Rep. Norma Torres: ‘Shameful Reality Stops Today’
By Lisa Newcomb As lawmakers Tuesday celebrated the U.S. House’s long-ove... Read more
BREAKING NEWS
- Tribal Colleges Face Multiple Challenges in Economic Wake of COVID
- Blue Like Earth or Red Like Mars?
- COLOR Calls for End to Immigrant Detention and the Defunding of ICE
- Coalition Launches Campaign to Oppose Voter Suppression Effort
- What Happened to “M.A.G.A.”? U.S. Declines Again, to #28
- Rep. Norma Torres: ‘Shameful Reality Stops Today’
- Rep.’s Crow, Speier Introduce Bipartisan I Am Vanessa Guillén Act
- Supreme Court Vacancy Raises Stakes for CO Reproductive-Rights Campaign
- Save Lives. Fill Out Your Census.
- Joe Biden’s Commitment to Agriculture Makes for a Viable Rural Economy
State
Tribal Colleges Face Multiple Challenges in Economic Wake of COVID
By Eric Galatas As students return to college this fall, advocates for the nation’s 37 Tribal Colleges and... Read more
Coalition Launches Campaign to Oppose Voter Suppression Effort
On Wednesday, civic engagement, youth empowerment, and immigrants’ rights activists launched their Campaign for Real Ele... Read more
Supreme Court Vacancy Raises Stakes for CO Reproductive-Rights Campaign
By Lily Bohlke Colorado pro-choice organizers are doubling down on their efforts to protect what they call... Read more
CO Families Leaving $58 Million in Federal Food Aid on the Table
By Erica Meltzer The families of more than 200,000 Colorado children could miss out on hundreds of dollars in foo... Read more
Chronic Absenteeism in Schools Is Amplified by the Pandemic
By Julia C. Martínez It was a hectic opening day of the new academic year at Doull Elementary School in southwest... Read more
Hickenlooper Exposes Gardner’s Extensive Record of Gutting Coverage for People with Pre-Existing Conditions
Senator Cory Gardner is lying to Coloradans and hoping voters will forget that he has spent a decade in Washington tryin... Read more
Free, Accessible, Community COVID-19 Testing Sites in Colorado
The state is encouraging all Coloradans who need or want to get a COVID-19 test to go to any of the many community testi... Read more
CO Health Centers Pivot to Reach Migrant Workers During Pandemic
By Eric Galatas Colorado’s community health centers have had to shift gears during the coronavirus p... Read more
Colorado Expands Public Television Lessons for Young Children
By Erica Meltzer Colorado students in kindergarten through third grade soon will have access to lessons in readin... Read more
The Broken Promises Behind ‘Winter Counts’
By Matt Watson Friction between federal law enforcement and Native American nations is the focus of a new novel b... Read more
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Commentary
COLOR Calls for End to Immigrant Detention and the Defunding of ICE
Dusti Gurule We at COLOR are disgusted to hear reports of sterilization at the hands of ICE and our government systems... Read more
What Happened to “M.A.G.A.”? U.S. Declines Again, to #28
The Weekly Issue/El Semanario Advisory Board Do you remember Donald Trump’s MAGA campaign slogan, “Make America... Read more
Save Lives. Fill Out Your Census.
Robert P. Álvarez A deadline is looming. Millions of lives, trillions of dollars, and our democracy all ha... Read more
Joe Biden’s Commitment to Agriculture Makes for a Viable Rural Economy
Kyle Martínez The Trump administration’s actions have directly impacted the American farmer and have cause... Read more
For Ruth Bader Ginsburg, It Was All Principle
Robert Reich People in public life tend to fall into one of two broad categories – those who are motivated by p... Read more
Our Values As a Nation of Immigrants
Joe Biden Hispanic Heritage Month honors what is best in our democracy: our diversity, our traditions that... Read more
Our Children in Cages? Get Out the Vote!
The Weekly Issue/El Semanario Advisory Board What do you call a country that separates children from their parent... Read more
Browns and Blacks: Building a Community Coalition
Ramón Del Castillo, PhD Chicanos/ Latinos and African Americans should never assume that because both groups are... Read more
Lies That Kill a Nation
Angel Gonzales It was abhorrent to hear President Trump’s cold, uncaring voice recently admitting he knew e... Read more
Immigration
Causing ‘Profound’ Trauma: 70,000 Children Detained in 2019
By Eoin Higgins The U.S. held a record 69,550 migrant children in detention facilities in 201... Read more
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Blue Like Earth or Red Like Mars?
Javier Sierra No, palm trees are not growing on Mars. This breathtaking image of red skies caused by the f... Read more