Percentage of Colorado kids in poverty drops to about 15 percent

“Researchers provided a historical perspective in this year’s report, including a map from the Denver Public Library that illustrates the former practice of “’red-lining’ by banks in the city. Bankers used such maps to decide whether to approve home loans, saying part of their decision was based on a neighborhood’s economic security. Five Points and southwest Denver, both historically nonwhite areas, are lined in red.”