- 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.
- What can be learned about white supremacy and hate nearly a century ago in Colorado and what does it say about life today? History Colorado recently published ledgers which list members of the Ku Klux Klan in the Greater Denver area in the mid 1920s. Dawn DiPrince is History Colorado’s chief operating officer. Nicki Gonzales is an associate professor of history and vice provost for diversity and inclusion at Regis University, and a member of History Colorado’s “State Historian’s Council.”
- Researchers have made a groundbreaking discovery that rewrites the laws of physics. The experiment involves subatomic particles called muons. Professor Fred Gray chairs the Physics and Astronomy Department at Regis University in Denver. He explains the significance of this research.
- The Colorado Peaches are remembering their long-time coach, Gail Klock. Klock died last month at age 73 after a long battle with cancer.
- Last year broke records for both gun sales and gun deaths in the U.S. as people bought at least 20 million guns. Still, the data and research that could inform policy are lacking, which we explore with Dan Gorenstein, host of the new health policy podcast, "Tradeoffs."
- 87-year-old Ed Dwight of Denver never got the chance to go into space himself, but an asteroid now bears his name. Dwight is among 27 African American, Hispanic and Native American astronauts recently honored with namesake asteroids for helping expand horizons beyond Earth and inspiring the next generation of space explorers.
- The coronavirus pandemic and record drought made 2020 a trying year for Colorado agriculture.
- “There are obstacles in the United States Senate, but we shouldn't assume that our political institutions are impervious to public opinion," said the Democratic representative of Colorado's 2nd Congressional District.
- So far, investigators have not yet determined if hate crime charges will be filed against the suspect in the shooting in Atlanta.
- Back from Broken is CPR’s podcast about recovery. How we’re all broken sometimes, but that it’s possible to find renewal. And just as we mark a year of the pandemic, season 2 premieres. Creator and host Vic Vela joins us. Vic’s also weekend morning host on CPR News.
- State lawmakers are a step closer to deciding where to place a Sand Creek Massacre memorial. Members of the Cheyenne and Arapho tribes, and descendants of survivors, testified before the Capitol Development Committee Thursday. They urged legislators to put the memorial outside the state Capitol replacing the statue of a Civil War soldier that was toppled during last year's protests.
