Carla Jimenez

Colorado’s Democratic U.S. Senator, Michael Bennet, said he believes the expanded child tax credit which is part of the “American Rescue Plan” will cut childhood poverty in the U.S.

Ouray County Plaindealer Reporter and Report For America Fellow Liz Teitz wrote about the Ouray Police Department coming down with COVID-19 in February. Read her story here.

Wall Street’s been in a tizzy. Last week, the gaming retailer GameStop saw a huge surge in its stock price thanks to a swarm of amateur investors. That surge vexed Wall Street hedge funds, which bet the stock would go down. So what does this populist streak of investing mean for the future of the stock market? And does it mirror what the country is seeing in politics? Chris Hughen, an associate professor of finance at the University of Denver, and Tony Cookson at CU Boulder discuss.

Aya Gruber is a professor of criminal law and procedure at the University of Colorado Law School in Boulder. She recently wrote a paper for the Houston Law Review on the concept of bluelining and the perception that a crowd of white people may be less of a threat than a crowd of people of color.