Colorado Matters

Two Black ranchers in rural El Paso County say they’re the victims of racist neighbors and law enforcement. The neighbors and the El Paso County sheriff’s office deny the claims. The ranchers have themselves been charged with felony stalking. Then, the music of Arum Rae, who grew up in Colorado Springs. Her new album, “Loose Ends,” was released this month.

They are places at risk of disappearing, even though they mean a lot to people. This time each year, a list comes out of Colorado’s most endangered spots. To tell us what’s considered vulnerable in 2023 are Katie Peterson, who directs the program for Colorado Preservation Inc., and Junita Martinez, of San Francisco, Colorado, in the San Luis Valley, who’s invested in one site in particular.

The Center for African and African American Studies, known as "the CAAAS (the cause)," officially launched this month at the University of Colorado Boulder. Then, Republican Representative Ken Buck talks with CPR's Washington, D.C. reporter Caitlyn Kim about taking on big tech. Plus, "The Secret Comedy of Women." And, the Colorado Repertory Jazz Orchestra celebrates Nat King Cole.

Startup company Karman+ recently won a $1.3 million state incentive, payable over eight years, to move to Colorado. The firm is developing plans to mine water and minerals from asteroids. It joins hundreds of companies that make up the second-largest aerospace industry in the country.

Tyre Nichols’ death at the hands of Memphis officers raises questions about police brutality and internalized racism. CPR host Chandra Thomas Whitfield visits a classroom where students share their views on the case and looks at how it’s touching their teacher, who sees it as an opportunity to teach history as it’s made. Also, what exactly is “internalized racism”?

Ahead of Tuesday’s State of the Union, Americans use words like "frustrated" and "exhausted" to describe their feelings about the country. Then, former Denver Bronco Ryan Harris says a new coach means new hope for the team. And, Mini Money offers advice on financial management.

Colorado landscape photographer John Fielder, whose books and calendars are in countless homes, is thinking about his legacy. The 72-year-old is donating his life's work to History Colorado. Fielder welcomes Sr. Host Ryan Warner to his home above Silverthorne, Colorado. They discuss his decades photographing Colorado's wildlands and wildlife.

The U.S. border with Mexico used to run straight through Colorado, until a war in the mid-1800's.  The treaty that ended the war and created the region we live in and know today is going on display at History Colorado. Then, the National Brotherhood of Skiers marks fifty years on the slopes this weekend in Colorado with an ongoing mission: inclusion in all snow sports.

In Denver Public Schools, 20 percent of teachers are Latino compared to more than 50 percent of students. In Systemic, one teacher shares her journey from classroom to front office, in an effort to change the status quo. Later, how one student overcame failure by learning how to learn.

A CPR investigation finds uneven application of a law that allows temporary confiscation of guns from people who pose a threat. Then, the legislature could consider several gun-control measures. And, astronomers are on the lookout for an asteroid that’s 500 million miles away. Plus, a University of Colorado graduate stars in “Wakanda Forever.”