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The Stapleton Foundation nixes the S-word from its name
The Stapleton Foundation is dropping the word “Stapleton” from its name in response to residents’ growing frustration that their northeast Denver community honors the...
Gentrification is changing Denver schools. These steps aim to address that.
To address declining enrollment and combat segregation, Denver Public Schools should consider a number of steps including creating a clear and community-driven process for...
Colorado renters to landlord law firm: educate don’t evict
Just after lunch on Sept. 21, a group of about a dozen people, most of them women and most of them renters, gather outside...
Grassroots lawsuit aims to halt $1.2 billion highway expansion in Denver’s poorest neighborhoods
Residents and activists from some of Denver’s poorest neighborhoods sued the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), claiming projects it approved will be harmful to their environment,...
The Indy Weekly Podcast, Episode 5: We need to talk about eviction
Tina Griego, our managing editor, recently realized that for all the stories she'd written over the years about affordable housing, gentrification and changing neighborhoods...
First person: I was evicted and it was traumatic as all hell
Jenee Donalson, 31, community organizer/artist/chef, resident of Denver
I was given a notice of eviction on Nov. 12, 2012. I didn’t know anything about the...
Griego: The Denver boot
‘Who plans this?’
The tenant is living in a three-bedroom ranch-style house off a cul-de-sac in northeast Denver. Or at least that’s where she was...
Lawsuit alleges Bellco is illegally denying mortgages to women on maternity leave
A Denver fair housing organization has filed suit against Bellco, alleging that the credit union illegally denies mortgages to women on maternity leave.
The Denver...
Stalking, sexual assault victims may be able to break rental agreements under House bill
Women’s groups, advocates for the homeless and those who support victims of sexual assault or stalking are cheering a near-unanimous vote today on a...
Griego: The undeniable promise of Sun Valley
The rare celebratory press conference was held earlier this month in Sun Valley, the tucked-away Westside Denver community whose poverty has long been hidden...