Summit County Citizens Voice

A bid by some former Shining Path guerrillas to form a political party stirred emotions and reopened a bitter national debate on the war and how to move on.

Scores of villagers, at least 32 children under 10 among them, were killed in Houla, Syria, in what appeared to be one of the worst episodes of carnage since the uprising began.

Ai Weiwei’s illegal detention reveals the ways in which the most stubborn dissidents joust with their tormentors and try to maintain resistance in the face of seemingly absolute power.

Enthusiasm has given way to apathy since presidential candidates whose charisma or progressive appeals generated excitement with voters were eliminated.

DENVER — The coal industry is resorting to online classifieds to bolster its ranks. “We hear stories of people paying folks $50 through Craigslist to come and wear shirts supporting 'Coal for America,'” Lisa Jackson, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's administrator and surprise guest at the “Rebel With A Cause” gala, told a ballroom of […]

DENVER — Colorado's 2012 Legislature may not have achieved greatness. It may not have risen above partisan divide to solve complex problems and unify a state. It may not have addressed the state's economic malaise or found a way to reliably fund education for the long term.

According to a Rasmussen poll of 1000 adults conducted May 12 and released last week, American voters favor legalizing marijuana by a margin of 56 percent to 36 percent.

Colorado legislative debate this year on education, gay rights and women's health policies reflected larger well-worn national political back-and-forths, where showy speeches on immigration "illegals," "traditional marriage" and religious freedom often sidetrack efforts to serve the public good.