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Sometimes When We Lose, We Win
July 18, 2018

In the loss of a grant earmarked to revitalize a neighborhood park pavilion, the Hillside community of Colorado Springs has emerged stronger and more unified.

Rural Counties Sue Drug Companies for Opioid Addiction Costs
July 12, 2018

The epidemic’s proportional cost to rural counties in human and fiscal terms is enormous compared to urban areas. 

Want To Create a Health Crisis? Keep Children from Their Parents
June 22, 2018

Traumatizing children creates toxic stress that can have life-altering consequences. 

From Fort Morgan, Lessons in Integration
June 12, 2018

How an Eastern Plains school district adapted to its super-diverse student population.

Full Throttle
June 6, 2018

Proponents of net neutrality say it is essential to economic and educational opportunity—and good health—and are gearing up for a long battle to reinstate it.

No, It’s Not OK to Discriminate Against LGBTQ Customers
June 5, 2018

LGBTQ civil rights activists have fought hard for access to the same constitutional rights as all Americans, and a recent Supreme Court decision doesn’t erase their gains.

Race in Today's Medicine: Science, History and Myth
The Dark Secrets of U.S. Medical Research
June 1, 2018

Author and ethicist Harriet A. Washington detailed the medical profession’s role in the abuse of African-Americans, and suggested reforms, in the latest presentation of The Trust’s Health Equity Learning Series.

The Economic Payouts of the “Birth Lottery”
May 22, 2018

New research reveals how the race and education level of parents can have a profound impact on the future wealth of their children.

More Evidence that Neighborhoods Matter to Health
May 14, 2018

In communities deprived of investment, people feel it.

The Thread That Ties Segregation to Gentrification
May 8, 2018

People of color in Denver were once excluded from building wealth through homeownership. How much has changed?