This weekend Colorado’s most prominent multi-issue progressive advocacy organization will celebrate two decades’ worth of delivering digital communications, rallying progressives for real-life events, and generating headlines with memorable political stunts.
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‘Horse’ Protests CO Bill Promoting the Veterinary Drug Ivermectin for COVID: ‘Hooves Off My Horse Paste’
This afternoon at the Colorado Capitol, a few hours before Colorado lawmakers were set to discuss a controversial GOP-backed measure that would clear a legal pathway for doctors to write off-label prescriptions for unproven COVID-19 treatments, including for ivermectin – an anti-parasitic medication primarily used in animals and livestock – an activist from ProgressNow Colorado, who dressed as a horse, turned heads as he stood on the Grand Staircase, carrying signs that read, “Ivermectin is for horses” and “Hooves off my horse paste.”
Yoga Class Demonstrates the Changing Positions of U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner
A group of progressive organizations rallied today in protest of Sen. Cory Gardner’s (R-Colo.) fluid stances on national and local policy debates with a yoga class in front of his Denver office.
Billboard Near UT Border: “Welcome to Colorado, where you can get a safe, legal abortion”
A new billboard facing west on I-70 near Colorado’s border with Utah reads “Welcome to Colorado, where you can get a safe, legal abortion.”
Colorado Lawmakers Receive Overall Rating For Key Votes On Progressive Issues
It’s the election season, and you’re seeing a lot of allegations flying around about which politician said what and when.
Protesters at Walker Stapleton Campaign Event Say They Were the Target of a Nazi Slur
Reproductive rights activists are saying they were the target of a Nazi slur last month at a campaign event for Colorado’s Republican candidate for governor.
Democratic State Lawmakers Criticize ‘Democrats for Life’ At Inaugural Conference In Denver
At their first annual conference in Colorado last weekend, Democrats for Life of America (DFLA) was greeted with a clear message from Colorado Democratic lawmakers and reproductive rights advocates: abortion access is a progressive value.
This Anti-Abortion Pregnancy Center is Belittling Similar Groups for Not Offering Medical Care
A religious anti-abortion pregnancy center is attempting to distinguish itself from similar groups, even though it uses almost identical language to describe the services it offers to women and the same omissions to hide what it won’t provide: abortions and some forms of birth control.