Interview with Thomas Saenz: A Census Optimist
by Pilar Marrero Editor’s Note: Amidst growing concerns over pandemic-related delays in the c... Read more
BREAKING NEWS
- Sweeps of Unhoused Camps Run Counter to COVID Guidance
- COLOR Celebrates Supreme Court Rejection of Anti-Abortion Law
- Portrait of a President, Autographing a Wall
- Groups Call for Federal Nutrition, Health Assistance
- Wake Up to the Real América
- Let Me Be Clear, Change is Coming
- The U.S. Has Always Exploited Immigrants During Pandemics
- The Language of ‘Brown Finance’ in Climate Finance is Racist
- Another History Erased
- For Diabetes Patients, New Health Threats and Cost Concerns During the Pandemic
State
Sweeps of Unhoused Camps Run Counter to COVID Guidance
By Jakob Rodgers Melody Lewis lives like a nomad in the heart of downtown, Denver. Poking her head out of her gre... Read more
Groups Call for Federal Nutrition, Health Assistance
By Eric Galatas Children’s advocates are urging Colorado’s U.S. Senators — Republican Cory Gard... Read more
For Diabetes Patients, New Health Threats and Cost Concerns During the Pandemic
By Michael Booth Samantha Almeida was working at a furniture store the summer before her junior year at Denver’s... Read more
Community Colleges Aim to Close Racial-Equity Gap
By Eric Galatas Colorado’s community colleges have launched a new program designed to help more students co... Read more
CO Secretary of State Griswold Expands Access to Voting
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold this week announced a program to provide funding for up to 100 additional ball... Read more
Devastated: Western Slope Farmworkers Try to Hold On
By Sharon Sullivan Guadalupe’s job as an agricultural worker at a Palisade, Colo. greenhouse is considered... Read more
Bill Aims to Keep Colorado Reinsurance Program Solvent, Premiums Down
By Eric Galatas Colorado lawmakers are considering a measure that would shore up the state’s reinsur... Read more
Denver Public Library Kicks Off its Summer of Adventure for Youth
Denver Public Library has kicked off its annual Summer of Adventure program for youth. This year, while practicing socia... Read more
Denver to Jumpstart ‘Left Behind Workers Fund’
Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock and Councilmember Robin Kniech are preparing a proposed city investment of $750,000 into... Read more
Bill Introduced to Increase Police Accountability
Colorado lawmakers unveiled a bill on June 3rd, that will bring accountability and transparency to police actions across... Read more
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Commentary
Portrait of a President, Autographing a Wall
by David Torres There are many images of today’s U.S. president that have inevitably become historical. For examp... Read more
Wake Up to the Real América
Daniel Stange Yo soy Chicano. Having spent over 30 years applying the term Chicano in my life, I have realized th... Read more
Let Me Be Clear, Change is Coming
John Hickenlooper Editor’s Note: Following his decisive victory in Colorado’s U.S. Senate Primary, John Hickenloo... Read more
The U.S. Has Always Exploited Immigrants During Pandemics
Samantha Ortega A deadly contagion rages, countless detained people have already died, fears of contamination hav... Read more
The Language of ‘Brown Finance’ in Climate Finance is Racist
Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr. I first wrote this article in March, to be published in April for the 50th anniversary o... Read more
A Victory for Dreamers, But Far More Work to Do
John Hickenlooper Last week nearly 15,000 Colorado Dreamers and their families breathed a huge sigh of rel... Read more
The Dreamers Are Staying
Maribel Hastings and David Torres While in the midst of a pandemic, racial conflicts, and Donald Trump’s excesses... Read more
We Offer Our Unwavering Support for Our DACA Students
A year ago, all of us came together with colleges and universities from across the nation to join an amicus brief in sup... Read more
The Supreme Court Upholds DACA. So What Now?
Carlos Rodríguez I breathed a sigh of relief when the U.S. Supreme Court decision was announced, blocking the res... 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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COLOR Celebrates Supreme Court Rejection of Anti-Abortion Law
Dusti Gurule On June 29th, the Supreme Court issued their decision in a case (June Medical Services v. Russo) cha... Read more