The Farmington school board’s reversal on religious holidays leaves students and community members wondering if they’d truly been heard.
Sana Shaikh | Opinion Contributor
Posted inCommunity Editorial Board
The Roe ruling should be a call to action to support Black women
Overturning of Roe v. Wade will disproportionately impact Black women’s access to reproductive freedom, exacerbating the racial, structural and systematic policies that have impacted Black women for generations.
Posted inCommunity Editorial Board
To Connecticut parents ‘new normal’ means ‘you are on your own’
The phrase “the new normal” is like nails on a chalkboard, as we know firsthand the true nature of pandemic parenting: nothing is truly normal.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
We have forgotten how to be civil – and it’s not Critical Race Theory’s fault
We have forgotten how to be human as we engage difficult issues of racial identity, systemic racism and historical injustice.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
How do we show that we value teachers? By listening to them.
When I was graduating college, my friends’ futures were brimming with impressive labels: Google, Facebook, McKinsey, Bain, PhD, MD, Fulbrights – the list of professional excellence was seemingly never-ending. When I said that I was becoming a teacher, I got puzzled looks – “Why would you be a teacher?” “If you can’t do, teach,” I heard. The nonchalance about my professional trajectory was unsettling. What’s more? Nothing has changed in the last ten years.