When Tamara Lanier makes the case for her right to claim ownership of photographs of “Papa Renty,” her message is both global and personal.
Maya Moore
Maya Moore is CT Mirror’s 2019 Emma Bowen Foundation Intern. She is a journalism and political science student at the University of Connecticut and has an interest in topics covering race and social justice. Moore began her undergraduate journalism career as a campus correspondent with UConn’s independent student-led paper, the Daily Campus, and has since interned for the Hartford Courant. Her work has also been published in the Willimantic Chronicle and the university’s premier publication, UConn Today. Moore is a New Britain native and currently resides in Mansfield, where she continues to write for UConn’s communications department.
Posted inJustice
Hers is a story of racism and exploitation ‘determined to be told’
When Tamara Lanier makes the case for her right to claim ownership of photographs of “Papa Renty,” her message is both global and personal.
Posted inNews
A professor’s case for African-American reparations
Thomas Craemer, a German-born professor of Public Policy at the University of Connecticut, has been studying race and reparations for more than two decades. His struggle with his country’s past now informs his work studying how reparation payments would work in the U.S. Twenty years ago, Thomas Craemer sat face to face with a Holocaust […]
Posted inEconomic Development
CT dairy farmers don’t see hemp as their new cash cow
Hemp and CBD production may be an industry of the future, but probably won’t help Connecticut’s struggling dairy farmers.
Posted inHealth
Office of Health Strategy launches online health care rating system
State officials likened the free tool to Consumer Reports because it will allow users to compare the quality and cost of medical care at 19 of the state’s health care organizations.
Posted inPolitics
Larson gets an earful about impeachment at emotional town hall
Rep. John Larson wants to hold back on impeaching Donald Trump, angering some of his constituents.
Posted inHealth
Opponents decry rollback of federal health care protections for transgender people
Under the Trump administration proposal, health care workers could object to performing procedures such as gender reassignment surgery, and insurance companies would not be required to cover all services for transgender patients.
Posted inEducation
SAT results: At least one-third of CT juniors unready for college or job
The SAT scores also show that Connecticut is not making progress closing wide achievement gaps between minority students and their peers.
Posted inHealth
State launches investigation of e-cigarette manufacturer, questions health claims
JUUL Labs has come under fire in recent months for marketing schemes that heavily target teenagers and claims that its products are a healthier alternative to traditional cigarettes.
Posted inEducation
State’s childcare subsidy program receives long awaited funding increase
The $14 million in new federal funds will be dispersed to an estimated 1,200 centers with families who rely on Care 4 Kids certificates to pay for child care.
Posted inHealth
Expanded insurance coverage for breast cancer screenings lauded by officials, advocates
Harrowing tales from breast cancer survivors from across the state and a slip-up from a freshman legislator are among the circumstances that led to the passage of a bill expanding health care coverage for annual breast cancer screenings.
Posted inEducation
Bye brings passion for social justice to early childhood work
The idea of working to support families motivates Beth Bye in her new post as commissioner of the Office of Early Childhood.
Posted inEducation
State board names education bureau chief as new interim commissioner
State officials are preparing to name a second interim Department of Education commissioner Friday as the search for a permanent leader heads into its seventh month.
Posted inGovernment
State homelessness at lowest point in 12 years, study finds
Connecticut’s homeless population fell 10 percent since last year and is currently at its lowest number since the state began collecting data in 2007.
Posted inEducation
As food insecurity bill slips in under radar, advocates hope for further action
A new program will assess the level of food insecurity among Connecticut college students.