLO. — Flaggers in bright yellow vests stopped traffic on the parkway in Erie, Colo., Wednesday as a convoy of semi-trailer trucks rumbled toward Red Hawk Elementary hauling sound barriers to muffle a gas extraction project that is vexing many residents in this once peaceful family neighborhood. More…

Justice Department Protects Voting Rights for Minorities in Texas

By Ashley Lopez | 03.14.12 | 2:19 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Ed. note: This piece was written and published in coordination with Ms. Magazine.
On Monday, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder used his powers under the Voting Rights Act of 1965 More… to block enforcement of a prohibitive new voting law in Texas. The law would have required voters to show

Analysts: GOP failing to reach young voters

By John Tomasic | 03.12.12 | 10:25 am | More from The Colorado Independent

Low turnout among youth voters for the Republican Super Tuesday primary contests suggests the GOP is making a major strategy misstep this year, analysts told the Colorado Independent. They said that Republican campaign messages to young people are mostly absent, weak or a turn-off and they called youth outreach efforts More…

Florida counties that implemented new elections law saw fewer voters, study says

By Ashley Lopez | 03.05.12 | 11:40 am | More from The Florida Independent

According to newly released research, Florida’s controversial new elections law affected early voting turnout in this year’s presidential primary, despite claims from proponents of the bill that it would not negatively affect accessibility of early voting. More…

Battle rages in Florida over private detention center

By Marcos Restrepo | 02.29.12 | 5:22 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Residents opposed to a federally-funded, privately-managed immigration detention center in South Florida issued a statement Wednesday calling on President Obama to step in and halt the project.
A press release issued More… by No Prison in Southwest Ranches states: “Will the President step in and protect the people in this area from

Blocking the Vote

By Ashley Lopez | 02.28.12 | 5:39 pm | More from The Florida Independent


More…Ruthelle Frank, an 84-year-old resident of a small town in Wisconsin, is suing her home state because, for the first time in her adult life, she might not be able to vote. In 2011, Wisconsin’s Republican-led Legislature enacted a new law that requires state-issued photo identification for all voters. Because

Numbers USA says real winners in Florida GOP were ‘self-deportation,’ ‘Latino dignity’

By Marcos Restrepo | 02.03.12 | 11:49 am | More from The Florida Independent

Numbers USA — an organization that agitates “For Lower Immigration Levels” — wrote this week that the “Vote Winners” in Florida’s recent GOP presidential primary “Are Latino Dignity & Self-Deportation.” More …