Controversial sweeps of unauthorized homeless encampments in Denver have ramped up in recent months.

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

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

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

The devastation of the coronavirus in long-term care facilities has brought new urgency and creativity to the work of getting people out of them.

Confronting the double crisis of the decline of coal jobs and a pandemic, some people in the northwest Colorado city of Craig are finding silver linings.

After a brutal spring and a tough summer, the new season brings more uncertainty for Denver’s Black-owned businesses.

Overall, childhood poverty is trending downward, but a third of Colorado’s black and Latino kids still live in poverty, while child homelessness is increasing dramatically.

A lack of personal protective equipment, low pay and little sick leave mean that home health aides are uniquely vulnerable to COVID-19, and potentially spreading it to others.

Groups providing services to people experiencing domestic violence in Colorado are forced to adjust their services at a time when financial stress and isolation are increasing the risk of abuse.