I was disappointed to see the headline in last weekend's Aspen Times announcing the return of the Raizado festival. The headline sent a...

For many, seeing Latina high school student Naomi Peña Villasano don her undeservedly controversial cultural stole before walking across...

On Saturday, in my role as a trustee at Colorado Mesa University, I will don a cap, gown and sarape-themed stole before watching from the...

When it comes to elections, it’s often said that all politics is local. And we might make the same argument for passing legislation,...

As Eagle County School District Superintendent Philip Qualman recently noted, it’s spring testing season for local students. The annual...

The water, we were told, is safe to drink. It’s hard water, heavy with minerals, different government officials kept explaining. And when...

For community members interested in the health and well-being of the Roaring Fork School District, here’s a different perspective. On...

It could be said that the road to affordable housing is paved with good intentions. Unfortunately, those good intentions have not always...

You’ve remembered to spring forward, you’ve probably made spring break plans, but have you made your plan to vote? That’s right. Voting....

“Today we march, tomorrow we vote,” was a popular rallying cry of the 2006 U.S. immigration reform protests. At the time, those of us...

Aspen isn’t Memphis — or Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston, or even Denver. But Aspen’s search for its next police chief serves as a timely...

I grew up in a trailer park, like many working families in Eagle County. The preferred term is mobile home park, although neither of...

Like a lot of you, I grew up in Eagle County. More and more of us can say that these days, as the generations pass, although it certainly...

On a crisp October Saturday, a dozen paid canvassers and a handful of local volunteers from Voces Unidas started to call, text and even...

The Latino community knows first-hand what it means for the government to marginalize our needs when it comes to healthcare. We are the...

We can all recognize that Colorado is facing an unprecedented water crisis. In the midst of the worst megadrought in 1,200 years, we are...

When faced with a health challenge, the best approach is to address it before things get worse. Tackling health care challenges in the...

Whether watching the price at the pump while filling up our cars with gas or looking at the receipt after shopping for groceries, the...

Those of us who have become active in advocating for our community can point back to the key moments that launched us on our leadership...

As leaders of two of the largest Western Slope organizations working directly with Latinos and Latinas, we’ve seen firsthand the...