Searching for modern cowboys: Every gallery and museum wants to revisit the old West these days

Art curators in Colorado are obsessed with presenting work that reframes traditional views of Western culture through a contemporary lens. It seems that every few months there’s a new exhibit that wants us to remember that local history wasn’t all about white guys with guns, riding horses and callously conquering the inconvenient obstacles of nature — and existing populations — as they resettled the land.

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Thousands flocked to the National Mall in Washington for an America-themed prayer rally

By TIFFANY STANLEY WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of people streamed onto the National Mall for a daylong prayer rally Sunday billed as a “rededication of our country as One Nation under God.” Against the backdrop of the Washington Monument, worship music blared from a stage that made clear the event’s Christian focus. Arched stained-glass windows, […]

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