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Elizabeth Hernandez
Elizabeth Hernandez covers social justice and equity issues for The Denver Post, plus a little bit of this and a little bit of that. She joined the newspaper as an intern in 2014 and just kept coming to work until they hired her in 2015. The first-generation college student and CU Boulder graduate has experience covering higher education, civil rights issues and topics for younger readers and underrepresented communities. In 2020, she won the Colorado Press Associationâs Rising Star Award, but her biggest accomplishment is when a source thanks her for listening.
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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 HernĂĄndez, 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...

Denverâs 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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Every senior at this Denver charter school network got accepted to college. There were fireworks and tears.
The âsigning dayâ event brought more than 4,000 of the younger Rocky Mountain Prep students to watch the seniors celebrate their academic success.

Denverâs Auraria campus â and its pro-Palestinian encampment â to be subject of federal antisemitism report
The local undertaking coincides with a larger federal investigation by the commission into what the Trump administration characterizes as rising antisemitism at American college campuses.

Colorado school district back under court order to return 19 “highly sensitive” books to its libraries
The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado alleges in a lawsuit against the Elizabeth School District that the booksâ removal violated free speech protections.

What’s at risk with cuts to federal humanities funding in Colorado? Book awards, library hours, educational resources and more
Colorado Humanitiesâ $1.5 million annual budget is largely funded by the $1.2 million a year the organization has received from the NEH.

Civil rights probe of antisemitism at U.S. colleges may target Denver’s Auraria campus
The Colorado Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is hosting two virtual public meetings "examining campus antisemitism at three Colorado universities."

ICE is reversing termination of legal status for international students around U.S.
Some Colorado students who filed lawsuits already have seen immigration status restored, their attorney says.

3 international students in Colorado sue Trump administration over termination of immigration status
The lawsuits were filed this week in U.S. District Court in Denver on behalf of three plaintiffs identified only as âStudent Doeâ due to fear of retaliation

Coloradoâs Fort Lewis College â a former Indian boarding school â names its first Native American president
Heather Shotton, an enrolled citizen of the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes and a descendant of the Kiowa and Cheyenne tribes, may be the first Native American president of any higher...

With child care costing $25,000 a year, how are Denver parents affording families?
Child care is not only expensive in Colorado but scarce, experts and parents told The Denver Post. The median annual price of infant child care in Denver is nearly $25,000.

Reported Colorado car thefts decrease 25% in 2024, according to new data
Still, the National Insurance Crime Bureau ranked Colorado as the No. 4 spot for vehicle thefts per capita in the U.S. in 2024.