Since the 1970s, members of the Cora tribe from the Mexican state of Nayarit have been living and working̶—and now riding out a pandemic—in Gunnison County.

Trans and nonbinary people face significant barriers when trying to access gender-affirming health care. ECHO Colorado is working to change that.

In communities with many reasons to distrust government efforts, vaccine distribution efforts by tribal and urban Native programs have expanded access and eased worries.  

A diagnosis that changed everything for a pregnant woman from Colorado Springs. 

The pandemic has fed on inequality, and demonstrated the value of collective action.

Access to nutritious, affordable food is now a struggle for more than one-third of Coloradans, a recent survey found.

Statewide, a quarter of households are struggling to cover their home energy costs. 

Increased visibility and a string of victories in 2020 also stirred up opposition to efforts to change mascots and other Native causes.

Much like the rest of the country, Colorado is struggling to equitably vaccinate populations and communities impacted most by the coronavirus. 

Administering the COVID-19 vaccine to people experiencing homelessness was always going to be difficult. Colorado is making it appreciably harder.