RTD Reminds Riders to Wear Masks on Public Transportation
While most businesses in the Denver metro area and Colorado have lifted the mask mandate, the Regional Transportation District (RTD) wants to remind the public that masks remain required on public transit through Sept. 13, per federal…
Dreamers and Their Families are a Vital Part of Our Community
Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network (RMIAN) continues to support DACA-mented Coloradans. DACA recipients and DACA eligible young people are here to stay and RMIAN stands in solidarity with the community…
Community is Monitoring Suncor Refinery’s Air Pollution
This past weekend, hundreds of community members and dozens of organizations gathered near the Suncor refinery in Fairfax Park to kick off and learn how to participate in community air…
Recovery Revelation Leads to Academic Success
At age 15, Tabitha Shackleton was a “full-blown addict,” she said, using drugs and alcohol to numb the pain of an abusive childhood. By age 40, Shackleton, still in…
Rural Town Without a Pharmacy Crowdsources to Get Medication
The building that once housed the last drugstore in this town of fewer than 600 is now a barbecue restaurant, where pit boss Larry Holtman dishes out smoked brisket and…
U.S. Dept. of Education Forgives Over 1,600 Student Loans
Attorney General Phil Weiser applauded the announcement last week that the U.S. Department of Education is forgiving the federal student loans of more than 1,600 Westwood College students nationwide—including 115…
New Book ‘The Holly’ Reflects on Denver’s Legacy of Institutional Racism
Julian Rubinstein is the author of a new book, The Holly: Five Bullets, One Gun, and the Struggle to Save an American Neighborhood, and my colleague at the University of…
Coalition to Hold ‘All-Star’ Voting Rights Rally
A broad coalition of community, voting rights, labor, environmental, and women’s rights organization leaders will host a rally to celebrate Colorado’s gold-standard election laws and urge the U.S. Senate to…
New Laws End Racist Mascots, Provide In-State Tuition
Governor Jared Polis recently signed two bills that will ban American Indian mascots in Colorado public schools and provide in-state tuition to American Indian students who are members of tribes…
Pediatricians, Teachers Ask State to Encourage Masks in School
By Erica Meltzer Several Colorado medical groups and the state’s teachers unions have asked Gov. Jared Polis to encourage unvaccinated people — including children — to continue wearing masks…