Investigative Journalism

Fasting-growing immigrant group in the U.S. has had a large presence in Colorado since the 1970s Stock image This story is told in a few paragraphs, a motion graphic, an audio story and an exhaustive timeline. Enjoy. Colorado is home to a large population of Ethiopian immigrants. Nearly 30,000 live...

More than 277,000 immigrants from Bangladesh live in the United States. That number may grow if the country's 'descent into lawlessness' continues. Stock image In 1974, Kayes Ahmed got on a one-way flight out of Bangladesh to begin an indefinite self-imposed exile from the country he fought to free. All...

Large cutout paintings dot the landscape of farmland in the Salinas Valley. Photo by Debra Jane Seltzer ( www.RoadsideArchitecture.com ) In the fertile lands of central California lies the Salinas Valley , where 369,000 acres of land provide the country with $8.1 billion worth of fruits and vegetables annually. Nicknamed...

Refugees from Myanmar have one of the lowest rates of assimilation among Colorado immigrants Author’s note: Myanmar is now the official name of the Southeast Asian nation previously known as Burma until the year 1989. Both names are used in the story below. She spent five lonely months at the...

Russian man dies at San Diego ICE detention center, sixth detainee to die since October In this Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014 photo, elementary aged children talk about a short story in Spanish during a class at the Karnes County Residential Center, a temporary home for immigrant women and children detained...

Aurora says it’s a coincidence that its predominately white officers are shooting at black subjects. Watchdogs don’t buy that theory. Stock image This story was produced by CU News Corps for the Colorado Independent and ran on April 13, 2016 . Aurora police are shooting black people at a rate...

How Chronic Illnesses Impact Hispanic Immigrants Hispanic immigrants face many obstacles when they come to the U.S., including employment and assimilating to American culture. But most immigrants must also fight to maintain their health in their new environment. In the following graphics, CU News Corps looked at the challenges that...

The UN warns of growing xenophobia in Austria. telesurtv.net UN chief secretary Ban Ki-Moon spoke to the Austrian parliament on Thursday, expressing his concerns to a newly passed bill that would allow Austria to reject all refugees and migrants at their border. Austria would have to declare a state of...

U.S. Presidential Candidates on Immigration (May, 2016) ✓ indicates support ✗ indicates opposition ~ indicates ambiguity Hillary Clinton Bernie Sanders Donald J. Trump “The Wall” ✗ ✗ ✓ Increasing Deportations ✗ ✗ ✓ Amnesty ✓ ✓ ✗ Citizenship ✓ ✓ ~ Health Care ✓ ✓ ~ Expanding Legal Immigration ✓...

On a bright Sunday afternoon in late April, more than a dozen members of the “Colorado Literary and Cultural Society” gather at a clubhouse of a condo complex in Aurora. First things first, lunch is served: jasmine rice with chicken curry, egg masala, and traditional daal , or lentil soup...