40,000 people work at DIA. Here are a few of the faces you may meet — and their advice for travelers
From when to get to the airport to the best bathrooms.
Nov. 13, 2023: DIA at the holidays – travel hacks for long security lines and confusing construction
Today, we’ll answer some of your big questions about DIA — aka DEN — like, when can we expect to see shorter lines and less construction? You’ll also meet some of the thousands of people who work at the airport and hear their travel hacks.
Interview: The CEO of DIA answers your questions (and more), from long lines and construction to holiday travel woes
One day you could have more options than the shuttle train to get between concourses.
Disappointed but not discouraged, Aurora’s NAACP leader reacts to acquittals in Elijah McClain’s death and shares how to move police reform forward
Aurora NAACP president Omar Montgomery said the acquittals of two Aurora Police officers won’t stop his quest for police accountability.
Parallel lives and the dangers of conversion therapy told in new podcast ‘Dear Alana’
The podcast explores the life and death of Boulder resident Alana Chen.
Interview: On Día de los Muertos, food helps keep family memories alive for this Mexican-American cookbook author
Yvette Marquez-Sharpnack set out to write “a simple little family cookbook.” Now her third book, “Muy Bueno: Fiestas,” shares her traditions far beyond that.
Independent overseer finds appropriate investigation of Jor’Dell Richardson shooting, but problems with transparency
Although officers involved don’t face criminal charges, Richardson’s death has been a benchmark for Aurora Police Department reform.
Interview: Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade on his journey to the U.S., the American Dream, and finding ‘the real Yemi’
The mayor’s most in-depth interview yet about his life and what led him to Colorado Springs and politics.
How the head of the NAACP of Aurora wants to change public safety
The head of the Aurora NAACP, Omar Montgomery, says there’s a lot that can be done to improve public safety in Aurora, in the wake of the death of Elijah McClain.
Aurora is the first Colorado city under state oversight to reform policing. Two years in, how’s it going?
Is policing getting better in Aurora?
Oct. 10, 2023: Is the consent decree resulting in police reform in Aurora?
The forceful tactics Aurora police used to stop and subdue Elijah McClain four years ago, and protests a year later, led to a state investigation. It concluded that the Aurora Police Department has a pattern of racist policing. As a result, Aurora became the first city in Colorado placed under state oversight. It’s now required to overhaul its policies and practices. We ask how that consent decree is going.
Congress considers expanding compensation for uranium’s cold warriors of World War II
There’s a new effort to get compensation for Americans exposed to uranium in mining and weapons testing. The industry was concentrated around the Colorado Plateau. Doctor Jon Samet has studied the health effects in uranium workers for decades. He’s a pulmonologist and epidemiologist at the Colorado School of Public Health, and past dean of the school.
For the first time, Colorado details dark historical chapter of attempted forced assimilation of Indigenous children in extensive report
Now comes the hardest part: Healing and reconciliation.
Colorado’s Black history — and future — go on display in a new unlikely center of Black culture: Boulder
“Proclaiming Colorado’s Black History,” a new exhibit at the Museum of Boulder, looks at the Black experience in the state.
Sept. 21, 2023: A special report on the life and death of Elijah McClain
Elijah McClain’s death brought about reforms for law enforcement in Colorado. And the Aurora Police Department was put under state oversight, to stop a pattern of racist policing. As the trial of the officers charged in his death begins, a special Colorado In-Depth report looks at how we got here and explore what McClain’s death has taught Colorado, and the country, about police oversight.
The life and death of Elijah McClain: What have we learned?
McClain’s story has brought about reforms to the rules for police in Colorado, and it has put law enforcement in Aurora under state oversight, to stop a pattern of racist policing. The incident has taught Colorado how to effectively oversee conduct by law enforcement – and what happens when we don’t.
