FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 2 - Caught on Camera

Colorado voted to end forced prison labor in 2018 – so why are incarcerated people in the state still working for less than $2 an hour?

Colorado voters passed Amendment A, a ballot measure touted as an end to slavery in state prisons in 2018. The amendment eliminated the penal exception clause, which allowed the state to use forced labor in addition to incarceration as a punishment for crime.

The Conversation · May 29

Jared Polis' Controversial Commutation of Tina Peters' Prison Sentence Upholds Freedom of Speech

Colorado's governor agreed with a state appeals court that the former Mesa County clerk had been punished for her wacky beliefs about the 2020 election as well as her illegal conduct.

Reason · May 18

Colorado governor grants clemency to election denier Tina Peters

Peters was sentenced to nine years for a scheme to illegally copy her county’s election computer system

The Independent UK · May 15

US Forest Service to move headquarters from Washington DC to Salt Lake City

Announcement part of controversial shakeup described by critics as administration attack on ‘science and scientists’

The Guardian - US · Apr 1

Top climate research center sues Trump administration over alleged plan to ‘destroy’ U.S. climate research

All this for "revenge" on Colorado

We Got This Covered · Mar 17

Tiger King’s Joe Exotic asks Colorado governor for prisoner swap with Trump favorite Tina Peters

Joe Exotic told Colorado Governor Jared Polis he was going to make a request he described as the ‘craziest ask you will ever receive’

The Independent UK · Mar 6

Colorado governor likely to grant clemency to election denier Tina Peters, lawyer says

Lawyer for Peters says he expects Jared Polis to commute nine-year sentence over voting breach in 2020 election

The Guardian - US · Mar 4

Child Protective Services Can Now 'Threaten' Parents to Lose Custody Over Refusal to Use Child's Preferred Pronouns

Explore the legal battles across the US as states debate gender identity affirmation in child custody laws, highlighting cases from Indiana, California, and Colorado.

International Business Times UK · Feb 27

Trump Replaces Old Illegal Tariffs With New Illegal Tariffs

Plus: The U.S. could be going to war with Iran, the 2026 Winter Olympic Games, and why AI surveillance is worrying civil libertarians

Reason · Feb 24

Trump finally apologizes for something

President Donald Trump sorry for endorsing the ‘very mediocre (at best!) RINO Governor of Oklahoma’

The Independent UK · Feb 12