Family Separation: Will Anyone Be Held Accountable?
Stunning. During the Senate Judiciary Hearings, Amy Coney Barrett refused to denounce Trump’s family... Read more
BREAKING NEWS
- Pairing Mental Health Counselors with Police Shows Promise
- ‘Our Victory Has To Be Overwhelming, Extraordinary’
- Vote As If Your Life Depended On It
- The Urgent Road Toward the Vote for Democratic Normalcy
- Colorado Legislators Sign Joint Letter Opposing Amendment 76
- Democracy Is Not a Spectator Sport
- CA City Must Remove Noose From Its Official Logo
- Denver Requires Masks in More Settings
- ICE is Trying to Deport My Husband While I Treat COVID Patients
- Prioritize Funding for Women and their Families
State
Pairing Mental Health Counselors with Police Shows Promise
By Michael Booth Commander Rafael Gutiérrez of the Greeley Police Department does not long for a simpler past, when dispatchers would get a call for someone threatening suicide and his only realistic option was handcuffs and a... Read more
Denver Requires Masks in More Settings
With Denver’s COVID-19 case numbers rising for three consecutive weeks, Mayor Michael B. Hancock recently announced new public health measures that require people to wear face coverings in more settings and reduce the number of people who c... Read more
The Choice is Clear, Editorial Boards Across the State Endorse Hickenlooper for U.S. Senate
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 19, 2020 Contact: PressTeam@Hickenlooper.com WHAT THEY’RE SAYING: The Choice is Clear, Editorial Boards Across the State Endorse Hickenlooper for U.S. Senate Cory Gardner Blows Off Editorial Boards, Reporters... Read more
DA Candidate Amy Padden Gains Noted Endorsements
This week, Amy Padden District Attorney candidate (18th Judicial District: Arapahoe, Lincoln, Douglas, and Elbert counties in Colorado) announced the endorsements of US Senator Michael Bennet, Congresspersons Crow, DeGette, and Neguse, as w... Read more
Coloradans Share Impacts of Abortion Ban Ballot Measure
Recently, a panel of Spanish speaking Colorado healthcare providers, patients, persons of faith, and advocates spoke out during a virtual press briefing for the No On 115 campaign. Proposition 115 is a ballot measure that would ban abortion... Read more
Denver Adds Another $1 million to ‘Left Behind Workers Fund’
Denver City Council at their Oct. 5 meeting approved the Hancock Administration proposal to inject another $1 million into the relief fund to aid Denver residents who have lost their jobs, but do not qualify for federal and state assistance... Read more
Gov. Polis Grants Historic Pardons for Marijuana Convictions
Governor Jared Polis signed an Executive Order on October 1, granting pardons to those who have been convicted of possessing one ounce or less of marijuana. In June, Gov. Polis signed the bipartisan H.B. 20-1424, sponsored by Rep. James Col... Read more
Colorado Residents Struggle Against Energy Inequities
By Eric Galatas With winter just around the corner, Colorado’s communities of color and low-income families are disproportionately at risk of seeing their power cut off due to unpaid utility bills. Thousands of jobs were... Read more
RVs Deliver Addiction Treatment to Rural Communities
By Markian Hawryluk Tonja Jiménez is far from the only person driving an RV down Colorado’s rural highways. But unlike the other rigs, her 34-foot-long motor home is equipped as an addiction treatment clinic on wheels, bringing lifes... Read more
Denver Voters Will Have 36 Vote Centers for November General Election
The Denver Elections Division will have new vote center locations available to increase capacity in order to accommodate any voters who need to vote in person during the upcoming election. Denver will have 10 more vote centers than in 2016... Read more
Commentary
Maribel Hastings For the former Democratic Congressman from Illinois, Luis Gutiérrez, the spectacle of Donald Trump taking to the White House balcony “was like Francisco Franco or Augusto Pinochet.” Leaving the hospital with C... 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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