Black Colorado ranchers say they’re being terrorized in El Paso County

Courtney and Nicole Mallery’s story has all the makings of an egregious civil rights case. The Black ranchers escaped hurricane-ravaged Houston on a quest to farm a quiet piece of land in rural El Paso County, a plot they named Freedom Acres Ranch. But things quickly devolved. The Mallerys’ white neighbors, the couple alleges, are terrorizing them at their home,

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Democrats say they’ve reached agreement on economic package – The Denver Post

By ALAN FRAM WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats have agreed to eleventh-hour changes to their marquee economic legislation, they announced late Thursday, clearing the major impediment to pushing one of President Joe Biden’s paramount election-year priorities through the chamber in coming days. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., a centrist seen as the pivotal vote in the 50-50 chamber, said in a

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