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Advocates say Connecticut must rebuild its aging transportation network and expand public transit to provide economic opportunity for all.
The final weeks of Trump's presidency are solidifying conservative policies, making it harder for Biden to advance his agenda.
The pandemic has forced diabetics to cope with an even heavier burden of financial, physical and mental health needs.
The change has led to an uptick in identified cases, according to the DOC website.
Longstanding health disparities have amplified during the pandemic, creating 'heightened levels of mistrust.'
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Literature and art have always provided a tool to interpret and make sense of events. Major works such as El Quijote and Hamlet enable us to better understand complicated and contradictory realities. We are now living a confusing moment where a sitting president is trying to deny the results of an election carried out without fraud.
COVID-19 tests that can be used anywhere, provide results in less than an hour, and potentially cost a few dollars or less are being mass produced. Connecticut has received close to 300,000 thousand such kits from one source, and expects to receive 1.07 million within a few months. Can these be used to quell the epidemic?
Throughout the COVID pandemic, critical care teams have stood as the last line of defense for patients when all other measures have failed. With cases again surging in Connecticut, we are once again seeing signs that this line of defense is threatened. For this reason, more than 40 other critical care physicians and I sent a letter to Gov. Lamont expressing our grave concerns that the capacity of our intensive care units (ICUs) is becoming saturated.
The last thing I expected to see on the day after my fourth State Senate election was Marcia Biederman's Nov.4 Op-Ed confession about white supremacy in my high school 56 years post-graduation. Black people have faced every form of injustice imagined throughout history, but we are a resilient people and I have the DNA of my ancestors. That DNA has carried me for 72 years to stand in my truth, even as a young girl.
Shea is a story about race and social inequalities that plague America. It is a narrative that prompts the question, “Do you know what it’s like to wake up in new skin?” Anthony Valentine lives in Bloomfield
Through my artwork I strive to create an example of ideas that reflect my desire to raise social consciousness, and cultural awareness. Jazz music is the catalyst to all my work, and plays a major influence in each piece of work.”
During times like these it’s often fun to revisit something familiar and approach things with a different slant. I have been taking some Pop culture and Art masterpieces and applying the vintage 1960’s and 70’s classic figures (Fisher Price, little people) to the make an amusing pieces. Here is my homage to Fisher -Price, Yellow […]
About the art: This was a local landmark on Marion Road in Cheshire. I have painted this old cider mill and farm over many years and felt it was a part of Connecticut’s history. Ellen Pliskin lives in Cheshire.
