The doomed fight to fix Hickenlooper’s impotent climate plan
It was historic. It was magnificent. It was one of the finest demonstrations of diplomacy Hunter Lovins has ever seen. And it was, of course, wholly insufficient. Lovins, an environmentalist and...
View ArticleWhat you need to know about Colorado’s U.S. Senate race
Colorado’s 2016 race for a U.S. Senate seat is unusual by our square, swing state’s own standards, and it’s also one with outsized national significance. There are officially 14 candidates running for...
View Article‘Bullies have won’ in the SCFD fight, say gagged arts leaders
Stop griping or your funding will be cut. That was the warning small arts and cultural groups gleaned from their funder, the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District, its small army of lobbyists,...
View ArticleColorado is in Americans for Prosperity’s ‘persuasion universe’
BRIGHTON, CO — It’s an unseasonably warm Wednesday in early April, and a handful of activists in green Americans for Prosperity T-shirts are reading addresses off an iPad and matching them with homes...
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How charter schools are dodging Colorado laws
Educators say people without college degrees, including high schoolers, are teaching in Pre-K through fifth grade classes at the Community Leadership Academy, a publicly funded charter school in...
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The Invisible Plume: Why coal mine methane is worth looking at
Somerset, CO — If you know what to look for, you can spot the old well pads in the hills above West Elk Mine. The reclaimed patches of land, carefully restored to their original contours, stand out...
View ArticleThe color of dread: The Animas River runs yellow, again
It’s back – the color of dread. The mustard hue that triggered global headlines after last summer’s Gold King Mine spill has returned to parts of Southwest Colorado’s Animas River. As much as Durango...
View ArticleColorado’s U.S. Senate GOP primary: What you need to know
This week, nearly a million Republicans across Colorado will get ballots in the mail for the big U.S. Senate primary. Voters will choose which conservative is best equipped to beat incumbent...
View ArticleIts downtown jail packed, Denver readies a ‘deteriorating’ old building for...
Denver’s downtown jail, opened in 2010 by then-Mayor John Hickenlooper, was supposed to provide enough space at least until 2035. But now, under Mayor Michael Hancock, the detention center is already...
View Article7 crucial questions about Colorado’s minimum wage fight, answered
Mike Chea doesn’t get a moment of peace. Working as a security guard at the Colorado Convention Center, Chea is constantly calculating. He’s perpetually making plans about what he’s going to feed his...
View ArticleThe highway lowdown: Denver’s I-70 expansion controversy, explained
Coloradans remain indignant over a plan to expand Interstate 70 in two northeast Denver neighborhoods, citing concerns like increased air pollution, unsolved traffic problems and ever-worsening...
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50 years ago, one report introduced Americans to the black-white achievement...
Originally posted on Chalkbeat by Heather C. Hill on July 13, 2016 This summer marks the 50th anniversary of one of the most influential education research reports ever released. The report —...
View ArticleJohn Hickenlooper could be Hillary’s VP. There’s some stuff you should know.
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper spent some time last week at the Washington, D.C. home of Hillary Clinton as she approaches the final stages of choosing her running mate. Hickenlooper kept his trip...
View ArticleWho’s behind ‘decline to sign’ efforts?
The 30-second television ad reeks of ominous. A handheld camera shows a faceless young man with dark skin, wearing ratty cargo pants and wielding a pen, knocking on a front door with a petition in...
View ArticleHow an obscure statewide race could change the way Colorado’s top university...
You might wonder: What’s a University of Colorado regent? And why do I care? The balance of power on the board of Colorado’s flagship university could tip in this year’s election and the race comes...
View ArticleDo No Harm: The American Psychological Association wavers on its detainee policy
The American Psychological Association is wavering on a year-old policy designed to prevent psychologists from working with military or national security detainees. Meeting in Denver for its annual...
View ArticleDenver Public Schools slammed for minority contracting practices
Having carefully crafted the optics around the $572 million bond issue it’s urging voters to pass in November, Denver Public Schools features on its website a photo of two white boys and a black girl,...
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The Making of a Fractivist
“Think before you ink.” “Decline to sign.” “This petition kills jobs!” In the final days before Monday’s deadline to submit signatures on two proposed fracking regulations, the energy industry has...
View ArticleDouglas County School District is marketing software for profit
The Douglas County School District is marketing a software system it has developed to carry out pay-for-performance and other controversial education reforms, a move its critics say confirms that the...
View ArticleWhat Democrats and Republicans learned from the 2014 U.S. Senate race (and...
On a Friday afternoon in July, dozens of Republicans in the most heavily Republican county in Colorado crowded into an industrial park office building on the outskirts of Colorado Springs. They were...
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