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Troy Anderson (l) and Evan Ebel, via the Colorado Department of Corrections.

Ebel Friend: Suicide Note Shows Parolee ‘Ruined’ by Solitary, Bent on Revenge

By | 04.12.13 | 4:04 am

About two weeks before his death, Evan Ebel — suspect in last month’s murders of pizza delivery man Nate Leon and Colorado corrections chief Tom Clements — wrote a suicide note to a longtime friend who says Ebel was unhinged by his abrupt release from solitary confinement and seeking revenge More…

Colorado immigrants caught in Catholic culture war

By | 04.16.12 | 9:55 am

Nicole Mosher, executive director of Durango-based nonprofit immigrant-aid organization Compañeros More…, is weighing how to keep her organization running effectively in light of the surprising news that the anti-poverty Catholic organization that supplies half of Companeros’ annual budget will likely end that support due to Compañeros’ indirect association with gay-rights

Denver group looks to feds to address police abuse

By John Tomasic | 03.22.12 | 10:51 am | More from The Colorado Independent

Citing institutional weakness and failure, a Denver activist coalition is demanding federal authorities intervene to address police brutality in the city.
The Colorado Progressive Coalition (CPC), along with victims and the families of victims of high-profile recent alleged assaults, announced a petition effort More… Tuesday aimed at persuading the U.S. Department

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

Ohio officials tie fracking waste to earthquakes

By Troy Hooper | 03.12.12 | 6:25 pm | More from The Colorado Independent

Regulators in Ohio rocked the oil and gas industry Friday with the strongest allegation yet that hydraulic fracturing could be triggering some earthquakes. More…

Study: HIV rates for black women higher than previously thought

By Marcos Restrepo | 03.09.12 | 6:13 pm | More from The Florida Independent

A newly-released study indicates that HIV rates for black women in parts of the U.S. are much higher than previously estimated. The study, released by the HIV Prevention Trials Network, was released on Thursday, just days prior to National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day More….

Report warns of oil shale risks

By Troy Hooper | 03.09.12 | 6:07 pm | More from The Colorado Independent

BOULDER — Pursuing oil shale production in the face of increasing water demands and climate change concerns is ill-advised, a new report from a Colorado-based environmental group warns. More…

‘Self-deportation’ another way to describe ‘attrition through enforcement’

By Marcos Restrepo | 01.27.12 | 4:23 pm | More from The Florida Independent

When GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney spoke about “self-deportation” in Florida this week, his closest rival Newt Gingrich called it an “Obama-level fantasy,” but self-deportation is really just another way to describe “attrition through enforcement.” More…