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While the country’s attention has shifted in recent months from events like Black Lives Matter protests to major goings-on inside the White House and Congress, the fight to end oppression of black people is not over.

The road to equality is filled with roadblocks, especially ones that concern our criminal justice system. If you consider the evidence, it is very hard to deny the fact that black people are being treated unfairly by this system.

Still not convinced? Look at [...]

These days, when you read about drug crimes in Colorado, you’ve probably come to expect that they are concerning one drug in particular: marijuana.

Since the legalization of marijuana, Colorado has experienced decreases in some marijuana-related crimes, but also increased domestic trafficking and conflicts with neighboring states frustrated by the law.

But by focusing on marijuana, we may be ignoring other drugs in Colorado. The ones that are still completely illegal.

And the use of these drugs is quickly increasing [...]

Opinions on criminal justice reform cannot always be properly expressed in 140 characters, but apparently someone forgot to mention that to George Brauchler. Best known as the prosecutor in the Aurora movie theater shooting trial, Mr. Brauchler recently learned this lesson the hard way.

The high-profile district attorney sent out a tweet saying, “‘Mass incarceration’ is a myth. Individuals with their own attorneys were convicted and sentenced individually.” His tweet was written as a response to an opinion piece in [...]