/tags/civil-rights Civil Rights en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 21:04:02 GMT /2025-03-18/office-of-civil-rights-is-targeting-45-universities-for-race-exclusionary-advanced-degree-programs Six universities in the Mountain West are among the schools under investigation for participating in a program aimed at helping minority students earn doctoral degrees in business. Tue, 18 Mar 2025 21:04:02 GMT /2025-03-18/office-of-civil-rights-is-targeting-45-universities-for-race-exclusionary-advanced-degree-programs Yvette Fernandez /podcast/inthenoco/2025-03-11/facial-recognition-technology-adds-safeguards-at-some-colorado-schools-it-also-raises-questions-about-civil-rights Colorado lawmakers are considering a bill that would regulate the use of facial recognition software ... to monitor students in the state’s schools. A handful of Colorado school districts already use the technology. And there has been debate about whether it makes schools safer – or violates students’ civil rights. We dig into the technology and the controversy, on today’s In the NoCo. Tue, 11 Mar 2025 11:40:00 GMT /podcast/inthenoco/2025-03-11/facial-recognition-technology-adds-safeguards-at-some-colorado-schools-it-also-raises-questions-about-civil-rights In The NoCo, Ariel Lavery, Brad Turner /podcast/inthenoco/2024-10-11/how-colorado-moved-forward-after-being-labeled-the-hate-state It’s been three decades since Colorado became known as The Hate State. Colorado earned that nickname after the passage of Amendment 2 banned anti-discrimination laws designed to protect the LGBTQ community. The new season of KUNC’s podcast The Colorado Dream looks at how Colorado went from approving Amendment 2 ... to electing the country’s first openly gay governor. KUNC’s Stephanie Daniel – who hosts the Colorado Dream podcast -- will discuss the new season on today’s In the NoCo. Fri, 11 Oct 2024 11:40:00 GMT /podcast/inthenoco/2024-10-11/how-colorado-moved-forward-after-being-labeled-the-hate-state In The NoCo, Ariel Lavery, Erin O'Toole /news/2024-02-16/late-civil-rights-legal-program-director-remembered-for-serving-on-behalf-of-people-with-disabilities Kevin Williams was a tireless advocate for the disability rights movement in the Centennial State. He died at the age of 57 earlier this month from respiratory failure. Fri, 16 Feb 2024 15:36:44 GMT /news/2024-02-16/late-civil-rights-legal-program-director-remembered-for-serving-on-behalf-of-people-with-disabilities Michael Lyle /news/2023-07-05/legitimacy-of-customer-in-supreme-court-gay-rights-case-raises-ethical-and-legal-flags A Christian graphic artist who the Supreme Court said can refuse to make wedding websites for gay couples pointed during her lawsuit to a request from a man named "Stewart" and his husband-to-be. The twist? Stewart says it never happened. Wed, 05 Jul 2023 15:45:57 GMT /news/2023-07-05/legitimacy-of-customer-in-supreme-court-gay-rights-case-raises-ethical-and-legal-flags Alanna Durkin Richer and Colleen Slevin, Associated Press /news/2023-07-03/wider-than-websites-lgbtq-advocates-fear-broader-discrimination-after-supreme-court-ruling A new U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing a Colorado Christian graphic artist to refuse to work on wedding websites for same-sex couples has LGBTQ+ people across the country worried about broader consequences. Mon, 03 Jul 2023 15:53:04 GMT /news/2023-07-03/wider-than-websites-lgbtq-advocates-fear-broader-discrimination-after-supreme-court-ruling Rebecca Boone, Associated Press /news/2023-06-28/news-brief-with-boulder-reporting-lab-bvsd-settles-civil-rights-case-for-32-5k We talk with John Herrick of the Boulder Reporting Lab about Boulder Valley School District's recent discrimination settlement. Wed, 28 Jun 2023 19:29:50 GMT /news/2023-06-28/news-brief-with-boulder-reporting-lab-bvsd-settles-civil-rights-case-for-32-5k Nikole Robinson Carroll /news/2023-03-14/news-brief-with-the-colorado-sun-remembering-rep-pat-schroeder-and-top-consumer-complaints We talk with The Colorado Sun about the death of U.S. Rep. Pat Schroeder, and the recently published list of top consumer complaints in the state. Tue, 14 Mar 2023 22:18:51 GMT /news/2023-03-14/news-brief-with-the-colorado-sun-remembering-rep-pat-schroeder-and-top-consumer-complaints Nikole Robinson Carroll /regional-news/2022-04-20/more-lgbtq-candidates-hit-the-campaign-trail-despite-efforts-to-limit-their-rights Across the Mountain West and beyond, right-wing politicians are pushing a wave of discriminatory laws. But that’s only one of the issues motivating a record number of LGBTQ candidates. Wed, 20 Apr 2022 11:00:00 GMT /regional-news/2022-04-20/more-lgbtq-candidates-hit-the-campaign-trail-despite-efforts-to-limit-their-rights Bert Johnson /news/2021-09-16/investigation-finds-aurora-police-and-paramedics-consistently-violate-peoples-rights-heres-what-happens-next An Indian-American doctor was sitting in his car outside the building he owned in Aurora. He honked at a police cruiser blocking his way. An Aurora police officer responded by drawing a gun on the doctor, questioning him as if he was a criminal suspect. Thu, 16 Sep 2021 23:14:47 GMT /news/2021-09-16/investigation-finds-aurora-police-and-paramedics-consistently-violate-peoples-rights-heres-what-happens-next Michael de Yoanna