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At the Colorado Black Arts Festival, a celebration with more than just visual art for the fest’s 38th year
From food, to clothes, to health care, the festival showcases an abundance of work to celebrate all arts forms.
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By Elaine Tassy
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Family killed in Morgan County ATV crash after running stop sign
A family of four were killed in an ATV crash in Morgan County, according to the Colorado State Patrol and the county coroner. Two parents, both 22, and their one- […]
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By Elaine Tassy
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Pilot changed his mind before engine failure in Steamboat Springs crash, report shows
The pilot of a plane that crashed in Steamboat Springs in June reported the plane’s engine had overheated, a new preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board shows.
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By Elaine Tassy
![Two people, one wearing a black tank top and black pants with the other wearing white shorts and a white cropped tank top with a white sheer scarf, stands in front of decoration for PrideFest.](https://www.cpr.org/cdn-cgi/image/width=3840,quality=75,format=auto/https://wp-cpr.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/06/2023-Denver-PrideFest-photo-by-Ashley-Schoenbauer-9.jpg)
Celebrating 50 years of Denver Pride with events big and small
The grand marshal of the parade is Christie Lane, a drag queen who applied for the first parade permit.
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By Elaine Tassy
![A man wearing a blue button down shirt, white undershirt, and sugnalsses smiles at the camera while a woman with sunglasses and a black shirt stands facing him with head turned toward the camera. There is a desert scenery behind them.](https://www.cpr.org/cdn-cgi/image/width=3840,quality=75,format=auto/https://wp-cpr.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/06/image-14.png)
Many immigrants married to U.S. citizens will get path to permanent residency, ability to work legally — but not all of them can benefit
A new White House policy will provide protections from deportation to undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens and their children who have lived in the country for 10 years.
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By Elaine Tassy
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Denver artist joins national initiative making Juneteenth murals around the U.S.
On a recent 90-degree day, the Denver-based artist Detour is dressed in paint-splattered shorts and a top, and a paint-splattered hat to shield his head from the sun.
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By Elaine Tassy
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From Mt. Everest to Aurora: Nepalese culture featured in new exhibit
“A Mosaic of Cultures: Aurora’s Nepali Community” is the fourth part in a series of exhibits that have also featured Mexican, Salvadoran and Ethiopian populations in Colorado.
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By Elaine Tassy
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A recent report examines Colorado’s diverse Asian populations by disaggregating unique nationalities
Statistics are presented for Hmong, Indian, and Indonesian Coloradans in separate categories. Although they could all technically be called Asian, the study aims to show that their experiences in Colorado are different.
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By Elaine Tassy
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A personal journey through family history to Dearfield
Dearfield was once a thriving community in northeastern Colorado where hundreds of Black farmers homesteaded beginning in 1910.
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By Elaine Tassy
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Dearfield – a refuge for Black homesteaders in the 1900s – could become part of the National Park Service
Many people, including descendants of people who lived in Dearfield, support the park service designation.
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By Elaine Tassy
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Number of people marking ‘X’ as gender identifier on Colorado IDs has increased since option became available in 2018
A DMV spokesperson said close to 1,500 people changed the gender marker on their driver’s license or state ID in 2023.
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By Elaine Tassy
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New FDA-approved sickle cell gene editing therapies offer hope for a pain-free life to patients – some living in Colorado
For the first time in 30 years, new therapies offer patients a chance at a pain-free life.
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By Elaine Tassy
![Althea Brown kneads roti dough in her Aurora home. Dec. 13, 2023.](https://www.cpr.org/cdn-cgi/image/width=3840,quality=75,format=auto/https://wp-cpr.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/12/231213-ALTHEA-BROWN-COOKING-KITCHEN-CARIBBEAN-KETO-ENTREE-KEVINJBEATY-20.jpg)
Althea Brown is sharing paleo Caribbean recipes in a cookbook that looks and feels like her
Finding a sense of belonging through a Caribbean community of choice in Colorado has not been so easy. But food helps.
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By Elaine Tassy
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Exploring Martin Luther King Jr.’s connections to Colorado through Denver Library’s archives
And the story behind the Civil Rights Movement leader’s statue in City Park.
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By Elaine Tassy
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Colorado Voters approved psilocybin mushrooms in 2022. Now the state is setting up how they’ll be regulated
Colorado is now one of the first states to have its own Division of Natural Medicine.
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By Elaine Tassy
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Nearly half of Colorado counties have 10 or fewer attorneys. A new grant aims to expand legal access for Coloradans
The Colorado Access to Justice Commission received a two-year Rural Legal Deserts Grant in October to bring legal solutions to under-resourced parts of Colorado.
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By Elaine Tassy