Raksha Vasudevan, Author at High Country News https://www.hcn.org A nonprofit independent magazine of unblinking journalism that shines a light on all of the complexities of the West. Thu, 29 Feb 2024 00:11:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.hcn.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-HCN_Logo-Monogram_White_Sq-2-32x32.png Raksha Vasudevan, Author at High Country News https://www.hcn.org 32 32 229054741 Can affordable housing for Indigenous communities work? https://www.hcn.org/issues/56-3/can-affordable-housing-for-indigenous-communities-work/ Tue, 27 Feb 2024 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=322817 Grant Davis walks back to his tiny home at Colorado Village Collaborative’s Native-Inclusive Safe Outdoor Space in Denver, Colorado.

The question looms large as Denver breaks ground on its first affordable housing project for Indigenous people.

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]]> 322817 North Denver’s green space paradox https://www.hcn.org/issues/55-12/communities-north-denvers-green-space-paradoxx/ Fri, 01 Dec 2023 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/articles/communities-north-denvers-green-space-paradoxx/

Will a billion-dollar infrastructure project heal a Colorado community — or displace its residents?

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]]> 321601 Can Denver live up to its reputation of being a ‘sanctuary city’? https://www.hcn.org/issues/55-8/ideas-immigration-can-denver-live-up-to-its-reputation-of-being-a-sanctuary-city/ Mon, 22 May 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/ideas-immigration-can-denver-live-up-to-its-reputation-of-being-a-sanctuary-city/ Migrants at a makeshift shelter in Denver, Colorado, this January. Last month, the city of Denver announced that it would stop providing emergency shelter to undocumented people.

The city’s response to migrant ‘surges’ endangers both newcomers and its long-standing unhoused population.

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]]> 226238 How social work can help fight the impacts of climate change https://www.hcn.org/articles/south-climate-change-how-social-work-can-help-fight-the-impacts-of-climate-change/ Fri, 12 May 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/south-climate-change-how-social-work-can-help-fight-the-impacts-of-climate-change/ Elise Myren, a 7th grade student, joins teachers and community supporters in protest outside of the Denver Public Schools administration building to demand equity for students attending classes in excessively hot classrooms in Denver, Colorado, on August 26, 2019.

Denver’s Lisa Reyes Mason leads a new generation of social workers in helping communities adapt to the climate crisis.

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]]> 204168 The revenge of Big Tech https://www.hcn.org/issues/54-5/ideas-technology-the-revenge-of-big-tech/ Sun, 01 May 2022 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/2022/05/01/the-revenge-of-big-tech/

When tech companies rule the world, what could go wrong?

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]]> 121634 Overcoming winter’s alienation https://www.hcn.org/issues/52-3s/special-recreation-overcoming-winters-alienation/ Mon, 16 Mar 2020 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/2020/03/16/overcoming-winters-alienation/

I long felt shut out of the season. Snowshoeing changed that.

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]]> 120736 Mountain biking is my act of resistance https://www.hcn.org/issues/51-4/essays-mountain-biking-is-my-act-of-resistance/ Thu, 14 Feb 2019 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/2019/02/14/mountain-biking-is-my-act-of-resistance/

In predominantly white Colorado, I bike to beat my fear.

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