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Lisa Wirthman

Buffalo Bills head coach Rex Ryan poses with assistant football coach Kathryn Smith last week in Orchard Park, N.Y. Smith, who has worked with Ryan for seven years, has become the first full-time female assistant coach in the National Football League. (Anna Stolzenberg, Buffalo Bills via AP)

Wirthman: During Super Bowl week, focus on diversity

April 18, 2016 at 6:12 p.m.

Wirthman: During Super Bowl week, focus on diversity

Police tape surrounds the crime scene at the Nov. 27 shooting at Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs.

Wirthman: A history of domestic terror against Planned Parenthood

April 19, 2016 at 2:12 p.m.

Wirthman: A history of domestic terror against Planned Parenthood

Planned Parenthood Federation of America President Cecile Richards is sworn in before testifying at a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Hearing on Planned Parenthood's Taxpayer Funding in Washington on Sept. 29. (Associated Press file)

Wirthman: A flip-flop on family planning

April 21, 2016 at 6:01 a.m.

Wirthman: A flip-flop on family planning

Supporters of the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Act, gathered at the Colorado Capitol in 2014. Similar measures have been defeated almost every year since, including one during the 2017 and 2018 sessions. The bill this year is expected to pass.

Wirthman: The case for paid leave

April 21, 2016 at 2:13 a.m.

Wirthman: The case for paid leave

A candle burns in front of a memorial for two slain journalists at Bridgewater Plaza in Moneta, Va., on Aug. 28. (Jonathan Drew, AP)

Wirthman: Weary of gun violence? Don’t give up

April 21, 2016 at 4:49 p.m.

Wirthman: Weary of gun violence? Don't give up

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton during a campaign stop in North Charleston, S.C., last month.

Wirthman: Hillary Clinton’s everyday feminism

June 3, 2016 at 11:42 a.m.

Wirthman: Hillary Clinton's everyday feminism

The jury box inside Courtroom 201 at the Arapahoe County District Court in Centennial.

Wirthman: The personal cost of civic duty for jurors in high-profile cases

April 25, 2016 at 6:57 a.m.

Wirthman: The personal cost of civic duty for jurors in high-profile cases

Low wage workers, many in the fast-food industry, join with supporters on April 15 in New York City for a "die-in" in front of a McDonald's to demand a minimum wage of $15 an hour. (Spencer Platt, Getty Images)

Wirthman: Uproar, but no calamity on wages

April 25, 2016 at 3:11 a.m.

Wirthman: Uproar, but no calamity on wages

Former U.S. Rep. Pat Schroeder, D-Colo. (Denver Post file)

Wirthman: “Strong Sisters” led the way in Colorado

April 26, 2016 at 2:07 p.m.

Wirthman: "Strong Sisters" led the way in Colorado

Liz Romer, director of the Children's Hospital Family Planning Clinic, discusses an IUD with a patient.

Wirthman: Colorado must retain funding for birth control

October 5, 2016 at 9:20 a.m.

Wirthman: Colorado must retain funding for birth control