Losing Ground “Colorado’s Minorities” from I-News on Vimeo. By Burt Hubbard and Ann Carnahan Espinola 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 gains made during the 1960s and 1970s have [...]
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 major city. Former Pueblo city council president Ray Aguilera, in his early 20s during the mill’s last heyday as a large-scale employer, recalls wives dropping their husbands – Latinos, Italians, [...]
Losing Ground – Changing Economy from I-News on Vimeo. 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 major city. Former Pueblo City Council President Ray Aguilera, in his early 20s during the mill’s last heyday as a large-scale [...]
Download the ebook of Losing Ground. Once lucrative manufacturing jobs in Colorado have declined sharply since the 1980s as employers such as CF&I Steel, Samonsite and Gates Rubber have cutback employment or closed shop. An I-News Network analysis of 60 years of U.S. Census data and other information reveals how the decline in jobs that [...]
Community leaders, politicians and academics offer their views on racial and ethnic disparities in Colorado and what might be done to address them. “We have the highest illegitimate birth rate in the state of Colorado. We produce in the neighborhood of 300 to 400 illegitimate kids every year. We have babies raising babies.” – Ray [...]
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By BURT HUBBARD I-News Network Coloradans have lower real incomes, a higher percent are living in poverty and fewer own their own homes than the year before the recession began in 2007, according to an I-News analysis of new Census figures released Wednesday night. The analysis also found glimmers of good news: The percent of [...]
Examine the source data for this story here. By Burt Hubbard I-News Network Most of Colorado’s lowest performing school districts posted some of the biggest gains in state standardized tests this year, while scores at many top performing districts stagnated, according to an analysis of scores by the I-News Network. Some Students Falling Behind More [...]
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