
CU regent receives community support while facing potential censure, backlash for stance on anti-marijuana campaign
Wanda James, who owns a dispensary, spoke out against a CU Anschutz anti-marijuana campaign she considered racist.

By Elaine Tassy

New report says fewer Coloradans identify as ‘Christian,’ mirroring a national trend
A study by the Pew Research Center finds 52 percent of residents in the state say they are Christian. A growing number are calling themselves “religiously unaffiliated.”

By Elaine Tassy

League of Women Voters holds ‘everything you wanted to know about trans people’ online discussion
The discussion will aim to counter the administration’s view, according to the League’s Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion task force member Kathy Ebersberger.

By Elaine Tassy

From Nepalese to Congolese, this is how an Aurora church is serving its immigrant community
It’s part of a trend that began in the 1950s, where numerous faith groups worship in the same building, and especially needed now in immigrant communities.

By Elaine Tassy

Education committee passes bill to create advisory board on Black history curriculum
It builds on law from six years ago requiring more inclusive curriculum in public schools.

By Elaine Tassy

Palestinian-American and Iranian-American state leaders want to check their own ethnic identity on state forms
A recently introduced bill would require government forms to allow someone to select Middle Eastern, North African or South Asian as their race or ethnicity.

By Elaine Tassy

Helping survivors of human trafficking reclaim their lives
Sex trafficking remains a growing problem in Colorado. Our state now ranks 10th for the most reported cases. A new shelter that helps survivors escape and process their trauma opened in a community south of Denver in January. CPR’s Elaine Tassy visited the home, and she also spoke with a survivor of human trafficking, Rebekah Layton who’s now a subject matter expert who works in victim advocacy, research, and public policy.

By Elaine Tassy

Colorado Humanities’ Black History Live Tour hosts Chautauquas, first-person retellings of historical figures
“Chautauqua is such an engaging format that allows people to really, truly see history come to life.”

By Elaine Tassy

Listen: Thousands join protest at state Capitol as immigration authorities operate around Denver
The 50 States Protest happened to coincide with raids from ICE and other federal agents at multiple apartments on Wednesday.

A Mexican-style bullfight did happen in Colorado, but that was 130 years ago
A listener’s question about a rumored bullfight in a now Colorado ghost town answered with archival research.

By Elaine Tassy

How Colorado State Senator Iman Jodeh is welcoming others to celebrate World Hijab Day
World Hijab Day is an opportunity to show solidarity with Muslim girls and women and stand against bigotry, discrimination, and Islamophobia.

By Elaine Tassy

New ‘Dungeons NOT Dating’ app made in Colorado gives gamers a chance to find compatible partners
A former stock broker from Commerce City created an app that launches in late January that aims to foster inclusivity in the game.

By Elaine Tassy

First People’s Pow Wow in Estes Park features arts market, fashion show and more
First-time event free over three days this weekend part of pow wows across Colorado.

By Elaine Tassy

Enslavement and lynching happened in Colorado, according to new research studying harms to Black Coloradans
A meeting of a state-mandated commission looking at historic harms caused to Black Coloradans was meant to announce research had begun, but surprising findings were also shared.

By Elaine Tassy

Non-profit organization opens coffee shop in Aurora that trains people who’ve experienced homelessness
Despite offering a marketable skill in a state with increasing homelessness, the coffee shop model as it has been executed in Aurora also has some challenges.

By Elaine Tassy

Committee forming to research Colorado’s boarding schools that stripped Indigenous children of their identity
History Colorado is doing two things to get the bill moving: finding a leader to handle the research and forming a committee inclusive of survivors, to steer it.

By Elaine Tassy