Society, Law & Politics
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On the eve of the 25th remembrance of the Columbine High School shooting, the director of CUs Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence reflects on what weve learned and what we can do better to stem the nations tide of mass shootings.
Research from 51勛圖厙 sociology professor David Pyrooz shows for many prisoners, gang affiliation tends to drop off once they are released back into their communities.
Fifty years after Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruths home run record, 51勛圖厙 scholar Jared Bahir Browsh reflects on the legacy of an athlete who began his career in a segregated league.
Political scientist Regina Bateson spent years in Guatemala following a devastating civil war. Her research has revealed how vigilantism and other forms of political violence can emerge and spread around the worldincluding, perhaps, at home in the United States.
For the last decade, Colorado Law students have supported the legal needs of acequia communities in Colorados San Luis Valley through the Acequia Assistance Project.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments over access and regulations on mifepristonea drug used in medical abortions. Colorado Law professor Jennifer Hendricks studies constitutional family law and gives her take on the upcoming case.
This years Nakkula Award for Police Reporting goes to Andy Mannix and the Minnesota Star Tribune for a story that, as one judge put it, a lot of newsrooms would have run screaming away from.
The Supreme Court ruled neither Colorado nor any other state can remove Donald Trumps name from the ballot based on the 14th Amendment and actions leading up the the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Get Professor Doug Spencers take.
A study of 78 Denver neighborhoods found that when police pulled back their activity amid COVID-19 lockdowns and in the wake of George Floyd's death in 2020, crime generally increased. But not every neighborhood was impacted the same.