First seen in Kaiser Health News Ana’s 9-year-old son was the first in the family to come down with symptoms that looked like covid-19 last March. Soon after, the 37-year-old unauthorized immigrant and three of […]
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Hate Needles? Get a Coronavirus Vaccine and a Free Joint
First seen in The News Station WASHINGTON, D.C. — Activists and advocates with DCMJ, better known as DC Marijuana Justice, have pushed cannabis legalization in the nation’s capital through stunts in the past — like […]
Minority students are disciplined more often than their white counterparts. What are districts doing about it?
First seen in the Colorado Springs Indy On the third day of online school in August, Dani Elliott called her 12-year-old son. She was terrified. She told him to lock every door, turn off the lights […]
CSPD hosts law enforcement training for mental health 911 calls
First seen in the Colorado Springs Indy “We have to show that we care about people. A lot of people don’t think that we do,” a facilitator told a Colorado Springs Police officer during Crisis […]
ACLU pressures Polis to release more inmates at risk for COVID-19
First seen in the Colorado Springs Indy Marsha Brewer’s fifth wheel has been sitting on her and her husband Jim’s ranch in Yoder for the last month, detailed and ready to quarantine him if he […]
Petition gathers support to Keep Westside Community Center
First seen in the Colorado Springs Indy Ten years ago, while Colorado Springs was in an economic nosedive, the city transferred management of some of its community centers to local nonprofits. One of them, the Westside […]
An older demographic of temporary election workers faces COVID-19
First seen in the Colorado Springs Indy For the first time in nearly two decades, Marguerite Terze won’t be working as an election judge in November’s election. She and her husband Mark Schwarz, both over […]
Colorado Springs Mayor talks taxes, budget cuts, and COVID-19
First seen in the Colorado Springs Independent Mayor John Suthers shared his thoughts on local current affairs during a webcast Aug. 26 arranged by the Council of Neighbors and Organizations, a neighborhood engagement organization. The […]
District 11 technical and college preparatory schools carry past lessons into new year
First seen in the Colorado Springs Independent Young people are increasingly turning toward options not offered in traditional classrooms, allowing them to explore hands-on trades and focused career paths long before graduation. Colorado Springs School District […]
20-year CSPD officer disciplined for “KILL EM ALL” comment
First seen in the Colorado Springs Independent A Colorado Springs Police Officer found to have commented “KILL EM ALL” and then “KILL THEM ALL” on a livestream of a June Black Lives Matter protest that […]
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