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Hiding in Plain Sight
October 30, 2018

Suburban poverty rates have quietly risen in Front Range counties in recent years, and impacted families are struggling to find services and make ends meet. 

Oil and Gas Drilling: Health Equity Stories from The Colorado Trust (English subtitles)
In Whose Backyard?
January 17, 2019

Activists fear that low-income communities of color are being disproportionately impacted by oil and gas drilling in northern Colorado.

Learning from Colorado Springs’s Past and Mapping a More Equitable Future
November 19, 2018

The Trust’s community partner working in Colorado Springs wants the city’s new long-term development plan to value equity and inclusion, acknowledge the city’s history and learn from the past.

Want to Build Power? Make a Friend
November 13, 2018

People living in a small farming town in southwestern Colorado found they need to work together to get things done. They’re not the only ones.

Brilliant, Beautiful, Powerful - Transgender Law Center
My Child Won’t Be Erased
November 8, 2018

Seven things you can do right now to make your community safer for transgender kids.

In Colorado Schools, Not Enough Black Teachers
October 23, 2018

Colorado public school districts are struggling to recruit and retain Black teachers. Education experts say students are paying the price.

The Rich Get Richer
October 15, 2018

A new national analysis by the Economic Policy Institute reveals Colorado’s income growth continues to stream unequally to the top 1 percent.

The New Unemployment
October 9, 2018

The nation’s soaring economy leaves thousands of part-time workers grounded.

Sick of Being Poor: The Deadly Impacts of Poverty (subtitles in English)
The Stress of Being Poor
October 3, 2018

A small-business owner discovered how poverty conspires against people experiencing it—and hurts all of us.

How To Save a Life
September 25, 2018

Shocked by a series of unexpected deaths, the San Luis Valley town of Saguache is going deep in its search for answers.