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Denver Archdiocese’s guidance to Catholic schools: Don’t enroll transgender students. Treat gay parents differently.
This 17-page document obtained by The Denver Post offers guidance to Catholic school administrators on how to handle gay and transgender students, parents and staff. It warns that "the spread...
A teacher of color was let go in Denver. The ripple effects are deep.
Tim HernƔndez, an associate teacher, did not have his contract at Denver's North High School renewed, despite having the support of his English department. Now, he's started a new teaching...
Denverās oldest neighborhood was destroyed to build the Auraria Campus. Historians and the displaced are racing to remember it.
As the 50th anniversary of the disbandment of Denver's oldest neighborhood approaches, Colorado historians are eager to capture the stories of the people forced out of that community while they're...
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Melat Kiros defeats 15-term incumbent Diana DeGette in Democratic primary to represent Denver in Congress
The election may prove to be a bellwether for deep-blue districts with a new generation of Democrats running against longtime establishment incumbents.
For DU students, documenting immigration court at Aurora ICE facility is both ‘draining’ and ‘very rewarding’
The four young women document the already complex immigration legal system as it undergoes unprecedented changes.
2 Army vets vie for chance to unseat U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank: ‘This is not your mother’s Colorado Springs’
The district is typically solid red. But national Democrats have marked the race to unseat Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank as one to watch.
Faculty group lashes out at University of Denver’s major restructuring
"Despite the mismanagement of the upper administration and the Board of Trustees, we will continue to be a first-rate university," one DU professor said.
University of Denver to close departments, merge schools as part of academic restructuring
Officials at the private university declined to say how much money the restructuring will save.
Colorado School of Mines lays off 1% of workforce
The Colorado School of Mines laid off about 1% of its total workforce last week, the university confirmed.
Coloradans harmed by ‘conversion therapy’ can sue for damages under new law signed by Gov. Jared Polis
Gov. Jared Polis also issued an executive order that seeks to ensure the state doesn't fund efforts to change people's sexual orientation or gender identity.
18 years ago, Coloradans started having fewer babies. Now it’s a higher education problem.
The Boulder-based Western Interstate Commission predicts a 12% decline in Coloradoās high school graduates between 2023 and 2041.
Colorado sixth-grader toppled by ācarretaā during Scripps National Spelling Bee semifinals
Nikhil Ganta advanced to the nearly century-old national contest after winning the 86th annual Denver Post Colorado State Spelling Bee in March.
One Colorado speller advances to Scripps National Spelling Bee quarterfinals, the other eliminated
The Scripps National Spelling Bee runs Tuesday through Thursday as kids participate in three rounds per day until they're knocked out of the bee.