Race

Students drop out of college for a variety of reasons. But thanks to a new state law, they could earn an associate degree if they’ve already completed a set number of credits towards a bachelor’s degree. The big sticking point is the large postsecondary attainment gap between whites and several other racial and ethnic groups. This disparity could have long-term economic impacts.

Erie is a town of 27,003 people, according to 2019 Census estimates, that sits partially in both Boulder and Weld Counties. Their town board issued their first proclamation recognizing Juneteenth last year. The town — with a population that is 87% non-Hispanic white and 0.2% Black — will hold its inaugural Juneteenth celebration on Saturday.

The term "critical race theory" has made its way into public debates over education in the Mountain West, and how students should be taught about race and racism. But it's not clear that any K-12 schools in our region actually employ the decades-old academic framework.

A Colorado law aimed at protecting workers and students from discrimination against race-based hair traits went into effect Monday.

Author Ibram X. Kendi’s “How To Be An Antiracist” was a pretty obvious choice for this year’s One Book Steamboat selection, said Jennie Lay, adult programs coordinator at Steamboat’s Bud Werner Memorial Library. One look at the library’s checkout list and it was clear that racism, and particularly antiracism, was a big topic on peoples’ minds.

At the urging of Department of Public Health and Environment employees, Colorado will join other state and local governments in declaring racism a public health crisis.

Front-line workers in several U.S. cities walked off their jobs and took to the streets to demand racial and economic justice.

Dozens of janitors, security officers and health care workers knelt in silence in Denver Monday to honor George Floyd and to participate in a nationwide…

Imara Jones, the founder of TransLash Media, talks about Black trans issues in the wake of LGBTQ Pride intersecting with protests against police violence.

Three African American ER physicians in Washington, D.C., recount experiences on their wards, where Black patients make up the vast majority of the city's COVID-19 fatalities.