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Guest Post: On coronavirus from a 9/11 veteran — the best and worst to...
I was living in NYC on 9/11, and I still remember, viscerally, the terror of that day. I also remember the depth of the...
Guest Post: GEO and ICE could be building Colorado’s most dangerous COVID-19 reservoir
As of Monday afternoon, March 16, Colorado had 160 cases of COVID-19 and experienced its first related death three days earlier. The state’s testing...
Guest Post: What Trump’s travel ban means for Colorado
When you think about Colorado, you may not think about Burma or Somalia, but the reality is that refugees and immigrants from these and...
Guest Post: Keep fighting for a living wage Yes, Colorado's minimum wage is now...
What are you going to do with your windfall? Colorado now has a minimum wage of $12 per hour. Did you hear that collective...
Guest Post: Colorado judicial branch posts draft of proposed rule on suppression of court...
In a closed-door meeting Friday, a Colorado judicial branch committee is expected to consider a long-awaited new rule on the suppression and sealing of...
Guest Post: Denver’s Spring Café closure is call to support Colorado immigrants and refugees
Spring Institute for Intercultural Learning opened The Spring Café in December of 2015 with a tremendous sense of promise and purpose. Sure, we wanted...
First person: Parent fundraising made my school a great place to teach. I was...
First Person is an occasional Chalkbeat series featuring personal essays by educators, students, parents, and others trying to improve public education.
“We’re really lucky here....
Guest Post: Denver’s minimum wage vote is roadmap for other cities – and for...
Denver’s recent historic vote to raise its minimum wage to more than $15 an hour marks a long-overdue victory for local communities over big...
Guest Post: The people’s fight for open government It is up to Gov. Jared...
A major battle plays out daily in Colorado as some of our elected and appointed officials — all of whom took a solemn oath...
Guest Post: We can do better by repealing Denver’s camping ban
After hearings this week, a Denver County Court judge will decide whether the city's camping ban is unconstitutional. But what the evidence presented has...