Economic Literacy Colorado prepares students with the economic and personal finance skills to effectively participate as responsible and productive members of society. President and CEO Debbie Pierce […]
Connecting the Drops: The Economic Value of the Colorado River
It’s been almost a century since the Colorado River compact was created, divvying up the resources of this mighty waterway between seven states and Mexico – […]
Minimum Wage Ballot Initiative Begins
“For us, it’s a moral issue that no one that’s working full-time should be living in poverty,” said Lizeth Chacon, the co-chair of Colorado Families for […]
Stories of the River: Solution to Scarcity on the Colorado River
Most of the new information being circulated about the Colorado focuses on dwindling flows, record low reservoir levels, vanishing groundwater and deteriorating river ecosystems, however, we […]
The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement in support of Palestinians
“It’s about institutional connections to the oppression of the Palestinian people.” Anna Baltzer has been working with the US campaign to end the Israeli occupation of […]
Capitol Conversation: The Colorado Budget
The annual Colorado budget is making its way through the statehouse. It cleared the Senate on a vote of 21 to 14 passing largely along party […]
Student loan debt crisis and Colorado education funding and TABOR
Since the great recession of 2008, states have cut billions from higher education budgets. The consequential hikes in college tuition across the nation has created a […]
Sacred Economics
How do our personal and collective investments affect women and earth? That will be discussed at a conference happening Friday February 13th and Saturday February 14th […]