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Planned Parenthood, groups launch campaign against transgender ballot measures in Colorado
7+ hour, 59+ min ago (730+ words) Planned Parenthood and other groups have launched a coalition to oppose two ballot measures that would ban transgender surgeries among children and require student athletes to only join sports teams that correspond to their biological sex. The two measures will…...
From child actors to ‘kidfluencers’: Colorado lawmakers consider digital-age Coogan Act
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (556+ words) Jackie Coogan had been an actor since birth, or just about. His first acting gig was as a toddler in the 1917 silent film "Skinner's Baby," where he played the titular infant. At age 7, he starred alongside Charlie Chaplin in 1921's…...
Denver’s venerable Florence Crittenton school: A goal of healthy, self-sufficient futures
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1845+ words) For a first-time visitor, there is a lot to process at 96 South Zuni Street in Denver." The seemingly omnipresent kinetic energy and stimulation can best be described as electric." On this particular mid-December Thursday, there are no fewer than 20 volunteers…...
Colorado's New Year's baby arrives just after midnight
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (464+ words) Just moments after the fireworks died down and the champagne stopped pouring, the Denver metro welcomed its first baby of 2026. Eliza was born at AdventHealth Castle Rock at 12:21 a.m. Thursday morning, making her the likely first baby born in the area…...
The rise of Indigenous comic books
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (582+ words) By Katie Chicklinski-Cahill, Durango Herald Arts & Entertainment editor Kayla Shaggy, one of the artists featured in a new exhibit on Indigenous comic book art in Durango, said she sees the genre becoming more and more popular " and there may be…...
From a few to more than 350, children and parents ride together to school as a ‘bike bus’
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (1378+ words) MONTCLAIR, N.J. " On a sunny fall morning, children wearing helmets and backpacks gathered with their parents in Montclair, New Jersey, for a group bicycle ride to two local elementary schools. Volunteers in orange safety vests made sure everyone assembled in a…...
New report: Colorado remains in mental health crisis
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (1559+ words) For two years in a row, Colorado has had nearly the worst rate in the nation of mental illness among children and adults, when compared with other states and the District of Columbia, according to a large-scale industry study. Colorado…...
GUEST OPINION: A call to confront Colorado’s mental health crisis
6+ mon, 3+ day ago (364+ words) That is why The Anschutz Foundation has committed a $50 million challenge gift to launch the CU Anschutz Campus Mental Health Collaborative, with the goal of raising a historic $200 million. This is not just philanthropy " it is an investment in hope,…...
Colorado Democrats seek to penalize 'misgendering' and 'deadnaming"
11+ mon, 3+ week ago (1459+ words) Colorado Democrats are pushing legislation to penalize 'deadnaming' and 'misgendering' as discriminatory actions and to mandate the courts to include such claims in determining the allocation of parenting time in custody cases. FILE - A protester is silhouetted against a trans…...