- What endangered places in Colorado are worth saving? And how do they reflect the state's underrepresented and native communities, which can all too often get overlooked? That's the evolving mission of Colorado Preservation Inc., which is now accepting proposals for what to consider adding to next year's list as it marks its 25th anniversary.
- Shannon Galpin is a human rights activist who's lived in Summit County for the last two decades. She started the non-profit "Mountain 2 Mountain," which taught Afghan women to ride bicycles... vehicles, she says, for social justice. Many of the women Galpin worked with now fear for their lives and she's trying to help evacuate them -- from afar.
- The Democratic senator also talked about expanding broadband internet access and extending the Child Tax Credit.
- When I-70 shut down in Glenwood Springs because of mud and debris flows the timing wasn't ideal for a lot of people. Like Darryl Proctor and his family from Littleton, who are preparing to take their son to Grand Junction for his freshman year at Colorado Mesa University.
- How are you doing? We’ve been dealing with a pandemic for a year and half. That's meant changing restrictions, losses and uncertainty. Even reopening brings its own social stresses. Now, rising COVID cases in Colorado and around the country underscore that the pandemic’s not over yet. If that has you feeling anxious, frustrated or overwhelmed, you're not alone. Rick Ginsberg is a licensed psychologist and former president of the Colorado Psychological Association.
- Reforming the criminal justice system requires listening to many perspectives. That's a goal of the "JustUs Project" at Boulder's Motus Theater. The production elevates the stories of people who've been incarcerated and the impact on their lives.
- A new study shows 90 percent of those in Denver's homeless encampments have been displaced by sweeps. Most of them have simply moved their tents elsewhere.
- The mint condition 1952 Topps card will be part of an exhibit at Coors Field as part of Major League Baseball All-Star celebration.
- The Colorado Department of Transportation had to close I-70 twice in two days in Glenwood Canyon after flash flooding caused mudslides in the burn scar left by last year's Grizzly Creek fire. We talk with CDOT's Elise Thatcher to find out how they're monitoring for future mudslides and if this is the new normal in a state that's recovering from record-setting wildfires.
- What’s my cat thinking? What’s going on between my dog’s ears? Questions pet owners have no doubt asked themselves. It's partly why the novel “Other People’s Pets” is such a delicious read. It is also a finalist for a Colorado Book Award. Author R.L. Maizes, who lives in Niwot, writes about an animal empath. Her protagonist feels in her body what animals feel. Which makes her a stellar student in veterinary school, until she has to drop out for a family crisis. Ryan spoke with R.L. Maizes in March.
- To understand the lives of enslaved Africans, turn to their spirituals. They are songs of sorrow and despair, but also of hope and strength. "Ride On King Jesus" is one of the songs featured in "Journey to Freedom: The Spirituals Radio Project." It's a year-long series from our colleagues at CPR Classical. They highlight a different spiritual each month. "Ride On King Jesus" depicts Christ as a hero on a horse, signaling a triumph over slavery.
- Doctors and researchers continue to refine their understanding of COVID-19 and evolving ways to fight it. Dr. Comilla Sasson is an emergency physician in Colorado who's been fighting the pandemic in hot spots all across the United States. She's recently been developing a lower-cost way to detect carbon dioxide, what people breathe out, to try to stop the further spread of the virus.
- Coloradans of Indian descent are experiencing a kind of pandemic whiplash. While things open up here, India's become a viral epicenter. Reporter Vignesh Ramachandran talks about what's happening along with Dr. Comilla Sasson, an emergency physician who's been on the frontline of the pandemic in Colorado and across the U.S. from the start.
- Bruce Randolph Jr. died recently at age 94. He carried on his father's legacy of barbeque and helping others.
- It’s the longest-running role of Denver actress Ilasiea Gray’s career. For years now, she’s co-starred in “Black With A Capital B” through Curious Theatre Company. The show is set at a candlelight vigil for a Black life taken by police. Gray’s character, who’s African-American, is speaking with a white attendee who’s sobbing and trying to get her head around systemic racism. Gray recently wrote an op/ed called "Why Are There No Great Kids of Color in the Performing Arts?"
- During the pandemic, one of Colorado’s most populous counties threatened to create its own health department. In Douglas County, south of Denver, commissioners believed the health service they’re a part of had overreached with its pandemic safety measures.
