Racism

Local News

Police shootings play into Colorado politics

candidate Daryll Glenn: ‘Words are hard to find’

July 11, 2016

Local News

Santa Rita Park rally aims to educate about racial profiling

Organizers say rally relieves anger, begins long road to change

July 7, 2016

Local News

Trump labeled racist by Colorado Democrats

Prominent leaders speak out against recent ‘Mexican’ comment

June 8, 2016

Nation & World

Supreme Court upends all-white jury verdict, death sentence

Foster The 7-1 ruling in favor of death row inmate Timothy Tyrone Foster came in a case in which defense…

May 23, 2016

Local News

Minorities overrepresented throughout criminal process in Colorado

Black and Latino Coloradans are disproportionately incarcerated, shot by police, arrested and detained as youth, arrested for marijuana, sent back…

May 1, 2016

Local News

Durango women applaud $20 bill redesign

“I let out an audible squeal of delight when I heard that this morning,” said Sidny Zink, a Colorado Department…

April 20, 2016

Local News

Native American mascot commission a model for nation

as a national model in eliminating derogatory imagery

April 18, 2016

Regional News

U.S. Supreme Court to hear Colorado case

Defendant: Racial slurs deprived him of impartial jury

April 4, 2016

Regional News

Denver student withdraws her art after police criticism

depicted police officer with KKK hoodie pointing gun at black child

March 25, 2016

Local News

Is Durango an oasis or a place where people struggle?

Diversity Dialogue looks at different experiences in community

March 19, 2016

Local News

Dozens protest Confederate flag ride in Durango

say they could not remain silent

March 5, 2016

Local News

Vigil at Fort Lewis College honors Trayvon Martin

About 50 people attended Friday eveningâ€™s vigil at Fort Lewis College in remembrance of Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old who was…

February 26, 2016

Nation & World

Analysis finds more white people aware of racism

they believe that injustice must be confronted

January 30, 2016

Local News

Fort Lewis College honors King with three days of activities

‘How can we live our lives in a way that honors Dr. King every day?’

January 16, 2016

Local News

House panel advances racial-profiling prohibitions

Hearing examines other police reforms

April 2, 2015

Local News

Native mascot bill loses funding

depends on private dollars

April 2, 2015

Local News

Support for minority experience

to talk, share problems

January 28, 2015

Local News

Remarks in Cortez student paper spark backlash

On the opinion page of the November 2013 Panther Press, a senior was quoted as saying he would want to…

November 22, 2013