/tags/racial-bias Racial Bias en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Fri, 26 Jan 2024 18:29:52 GMT /news/2024-01-26/colorados-black-caucus-wants-the-state-to-collect-data-on-systemic-racism Black lawmakers at the Colorado statehouse want to come up with solutions to the ongoing inequities faced by Black Coloradans, but they need to collect data first. Fri, 26 Jan 2024 18:29:52 GMT /news/2024-01-26/colorados-black-caucus-wants-the-state-to-collect-data-on-systemic-racism Lucas Brady Woods /news/2022-12-13/boulder-valley-school-district-aims-for-transparency-accountability-with-new-data-dashboard The Boulder Valley School District’s Latino students are nearly three times more likely than white students to be suspended, according to an analysis by the Boulder Reporting Lab. In an effort to address this issue, the district has added a detailed, school-level data dashboard to its website. Tue, 13 Dec 2022 19:39:25 GMT /news/2022-12-13/boulder-valley-school-district-aims-for-transparency-accountability-with-new-data-dashboard Nikole Robinson Carroll /news/2022-09-28/colorado-prosecutors-take-steps-to-level-the-scales-of-justice For the first time, Colorado prosecutors are providing the public a window into their work. They have published data dashboards online to show metrics such as the racial and ethnic makeup of people they are prosecuting and how long a person is waiting for their day in court. Thu, 29 Sep 2022 01:45:15 GMT /news/2022-09-28/colorado-prosecutors-take-steps-to-level-the-scales-of-justice Robyn Vincent /news/2021-10-26/report-spotlights-striking-racial-disparities-in-mountain-wests-state-prisons Racial disparities are deeply pronounced in state prisons across the nation – and some Western states top the list. Tue, 26 Oct 2021 21:57:20 GMT /news/2021-10-26/report-spotlights-striking-racial-disparities-in-mountain-wests-state-prisons Robyn Vincent /news/2021-09-16/investigation-finds-aurora-police-and-paramedics-consistently-violate-peoples-rights-heres-what-happens-next An Indian-American doctor was sitting in his car outside the building he owned in Aurora. He honked at a police cruiser blocking his way. An Aurora police officer responded by drawing a gun on the doctor, questioning him as if he was a criminal suspect. Thu, 16 Sep 2021 23:14:47 GMT /news/2021-09-16/investigation-finds-aurora-police-and-paramedics-consistently-violate-peoples-rights-heres-what-happens-next Michael de Yoanna /news/2021-09-15/investigation-finds-police-in-aurora-elijah-mcclains-hometown-are-racially-biased A civil rights investigation begun amid outrage over the death of Elijah McClain has found that the Aurora Police Department has a pattern of racially biased policing, Colorado's attorney general said Wednesday. Wed, 15 Sep 2021 19:35:15 GMT /news/2021-09-15/investigation-finds-police-in-aurora-elijah-mcclains-hometown-are-racially-biased Associated Press /news/2019-03-22/boulder-community-calls-for-citizen-oversight-board-after-police-confrontation The city of Boulder is grappling with how to move forward after a March 1 police confrontation with a black college student sparked outrage. A video of… Fri, 22 Mar 2019 11:00:00 GMT /news/2019-03-22/boulder-community-calls-for-citizen-oversight-board-after-police-confrontation /npr-news/2019-03-20/supreme-court-justices-seem-incredulous-at-repeated-racial-bias-in-jury-selection In a Mississippi death penalty case, the justices were skeptical of the way the state picked and dismissed black jurors and appeared ready not to uphold the conviction. Wed, 20 Mar 2019 19:04:00 GMT /npr-news/2019-03-20/supreme-court-justices-seem-incredulous-at-repeated-racial-bias-in-jury-selection Nina Totenberg