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Black lawmakers at the Colorado statehouse want to come up with solutions to the ongoing inequities faced by Black Coloradans, but they need to collect data first.
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As recently as the 1970s, Black Coloradans relied on green book sites when they were traveling. Today on In The NoCo, we learn about the safe havens and the push to uncover and register more of these historic places.
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New research out of the University of Colorado Boulder highlights the prevalence of "obstetric racism" in U.S. labor and delivery rooms. A CU study found decisions on childbirth for Black and Latina mothers are based largely on trends in the white population, even when those decisions might be riskier for non-white demographics.
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Hundreds of people gathered at the state capitol on Friday to show support for a Black rancher and his wife who have clashed with the local sheriff’s office outside of Colorado Springs.
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Several moments during the last two years have reflected race-based problems in Loveland — at city council, school and library board meetings, during protests and in Facebook groups. Often, a key point of contention for some residents is whether racism even exists in the city, or ever did.
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Prior to World War I, Nevada’s Douglas County adopted an ordinance that prohibited Native Americans from being in the towns of Minden or Gardnerville after sunset — at the risk of jail time or worse.
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Today, Moscow’s brief history as a probable sundown town seems a continent away. The northern Idaho town of 25,000 saw multiple racial justice protests last year. Black Lives Matter signs line the windows of Moscow’s downtown restaurants and cafes. But some people of color still feel uneasy here.
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A Republican lawmaker in Colorado was reprimanded Thursday after calling a colleague “Buckwheat” during debate on legislation — a racist term that provoked outcry from Democrats at a time when America is confronting its history of discrimination.
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Amid a sharp rise in anti-Asian hate crimes, some Asian Americans living in the Mountain West say they are not surprised by the recent mass shootings at Atlanta-area spas that left eight people dead, including six women of Asian descent.
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Racist "Zoom bombings" have attacked virtual meetings on college campuses in Wyoming and Utah this month.