The city has received a $2.8 million federal grant to help Denver residents in neighborhoods where kids are at an increased risk of lead exposure. But do efforts go far enough?

Our youngest children are sorted into day cares and preschools that are divided by race and income, and that hurts everyone’s kids.

Though urban planners and policymakers have turned their attention to getting people out of cars for their health, not having access to a car can have health impacts of its own.

Against a history of taking hits, a strong culture of organizing and activism has emerged among people with disabilities in Colorado.

Coloradans have an opportunity to honor the proudest contributions of our immigrant past by assuring that we welcome newcomers in our policies and our actions.

Women lose years of their lives to gender-related inequities.

A weakened press is bad for the health of us all, and especially bad for those without money, status or privilege.

Are western Colorado’s sheep herders routinely exploited?

Despite the apparent health benefits of a diverse teacher workforce, there are far too few Colorado teachers of color to match a diverse student population.

Only a fraction of the children who are at increased risk for lead exposure received a recommended blood test, according to state records.