/tags/series-losing-ground Series: Losing Ground en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Mon, 23 Sep 2013 12:15:00 GMT /education/2013-09-23/graduation-rate-focus-brings-education-gains-for-colorados-minorities Black and Latino adults in Colorado narrowed some of the wide education gaps with their white counterparts last year, according to an I-°µşÚ±¬ÁĎ analysis of… Mon, 23 Sep 2013 12:15:00 GMT /education/2013-09-23/graduation-rate-focus-brings-education-gains-for-colorados-minorities Burt Hubbard /business/2013-06-18/the-lives-of-three-colorado-women-on-the-edge-of-the-cliff Perhaps the most important of the welfare reform measures passed by Congress 17 years ago doesn’t serve three-fourths of working poor families in Colorado… Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:32:26 GMT /business/2013-06-18/the-lives-of-three-colorado-women-on-the-edge-of-the-cliff Jim Trotter /national/2013-06-15/in-colorado-child-care-the-key-between-self-sufficiency-and-the-cliff 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… Sat, 15 Jun 2013 17:00:38 GMT /national/2013-06-15/in-colorado-child-care-the-key-between-self-sufficiency-and-the-cliff Burt Hubbard /politics/2013-02-18/proposal-at-the-capitol-to-create-commision-on-racial-and-ethnic-inequality Two Colorado lawmakers plan to push for a comprehensive examination of racial and ethnic inequality in the state as a precursor to future legislation… Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:40:57 GMT /politics/2013-02-18/proposal-at-the-capitol-to-create-commision-on-racial-and-ethnic-inequality Kevin Vaughan /health/2013-02-04/confronting-challenges-and-fairness-in-minority-health Among the hurdles to attacking disparities in health between ethnic and racial minorities and whites is the confounding reality that some inequities have… Mon, 04 Feb 2013 12:00:00 GMT /health/2013-02-04/confronting-challenges-and-fairness-in-minority-health Kevin Vaughan /education/2013-01-31/starting-early-combating-the-rising-latino-achievement-gap A program, funded in part by the United Way of Weld County, is helping combat the problem of low Latino graduation rates in a unique -and early- way.A… Fri, 01 Feb 2013 04:01:18 GMT /education/2013-01-31/starting-early-combating-the-rising-latino-achievement-gap Nathan Heffel /health/2013-01-23/stark-health-disparities-for-colorados-minorities Lucero Barrios is Latina and a new mother –circumstances that place her squarely in a group of people affected by a shocking reality in Colorado: A… Wed, 23 Jan 2013 15:02:52 GMT /health/2013-01-23/stark-health-disparities-for-colorados-minorities Kevin Vaughan /business/2013-01-22/a-changing-economy-opportunity-lost-amid-manufacturing-downturn In the 1960s, the giant CF&I steel plant on the southern end of Pueblo was the economic driving engine and racial equalizer for Colorado’s southernmost… Tue, 22 Jan 2013 14:15:02 GMT /business/2013-01-22/a-changing-economy-opportunity-lost-amid-manufacturing-downturn Burt Hubbard /community/2013-01-21/i-news-study-finds-some-civil-rights-era-gains-eroding-for-colorado-minorities A new I-°µşÚ±¬ÁĎ project provides a revealing portrait of disparities for Colorado’s African American and Latino residents.The series looks back at five… Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:05:04 GMT /community/2013-01-21/i-news-study-finds-some-civil-rights-era-gains-eroding-for-colorado-minorities Erin O'Toole /arts-life/2013-01-21/single-parenthood-a-major-factor-in-poverty Angel Castro’s days teeter between determination and desperation. She is 28, impoverished, scarred from a chaotic childhood and adolescence, raising two… Mon, 21 Jan 2013 11:45:00 GMT /arts-life/2013-01-21/single-parenthood-a-major-factor-in-poverty Ann Carnahan Espinola