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U.S. House votes to remove ERA obstacle Colorado's delegation splits along...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House voted on Thursday to remove one barrier to adding the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, but plenty...

Coffman gets on board with “Pregnant Workers Fairness Act”

Colorado congressman Mike Coffman got props from the women's rights community yesterday as he signed on to be the first Republican co-sponsor of the "Pregnant...

And they’re off: Colorado General Assembly Opening Day

Colorado's General Assembly kicked off its 70th session in classic Colorado style -- so bipartisan it’s hard to say who’s walking onto the court with the upper hand.

Friday Culture: political women, bible stories and crossing the border

Welcome to the end of the week dear reader! We thought you deserved a little culture.   Click here to read film critic extraordinaire, Robert Denerstein, on Exodus:...

I Doubt It’s Something In the Water

The film, woven together with 61 interviews featuring Colorado’s female politicians, puts faces to the profound legacy of powerful women out West.

Michelle Obama rallies crowd to Dems with focus on opportunity

  DENVER — You could have mistaken Thursday morning’s round-the-block line outside the Exdo Events Center for a weekend night, since the venue shares real estate...

Wiretap: Back to the (1950s) future for women

The nine-member U.S. Supreme court includes three women. It has been good on gay rights. So why has it been so terrible on women's rights?

To care and be cared for

Despite not snagging as many headlines as last session’s civil unions and gun control measures, voices from all corners of the state have called the 2014 session a historically good one for women.

77 Cents To Each Man’s Dollar

It's Earth Day's 38th birthday. Happy Earth Day. Yesterday, April 22, also marked Equal Pay Day - the symbolic window of time marking how...