Calls to defund the Denver Police Department continue during contentious...
City council members grilled Denver’s top public safety officials Wednesday during a contentious meeting where the police chief and department brass were repeatedly told they had lost the public’s...
View ArticleGov. Jared Polis warns Colorado could see increase in coronavirus cases...
Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday cautioned that Colorado could see the number of new coronavirus cases — which so far remain relatively low — increase significantly as is happening in neighboring states....
View ArticlePHOTOS: Virtual Juneteenth music festival
A virtual Juneteenth celebration was held at Get Busy Livin Studios on Thursday, June 18, 2020. The event was hosted by local media personality Oren Lomena and featured live music, interviews with...
View ArticleJuneteenth: A day of joy and pain – and now national action
In just about any other year, Juneteenth, the holiday celebrating the day in 1865 that all enslaved black people learned they had been freed from bondage, would be marked by African American families...
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This Dreamer wanted to celebrate the Supreme Court’s DACA decision. He ended...
Jorge Resendez woke up Thursday morning to a phone buzzing with texts. The U.S. Supreme Court had upheld the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program over the Trump Administration’s attempts to...
View ArticleColorado loosens coronavirus guidelines, but keeps preparing for the worst
Colorado released new guidelines loosening restrictions on businesses and encouraging in-state travel Friday — the same day that Gov. Jared Polis signed an order extending permission to use stadiums as...
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The future of Stapleton: How a neighborhood changes its name
Growing up in the 1960s in Denver’s Park Hill neighborhood, Tamara Rhone remembers overhearing her mother discussing nascent efforts to rename Stapleton airport, an ode to a former city mayor — and...
View ArticleBlack Catholics: Words are not enough as church decries racism
NEW YORK — Black Roman Catholics are hearing their church’s leaders calling for racial justice once again after the killing of George Floyd, but this time they’re demanding not just words but action....
View ArticleTrump’s intended show of political force falls short of mark at Oklahoma rally
TULSA, Okla. — President Donald Trump used his his comeback rally to try to define the upcoming election as a choice between national heritage and left-wing radicalism, but his intended show of...
View ArticleTikTok teens and K-pop stans say they sunk Trump’s Tulsa rally
By Taylor Lorenz, Kellen Browning and Sheera Frenkel, The New York Times President Donald Trump’s campaign promised huge crowds at his rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday, but it failed to deliver....
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Activists take over Denver City Council meeting, demand to defund the police
Scores of activists showed up to Denver City Council chambers Monday night demanding that their cries of frustration, anger and sorrow be heard and demanding that the group defund the city’s police...
View ArticleCoronavirus in Colorado, June 23: A look at the latest updates on COVID-19
For the first time since April, Colorado’s coronavirus cases rose last week. It’s not clear whether the rise in confirmed cases is a blip or the start of a pattern. Few new coronavirus deaths have been...
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Nuggets veteran Will Barton: Protests and T-shirts aren’t enough. It’s time...
Six years ago, Will Barton stood at the side of Portland star Damian Lillard, head bowed, hands clasped, donning an “I Can’t Breathe” t-shirt in commemoration of Eric Garner. Five years ago, Barton...
View ArticleImpatience grows for cops’ arrests in Breonna Taylor’s death
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The outcry has reverberated for weeks online and at demonstrations nationwide: Arrest the cops who killed Breonna Taylor. But three months after plainclothes detectives serving a...
View ArticleColorado adds 324 more COVID-19 cases — largest daily increase since May
The number of new coronavirus cases in Colorado continued to increase on Thursday, with the health department reporting the largest daily jump in COVID-19 infections since May as it confirmed an...
View ArticleBlack philanthropy groups find new mission during coronavirus, Black Lives...
How do Denver’s Black community leaders stay grounded in the middle of a global pandemic as they push up against formidable forces of white supremacy and a global pandemic? For Tanaka Shipp, she...
View ArticleArapahoe County shuts down CentrePoint Plaza Saturday over safety concerns
Arapahoe County commissioners voted Friday night to close CentrePoint Plaza on Saturday because of concerns about “demonstrations,” according to a news release. The Saturday closure includes the Voter...
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Elijah McClain is becoming a household name. His mother is hurt that it’s...
Andy Cross, The Denver PostThe parents of Elijah McClain, Sheneen McClain, second from left, and LaWayne Mosley, third from left, hold hands and pray with local pastors, family, friends and legal...
View ArticleAs Colorado’s COVID-19 cases increase, teens and young adults see higher...
Coronavirus infections have increased among younger Coloradans in recent weeks, a trend that mirrors what is happening in states like Arizona, Florida and Texas where COVID-19 cases are surging....
View ArticleWomen’s Soccer players kneel during the national anthem
Players for the Portland Thorns and the North Carolina Courage knelt during the national anthem Saturday when the National Women’s Soccer League opened the Challenge Cup tournament in Utah. The players...
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