Late on Tuesday morning, a homemade explosive device detonated outside a local NAACP office building in Colorado Springs, about an hour south of Denver. No one was injured in the explosion, and the building was only minimally damaged. “My personal opinion is that it’s a hate crime,” said Rita Lewis, the Denver branch’s outgoing president. “It’s cowardly. But unfortunately it seems to be the climate in our country right now.” More here.