Federal Heights just made history with Colorado’s first all-woman city council The council is the first to be without a man in nearly 150 years of statehood
As departing Federal Heights Councilman Harold Thomas said his goodbyes late last year to his colleagues on City Council, he noted that “the city is being left in really good hands.” But what Thomas — nor anyone else at that Dec. 7 meeting — mentioned was that those hands on… Read More
Study: Black women hold few appointed/elected offices in the U.S.
By: Micah Smith Posted at 5:03 PM, Jan 27, 2022 and last updated 6:02 PM, Jan 27, 2022 DENVER — With the announcement that President Biden plans to follow through on his campaign promise to nominate the first Black woman to the Supreme Court following Justice Stephen… Read More
‘I just want to ride my bike:’ An honest talk about racial bias in transportation
DENVER — “This is 2021 into ’22. I’m too old for this mess. I just want to ride my bike. Leave me alone,” said Marcus Robinson, cofounder and executive director of Ride for Racial Justice. Ride for Racial Justice a nonprofit organization that provides education and community support for Black, Indigenous, People… Read More
COVER STORY: THE TRAINING GROUND | Colorado’s left focuses on diversity and building the bench
If you want to run for office, you have to know what you’re doing. That was the message state Rep. Brianna Titone, D-Arvada, delivered to an eager audience of thousands of Democrats during a September Zoom panel on running and winning in a red district. The national event was hosted… Read More
INSIGHTS | House trailblazer Brianna Titone burns up the political spaces
It seems like no time ago that I didn’t give Brianna Titone much of a thought or much of a chance in Colorado politics. I was mistaken. Her political star continues to ascend, so add Joey B to the list of doubters Titone has proven wrong. The two-term state representative… Read More
COVER STORY | Meet Iman Jodeh, Colorado’s first Muslim and Palestinian-American lawmaker
Rep. Iman Jodeh, D-Aurora, finds being a member of the Colorado House almost surreal. The first Muslim and Palestinian-American elected to the Colorado General Assembly said she never considered running for elected office before it all just fell together. “I’m not used to it yet,” she said in an interview… Read More
Coloradans elect first Muslim, first African immigrant to state legislature
First-time voter and Aurora resident Nawal Elsayad was sitting with her dad in front of the TV around 10 p.m. on election night, watching the results as they came in. Elsayad was fixated on the screen for updates on the presidential election, but there was one local race that was… Read More
INSIGHTS | Women voters are the new force in politics, and Colorado leads the way
Kamala Harris is the face of this year’s election, but she doesn’t stand alone. Women of color are the political force capable of reshaping the American political landscape the way it’s already configured Colorado. Two days before the election, our Ernest Luning reported the… Read More
THE AURORA EVOLUTION | Colorado’s third-largest city has changed its political stripes
In less than five years, Aurora transformed from a reliably Republican city to a decidedly progressive Democrat-controlled one. Two recent elections sealed the new political power structure: In 2018 Arapahoe County voters handed Democratic candidates most all major political seats and the 2019 Aurora City Council election that… Read More
Carman: It’s Kamala Harris for VP, and both sides have come out swinging
Michal Rosenoer calls them “purity tests,” the harsh, unyielding judgments leveled at women in politics, particularly women of color, in an attempt to slap them down and hold them back. “They’re running for office within systems that are racist and sexist and they are going to face more criticism… Read More