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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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Best of 2021: Life has never been easy for single moms. The pandemic made it harder.

by Isabella Zou December 31, 2021

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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Life has never been easy for single moms. The pandemic made it harder.

by Isabella Zou May 4, 2021March 5, 2022

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?

by Isabella Zou August 11, 2020March 5, 2022

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

by Isabella Zou and Jacqueline Rabe Thomas July 30, 2020March 5, 2022

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

by Isabella Zou July 27, 2020March 5, 2022

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

by Isabella Zou July 27, 2020March 5, 2022

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

by Isabella Zou July 23, 2020March 5, 2022

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

by Isabella Zou July 8, 2020March 5, 2022

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

by Isabella Zou June 26, 2020March 5, 2022

“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

by Isabella Zou June 23, 2020March 5, 2022

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

by Ana Radelat and Isabella Zou June 11, 2020March 5, 2022

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

by Isabella Zou June 9, 2020March 5, 2022

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

by Gregory B. Hladky and Isabella Zou June 2, 2020March 5, 2022

Blood samples will be taken randomly from 1,400 people to discover how many have antibodies to the coronavirus.

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