Dozens of interviews show hidden perils for immigrants working at Colorado Mushroom Farm, which sold produce at Whole Foods and King Soopers before going bankrupt.
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The last few months of 2022 have been particularly deadly for Coloradans who are homeless
Two people were murdered and five likely froze to death last week in what has been a deadly end to an extra deadly year for Colorado’s homeless population.
Littwin: The war on Christmas is back, but this time it could turn deadly
Mike Littwin says the so-called war on Christmas is now for real, as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott wished a Merry Christmas to migrants dumped near VP Kamala Harris’ doorstep on a frigid Christmas Eve.
Littwin: Like other cities, Denver has a migrant crisis that only an unwilling Congress can fix
Federal funds can help in the short term, but without GOP-blocked immigration reform, nothing will really change
Some of the 120 migrants who recently arrived in Denver planned the trip themselves through social media
City leaders are still trying to understand how and why 120 immigrants came to Denver, but they’ve ruled out the possibility that another state’s governor sent them.
Echoes of a buried past carry from the pauper’s section of a Leadville cemetery all the way to Ireland’s shores
Denver history professor Jim Walsh sees his “life’s work,” with help from both sides of the Atlantic, lead to both memorial and reconnection .
Teow Lim Goh’s “Western Journeys” grew from her earliest attempts at writing
It took Teow Lim Goh 15 years of trial and error before she settled on the collection of pieces that chronicled her self-discovery.
Racial discrimination, excessive force and retaliation alleged at ICE detention center in Aurora
Three immigrant rights organizations have filed a complaint with the Department of Homeland Security alleging racial discrimination, retaliation and excessive use of force against two Black immigrants housed at the Denver Contract Detention Facility in Aurora. The complaint, filed by the American Immigration Council, Immigrant Justice Idaho and Immigration Equality, alleges that two detention center […]
The need for preschool has never been greater — and never harder — for struggling Colorado families to get
By Carina Julig, The Sentinel On a cold morning in mid-November, a group of children were learning the days of the week inside a renovated bus parked in the Willow Park neighborhood of Aurora. The brightly-decorated bus is home to You Be You Early Learning’s preschool program, which began serving students in the subsidized-housing neighborhood […]
Future funding uncertain for Littleton Immigrant Resources Center that has aided hundreds
The future of Littleton’s only affordable resource center for immigrants seeking citizenship has been uncertain for years. But following a recent City Council budget meeting, members appear poised to pull funding from the center by fall of 2022. On Sept. 11, the city council voted 5-2 to move ahead with cutting the Littleton Immigrant Resources […]