Leslie Herod

Election judge Mary Ann Thompson, front, ...

抖阴ap: Denver鈥檚 Fair Elections Fund puts power in the hands of the people

October 26, 2022 at 6:10 a.m.

The people of Denver knew service and accomplishment for constituents should not be trumped by a Rolodex full of rich donors. They wanted to level the playing field. And they...

Herod and Bacon: Colorado’s Black Caucus has big concerns about redistricting maps

July 23, 2021 at 6:18 a.m.

The process of splitting minority communities into separate districts, a tactic known as 鈥渃racking鈥� during gerrymander attempts, has long been used to prevent adequate representation from minorities in legislative bodies...

Longmont Master Police Officer Chris Borchowiec, a school resource officer in the St. Vrain Valley School District, walks the halls of Longmont's Timberline K-8 School during a passing period on Sept. 8, 2016. Federal data on school disciplinary actions shows a disproportionate ratio of local Hispanic students are suspended or referred to police in Boulder County school districts.

抖阴ap: Shut down the school-to-prison pipeline in Colorado

March 26, 2021 at 9:00 a.m.

Kids need to be kids, they need to make mistakes and have the room to learn from those mistakes without jeopardizing their entire future.

Guest Commentary: Greenwood Village decision on qualified immunity can’t stand

September 3, 2020 at 6:23 a.m.

聽For a City Council to declare that their training is so thorough, their hiring practices so聽effective, that surely no officer would ever act in bad faith,聽is聽either hubris聽or naivet茅.聽It also violates...

FILE - This April 22, 2014, file photo shows an employment application form on a table during a job fair at Columbia-Greene Community College in Hudson, N.Y. The Labor Department releases its weekly report on applications for unemployment benefits on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016.

Guest Commentary: Give Colorado offenders a fighting chance for that job. Ban the box.

January 30, 2019 at 3:02 p.m.

If you answer yes to this question, the likely result is your application will be聽disregarded. You won鈥檛 be interviewed. You simply won鈥檛 be considered for the job.

Guest Commentary: Denver can and should help those with mental health needs

October 15, 2018 at 11:08 a.m.

It is hard to live in Denver and not see the effect of mental illness and substance abuse on our community. We are supporting Caring 4 Denver to change this...

Longmont, School Resource Officer, money, funding, SVVSD, St. Vrain Valley School District

Guest Commentary: What more police means for schools, especially students of color

April 3, 2018 at 1:28 p.m.

In the name of school safety and using the Parkland, Fla., school shooting as a backdrop, legislators are in the working on a deal that will put more police officers...

Guest Commentary: Following the money trail when police seize suspects’ property

April 19, 2017 at 9:35 a.m.

Colorado House Bill 1313 requires police and prosecutors to report the property they seized, how it was forfeited, whether the suspect was convicted, and how they used the proceeds.

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