After years of having to relocate, the Chicano Humanities and Arts Council was gifted a building in the Art District on Santa Fe, providing it a new location in a rapidly changing arts district
Latinos
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Opinion: Housing wins elections and Latinos need better housing
That’s a politically potent combination, but it requires broadening access to people who don’t fit the traditional molds.
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Opinion: The transition from gas to electricity mustn’t leave Latino households behind
If wealthier households are first to exit the gas system, the remaining customers will be stuck with higher prices.
Posted inElection 2022
Colorado’s new 8th Congressional District kicks 2022 battle for Latino vote into overdrive
Candidates are advertising on Spanish-language TV and radio and in Spanish-language print publications. Political parties and outside groups are registering Latino voters and knocking on their doors. And national organizations are polling Latino voters in Colorado on the issues that matter most to them.
Posted inElection 2022
Group led by former Trump adviser targets Colorado Latino voters with anti-transgender ads
American First Legal, which is led by Trump aide Stephen Miller, is sending mailers and airing Spanish-language radio ads in Colorado
Posted inBusiness
Denver Startup Week highlights underrepresented founders while looking for the next big thing
A diverse group of entrepreneurs talk about the difficulties of being a startup trying to attract attention and funding.
Posted inOpinion, Opinion Columns
Opinion: People of color must be included in Colorado Water Plan decisions
Colorado is facing an unprecedented water crisis. In the midst of the worst megadrought in 1,200 years, hotter and drier conditions have fueled increasingly frequent and devastating wildfires. Water flows and reservoir levels in the Colorado River Basin have dropped so precipitously that the river’s ability to provide reliable water supplies, and support the electrical […]
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Opinion: Underserved Coloradans are getting the COVID runaround
It started on a Tuesday in mid-November. My 3-year-old daughter’s fever led to a COVID-19 diagnosis at the doctor’s office on Wednesday — the same day my husband and I tested positive, despite being fully vaccinated. Under CDC guidelines in place at the time, we were required to quarantine for 10 days. The quarantine began […]
Posted inEconomy, Equity, Housing, News
Racial segregation is getting worse in big U.S. cities — except for Colorado Springs
Since 1990, the United States has become more racially diverse—yet during that same period, racial residential segregation has climbed, according to a yearslong analysis by researchers at the University of California’s Othering & Belonging Institute in Berkeley. In Colorado, two cities fall on opposite ends of the spectrum: Denver is “highly segregated” while Colorado Springs […]
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Opinion: Access and information, not hesitancy, are the biggest challenges in getting more Coloradans vaccinated
As vaccination rates decline across the country, a story has taken hold that “hesitancy” or “resistance” are the barriers we must clear to stop the pandemic. We surveyed thousands of Coloradans recently and heard a different story: Our neighbors want this life-saving vaccine — they either don’t know how to get to it or face […]