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Some Colorado voters now see racial justice and climate justice as intertwined issues

Grace Hood, CPR - June 25, 2020

Tens of thousands of calls to re-examine Elijah McClain death inundate Aurora agencies

Quincy Snowden, The Sentinel - June 24, 2020

Across the board, Denver students making above-average progress on tests, study shows

Civil Rights Melanie Asmar, Chalkbeat Colorado - August 15, 2019

A new study finds that Denver students are making more progress on standardized tests than the state average, regardless of whether they attend a...

Q&A: Why Republican Sheriff Tony Spurlock keeps fighting for Colorado’s red flag law The...

Civil Rights Austin Fleskes | Tina Griego - August 12, 2019

Among those who welcomed President Trump’s recent call for red flag laws was his fellow Republican Tony Spurlock, the sheriff of Douglas County. Spurlock has been...

Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet speaks as Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York looks on during the second night of the first Democratic presidential debate on June 27, 2019 in Miami. A field of 20 Democratic presidential candidates was split into two groups of 10 for the first debate of the 2020 election, taking place over two nights at Knight Concert Hall of the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County, hosted by NBC News, MSNBC, and Telemundo. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

After calling out inequity on the debate stage, Bennet leans on his education experience...

Civil Rights Camille Respess, Chalkbeat - August 9, 2019

On the heels of his criticism of Sen. Kamala Harris and former vice president Joe Biden’s exchange on school integration at last week’s Democratic primary...

Night work to continue as I-70 construction takes toll on Elyria-Swansea residents Residents say...

Civil Rights John Herrick - August 9, 2019

Raquel Casillas, a 32-year-old who lives on 45th Street near an I-70 off-ramp in Denver, said her 8-year-old son woke her up one night...

The Indy 500: The courage of undocumented immigrants who talk to reporters

Civil Rights Susan Greene - August 8, 2019

We reporters are used to being stood up. Our sources often get cold feet. And for good reason: Many have a lot to lose by...

DETROIT, MICHIGAN - JULY 31: Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) speaks during the Democratic Presidential Debate at the Fox Theatre. Twenty presidential hopefuls were split into two groups of 10 to take part in the debate sponsored by CNN held over two nights. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Biden, Harris reprise school integration dispute during second Democratic debate Michael Bennet punctuates the...

Civil Rights Matt Barnum, Chalkbeat - August 1, 2019

Kamala Harris and Joe Biden were once again at loggerheads Wednesday night over busing for school desegregation and the vice president’s track record on...

Portrait of Jeanette Vizguerra, Sanctuary for All. (Photo courtesy of Dave Russell, Buffalo Heart Images)

Guest Post: Our moral imperative to stand up to GEO Group We make these...

Civil Rights Jeanette Vizguerra, Sanctuary for All - July 26, 2019

Given the U.S government’s increasing criminal disregard for the human rights of immigrants, we the members of Sanctuary for All Colorado applaud the congressional...

Decades of desegregation: Denver readers recall their own stories of ‘busing’

Civil Rights Erica Meltzer, Chalkbeat Colorado - July 25, 2019

As Democratic presidential candidates debate “busing,” many Americans are revisiting the era when their cities desegregated schools by sending students to other neighborhoods each...

NEW YORK, NY - Hundreds of immigrant rights advocates and others participate in rally and and demonstration at the Federal Building in lower Manhattan against on June 1, 2018 in New York, United States. In coordinated marches across the country people are gathering outside U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field offices, U.S. attorney's offices, and the Department of Justice headquarters in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Guest Post: The ominous expansion of government deportation power threatens us all 'I could...

Civil Rights State Sen. Julie Gonzales - July 23, 2019

If you had to prove that you’d lived in the United States for the past two years, could you do it? As I look through...

Photo by Casey Bisson via Flickr: Creative Commons

Tell us about your experience with busing in Denver schools

Civil Rights Erica Meltzer, Chalkbeat Colorado - July 8, 2019

Busing and the broader question of what courts and communities should do to create integrated schools has been back in the news after a...

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