Nationally, mothers lost work at three times the rate of fathers in the pandemic. The loss was even worse for single mothers.
Isabella Zou
is CT Mirror’s Emma Bowen / Yale Journalism Initiative 2020 summer intern, focusing on inequality, disparity, and amplifying diverse voices. She is a rising junior at Yale University, where she studies Ethnicity, Race and Migration and is a Yale Journalism Scholar. Isabella is a staff writer and associate editor for the Yale Daily News Magazine, the longform magazine supplement to the nation’s oldest college daily.
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Life has never been easy for single moms. The pandemic made it harder.
Nationally, mothers lost work at three times the rate of fathers in the pandemic. The loss was even worse for single mothers.
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Can the state convince people of color to trust contact tracing?
While the state’s COVID infection rate remains low, health officials are trying to build trust to avoid a widespread resurgence.
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Lamont doubled down on opening schools – but says the state won’t enforce it
The Governor pushed back verbally against continuing teacher protests but continued walking back state power to mandate reopening.
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Dalio Philanthropies announces return to addressing students’ digital divide
A collaborative effort will address the needs of some 79,000 Connecticut students with no or limited internet access.
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Dismantle racism? Start in the classroom, teachers say
Around Connecticut, teachers are forming grassroots groups to help one another instill antiracist principles in their pedagogy.
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CT faith leaders amplify support for police accountability bill
State religious leaders, prominent voices in the push for police accountability, hope the bill before lawmakers passes.
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A grassroots policing alternative in Hartford spreads its wings
Men Standing Up Against Violence members help residents in Hartford’s North End while deterring street crimes.
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A Hartford reservist’s first deployment: treating coronavirus in NYC
“It was a desire to put my little grain of sand in, and help out,” Milca Rosario said.
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‘A very broad power base’: CT faith leaders in the Black Lives Matter movement
Religious leaders are coalescing around racial justice issues in the state, building new alliances.
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Connecticut towns continue to struggle with diversity in police ranks
There’s a significant gap between the ethnic and racial makeup of Connecticut’s larger cities and the police forces serving them.
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‘Either there’s a serious fear, or a serious disregard for black and brown lives’: A CT activist’s path forward
Daryl McGraw uses his own history with incarceration to help others.
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New study will attempt to determine how widespread COVID-19 is in Connecticut
Blood samples will be taken randomly from 1,400 people to discover how many have antibodies to the coronavirus.