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“Beyond Reform”: What Michael Hancock has – and hasn’t – fixed in Denver’s troubled...

Late last August, Mayor Michael Hancock and his top safety officials held a news conference to celebrate what they called “a major milestone” in...
A Denver Public Schools seventh-grader reads to a community gathering on May 29, 2019 from a last will and testament she wrote in her cellphone notes after a recent lockdown at her middle school. (Photo by Grace Carson)

DPS students to lawmakers, administrators on gun violence: ‘Please, I’m begging you, make a...

The girl, a seventh grader, tiny in an oversized red T-shirt, her hair pulled back into a bun, stood before a group of adults...

The Indy 500: Giellis, Hancock, privilege and the N-word

For those for whom the runoff battle for Denver's next mayor has become a proxy discussion of race, power and privilege, a short exchange...

Women say discrimination is rampant in Denver’s “alpha-male” Safety Department Two former jail deputies...

It was November 2017 and two female Denver sheriff’s deputies had asked for a meeting with their boss demanding the right to pee. The problem,...

Denver mayoral challenger Jamie Giellis: “I’m a fierce (bleeping) fighter” The RiNo boss and...

Jamie Giellis arrived for an interview last week, chuckling with a campaign staffer about the song he played to boost her spirits on their...
sparks fly in Denver mayoral debate

5 takeaways from Tuesday’s Hancock vs. Giellis Denver mayoral debate Sexual harassment, homelessness and...

Editor's note: A previous version of this story incorrectly suggested that Leslie Branch-Wise had signed an affidavit this week saying she was not sexually...

In Denver mayoral runoff, new Giellis backers proceed with caution Ousting Hancock is the...

Last Wednesday, the day after Denver’s municipal election, a few dozen members of the progressive Colorado Working Families Party gathered to debrief and to...

Denver Mayor Hancock in fight for political life against “Team of Rivals” The run-off...

Michael Hancock is fighting for his political life. Denver’s two-term mayor gleaned almost 39 percent of the vote in last week’s election – failing...

Hancock and Giellis will face June runoff for Denver’s mayoral seat Initiative 301 to...

Denver's incumbent Mayor Michael Hancock will face a June 4 runoff election against RiNo redeveloper and political newcomer Jamie Giellis. Hancock drew 39% of the...
Photo by K Kendall via Flickr:Creative Commons

Guest Post: Denver’s camping ban dehumanizes the very people the city is supposed to...

As former and current Homeless Outreach workers in the city of Denver,  we feel it is important to shed light on our experiences working...
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