State Ballot Proposition 121 asks Colorado voters if they would like to decrease the state income tax rate. Supporters say the cut will put money into people’s pockets. Opponents say the tax decrease is actually a tax increase for most […]
Headlines – October 29, 2021
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Headlines – October 29, 2021
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Census Report Shows Systemic Inequality
The census recently released its findings on poverty and income statistics. It found the pandemic’s economic effects hit some harder than others. KGNU’s Alexis Kenyon Reports. Listen Here: (Download Audio)
Inequality Barriers Women Face in Workplace, Especially Women of Color
Dr. Sabrina Valpone is an assistant professor at the Leeds School of Business of the University of Colorado at Boulder. She holds a Ph.D. in human resource management and a master’s degree in IO psychology. Her research focuses on the […]
To Form a More Perfect Union
Chuck Edelstein, Phillip A. Hubbart and Dennis Dalton have co-edited To form a more perfect union: An anthology of American Values and the Debate on Income and Wealth Disparity. Edelstein tells KGNU’s Jim Banks that he and his co-authors have […]
Waking the Sleeping Giant
“Does this thing emerge into a fully-fledged twenty first century progressive movement or populist movement and it feels very much like it could.” Jacob Smith, a Golden Colorado based film maker, first decided to make a documentary on Bernie Sanders […]
State-wide healthcare listening tour
“One of the messages that we’ve been advocating on this whole tour is that health is more than just what happens in the doctors office.” Karen McNeil-Miller, the new CEO of the Colorado Health Foundation is embarking on a state-wide […]