Some Health Inequities Defy Explanation
Among the hurdles to attacking disparities in health between ethnic and racial minorities and whites are the confounding reality that some inequities have so far defied explanation and the differing...
View ArticleColorado’s Medicaid Dental Woes
Kids in Colorado miss nearly 8 million hours of school each year because of toothaches. Children from low-income families are most at risk for tooth decay, the most common childhood disease, with...
View ArticleLosing Ground: Socioeconomic gaps widening between Colorado minorities and...
By some of the most important measures of social progress, black and Latino residents of Colorado have lost ground compared to white residents in the decades since the civil rights movement. Minority...
View ArticleColorado legislators consider disparities legislation
Two Colorado lawmakers plan to push for a comprehensive examination of racial and ethnic inequality in the state as a precursor to future legislation aimed at closing some of the gaps that separate...
View ArticleGun deaths: Suicide rate quadruple homicide rate
By Kevin Vaughan and Burt Hubbard | The I-News Network During the 12-year span between the mass shootings at Columbine and Aurora, Coloradans used guns to kill themselves about four times more...
View ArticleChildhood obesity rate in Colorado worrisome
Colorado is continually heralded as the fittest state in the country – but behind that ranking stand a host of health measures that paint a different picture, placing the state mid-pack or worse in...
View ArticleREPORT: Colorado’s Deadliest Neighborhood
COLORADO SPRINGS – Gunfire erupted without warning – a burst of rifle shots from a vehicle just 10 or 15 feet away that left two people crumpled on the sidewalk, bleeding and dying. It was 10:51 p.m....
View ArticleLosing Ground: The Cliff Effect
The measures passed by Congress and signed by President Bill Clinton in 1996 “to end welfare as we know it” were heralded as a ticket to economic self-sufficiency. The poor would be encouraged to enter...
View ArticleStory: Colorado Twisters
The tornado sighting that set off alarms and frightened passengers at Denver International Airport Tuesday afternoon was a startling reminder that Colorado is indeed twister country. Since 1950, only...
View ArticleSchool Exercise & HB11-1069
A 2011 state law requiring 30 minutes of physical activity a day for elementary students was supposed to mark a new tool in the fight against childhood obesity – but in reality it did little more than...
View ArticlePine Beetle-killed timber a wildfire threat?
Colorado’s 4.3 million acres of beetle-decimated forests represent a catastrophe in the making during another devastating wildfire season. Or do they? That is the conventional wisdom as another summer...
View ArticleOil and gas wells in Colorado’s wildfire Red Zones
By Burt Hubbard I-News at Rocky Mountain PBS More than one million people and a half-million homes are located in Colorado’s high fire danger red zones. Also nestled among the red zone forests are more...
View ArticleGas Wells Dot State’s Fire Prone Red Zones
More than 2,000 active gas and oil wells are located in Colorado’s high fire danger red zones, the volatile conflux of population, forest canopy and mountainous terrain. Wells or rigs burning from...
View ArticleI-News’ Losing Ground report sparks statewide reaction
In January, I-News at Rocky Mountain PBS released Losing Ground, which revealed that many gains African Americans and Latino Coloradans made with the 1960s civil rights movement have now been lost. In...
View ArticleStatewide “Buy-Cott” Urges Spending for Immigration Reform
Colorado professional associations and small business owners who support comprehensive immigration reform, including a path to citizenship, have announced a statewide “buy-cott” campaign, urging...
View ArticleColorado Health Officials Warn Against Refusing Vaccines for Children
United States health officials say they’re seeing an increase in the number of parents refusing to vaccinate their children. Several states have experienced large outbreaks of vaccine-preventable...
View ArticleHealthier Food Baskets for North Denver
Working class communities often find themselves in so-called “food deserts,” without access to fresh, healthy food. Enter the local, sustainable food movement, and The Grow Haus in North Denver. From...
View ArticleThe “Cliff Effect” Thwarts the Working Poor
Losing Ground: The Cliff Effect from I-News on Vimeo. Click to watch the full documentary “Losing Ground: The Cliff Effect.” This report is an extension of “Losing Ground,” an I-News at Rocky Mountain...
View ArticleNew Obesity Study for Low-Income Preschoolers Dings Colorado
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a “good news” report this week on a decrease in many states in obesity among low-income preschoolers. Researchers said it was a welcome...
View ArticleU.S. Beef Industry Leaders Gather in Denver with an Eye on China
US beef industry leaders gather in Denver with an eye on China from I-News on Vimeo. United States beef industry leaders say they’re confident longstanding Chinese restrictions on imports of U.S. beef...
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