First seen in Denver Westword On Saturday, May 30, thousands of people gathered at the State Capitol in downtown Denver for the third day in a row to protest the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Protesters […]
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How Cities’ Big Nonprofits Are Tackling Income Inequality
First seen in POLITICO Magazine By some measures, Chicago has one of the country’s largest and most diversified economies with 4 million workers, but the city has struggled to uplift historically segregated and economically depressed communities on […]
Why Atlantans Buy Their Produce on the Subway
First seen in Politico Magazine / photo MARTA tlanta is known for transportation snarls that can make people’s blood pressure soar. But city officials have come up with a way to use the city’s transit […]
How Mike Bloomberg Got New York to Eat Its Veggies
First seen in Politico Magazine / photo Michael Loccisano/ Getty Images for HBO Columbia University study published in 2014, found that Green Carts provided high quality fresh produce to neighborhoods with low consumption and availability […]
What Happened After an Appalachian Town Got Shamed Nationally
First seen in Politico Magazine / Photo Getty ver a decade ago, Huntington, West Virginia, endured a dose of civic fat shaming when the city was labeled the most obese in the nation. Forty Five […]
How Cities Are Turning Food Into Fuel: More and more cities are making biogas out of tons of wasted food instead of sending it to landfills.
First seen in Politico Magazine, photos by Sarah Blesener Every year, America throws away more than 80 million pounds of food. More than three-quarters of it ends up in landfills, where it takes up more room […]
Buttigieg smacks at Beto: ‘I don’t need lessons from you on courage’
First seen in Politico Pete Buttigieg attacked Beto O’Rourke on the debate stage in highly personal terms on Tuesday night, telling the former Texas lawmaker that, “I don’t need lessons from you on courage, political […]
Taking police officers out of mental health-related 911 rescues
DENVER — Every day that Janet van der Laak drives between car dealerships in her sales job, she keeps size 12 shoes, some clothes and a packed lunch — a PB&J sandwich, fruit and a […]
Inside the Summit for Trump-Loving Young Black Conservatives: The president has alienated many African Americans—but not these young activists.
First seen in Politico Magazine As a crowd listened to President Donald Trump speak in the East Room on Friday, chants of “USA” and “four more years” reverberated amid the gold drapes and crystal chandeliers. […]
Josh George Found Himself With a Dog…and Then He Lost Her
Josh George adopted Besita, a young sheep dog rescue from Juárez, Mexico, early this year, taking her home to his place in the Denver suburbs. He was glad he finally lived in a city where he could […]
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