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COLab and its partners are disarming disinformation this election, including setting up a text hotline for people to share their election experiences (303-871-1491).

An antidote to polarization and partisanship

Dear fellow Coloradan, On this morning of the 2020 election, I’m moved to write you a letter about a conversation I had last night with...

The pits in our stomachs

Dear reader, Words generally come easily for me. But I have been struggling for seven months to name how it feels to live through this...

Finding Connection

Dear reader,  We at COLab think a lot — one could say “obsessively” — about readers, listeners and viewers of local news. We think about...
Arapahoe County election ballot drop-off box

Updated: Got voting questions? We’ve got more answers.

This q&a was updated throughout on Oct. 27, 2020 With one week to go until Election Day, you need to drop off your ballot instead...

Your 2020 Election interactive Colorado voter guide

As of Friday morning, Colorado voters had cast more than 434,000 ballots in the 2020 election — a gigantic increase in early returns over...

Eight months into pandemic, blind Coloradans still cannot access some state and county COVID...

County and state public health agencies in Colorado have posted coronavirus data, public health orders and testing locations on their websites. But many of...

COVID-19’s ongoing reach into Colorado’s Latino community stretches far and deep

COVID-19 has reached into Hispanic communities in every corner of Colorado, afflicting some at rates more than double their share of the population, a...
Looking through a broken window to the lobby of the old Denver Post building the morning after the May 29, 2020 racial justice protest in downtown Denver.

Your thoughts on truth-telling and bias "Be the beacon that lets us see through...

Dear reader, Wow. We asked for your thoughts last week on the test the Trump administration has posed to journalists seeking to be “objective” while...

The case for not holding our tongues

Dear reader, From our angst department, I’m writing to fill you in about an ethical question I and journalists across the country are wrestling with...

Test of Colorado mail finds delivery is timely — most of the time

Reports of slower mail delivery times nationally and across Colorado since mid-summer are causing concern as more voters than ever plan to vote by...