'Losing Ground' photos

Angel Castro's son, Aaron, 3, watches a movie after his evening bath while Castro feeds his sister, Alexis, 17 months, dinner at their Englewood, Colo. apartment. Castro, 28, a single mother relying heavily on public assistance, quit her part-time job after losing childcare for the two children. Single parenthood is a bigger indicator of poverty than race, according to six decades of U.S. Census data analyzed by I-News Network. (Joe Mahoney/The iNews Network)

Quincy Hines makes a point during a meeting of "BarberShop Talk" at the New Montbello Barbershop in east Denver. The group gathers twice a week to address issues affecting African-American men. By some of the most important measures of social progress, black and Latino residents of Colorado have lost ground compared to white residents in the decades since the civil rights movement. (Joe Mahoney/The iNews Network)

A meeting of "BarberShop Talk" at the New Montbello Barbershop in east Denver. The group gathers twice a week to address issues affecting African-American men. By some of the most important measures of social progress, black and Latino residents of Colorado have lost ground compared to white residents in the decades since the civil rights movement. For example, the incarceration rates for black men is seven times that of whites. (Joe Mahoney/The iNews Network)

Grant Jones, executive director and founder of The Center for African American Health, at the organization's headquarters in Denver. (Joe Mahoney/The iNews Network)

Theo Wilson opens a discussion during a meeting of "BarberShop Talk" at the New Montbello Barbershop in east Denver. The group gathers twice a week to address issues affecting African-American men. By some of the most important measures of social progress, black and Latino residents of Colorado have lost ground compared to white residents in the decades since the civil rights movement. Incarceration rates for black men is seven times that of whites. (Joe Mahoney/The I-News Network)

Angel Castro's son, Aaron, 3, watches television at their Englewood, Colo. apartment. Castro is a single mother with two children, Aaron and Alexis, 17 months. Single parenthood is a bigger indicator of poverty than race, according to six decades of U.S. Census data analyzed by I-News Network. (Joe Mahoney/The iNews Network)

Angel Castro, 28, a single mother with two children unloads groceries at their Englewood, Colo. apartment. She said she feeds the family on about $500 a month. Single parenthood is a bigger indicator of poverty than race, according to six decades of U.S. Census data analyzed by I-News Network. (Joe Mahoney/The iNews Network)

Angel Castro, 28, a single mother with two children, talks to a bus dispatcher to plan her day's trips to the store and a doctor's appointment as her 17-month-old daughter, Alexis watches at their Englewood, Colo. apartment . Single parenthood is a bigger indicator of poverty than race, according to six decades of U.S. Census data analyzed by I-News Network. (Joe Mahoney/The iNews Network)

Dr. Carolyn Chen, a physician at Clinica Family Health Services in Adams County, Colo., examines six-month-old Isaac Cabanas-Saucedo on Friday, Jan. 11, 2013. (Joe Mahoney/The iNews Network)

Six-month-old Isaac Cabanas-Saucedo nibbles on his toe as Dr. Carolyn Chen, a physician at Clinica Family Health Services in Adams County, Colo., examines him on Friday, Jan. 11, 2013. (Joe Mahoney/The iNews Network)

In the 1960s, the giant Colorado Fuel and Iron (CF&I) steel plant on the southern end of Pueblo, now called EVRAZ Pueblo, was the economic engine and racial equalizer for Colorado's southernmost major city. By the early 1980s, manufacturing operations in Pueblo and across the United States were hit by stiff international competition that led to drastic cutbacks and factory closures. (Joe Mahoney/The iNews Network)

Dr. Carolyn Chen, a physician at Clinica Family Health Services in Adams County, Colo., examines six-month-old Isaac Cabanas-Saucedo as his mother, Sandra Saucedo, holds him on Friday, Jan. 11, 2013. (Joe Mahoney/The iNews Network)

In the 1960s, the giant Colorado Fuel and Iron (CF&I) steel plant on the southern end of Pueblo, now called EVRAZ Pueblo, was the economic engine and racial equalizer for Colorado's southernmost major city. By the early 1980s, manufacturing operations in Pueblo and across the United States were hit by stiff international competition that led to drastic cutbacks and factory closures. (Joe Mahoney/The iNews Network)

Buildings at the EVRAZ Pueblo steel mill are reflected in the window of a building near the former Colorado Fuel and Iron plant on the southern end of Pueblo. In the 1960s, CF&I was the economic engine and racial equalizer for Colorado's southernmost major city. (Joe Mahoney/The iNews Network)

Lucero Barrios, right, with her daughter Monserrat, seven months old, at their home in Arvada, Colo., Barrios is Latina and a new mother --circumstances that place her squarely in a group of people affected by a shocking reality in Colorado: A Hispanic baby born in this state is 63 percent more likely than a white baby to die in the first year of life. (Joe Mahoney/The I-News Network)