There are things — nonviolent things — people can do to address the issues raised by the racial disturbances in Watts in 1965 and Hartford in 1967-1970, and this week in Ferguson, Mo.
Steve Thornton
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Op-Ed: There are nonviolent ways to defend against racism
There are things — nonviolent things — people can do to address the issues raised by the racial disturbances in Watts in 1965 and Hartford in 1967-1970, and this week in Ferguson, Mo.
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Op-ed: Honoring Samuel Colt a misplaced effort and a waste of money
Is there anyone less deserving of the lavish honors underway this weekend in Hartford for Samuel Colt?
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Op-ed: Honoring Samuel Colt a misplaced effort and a waste of money
Is there anyone less deserving of the lavish honors underway this weekend in Hartford for Samuel Colt?
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Op-Ed: Twain’s novel speaks of democracy and technology today
Steve Thornton Today, June 19, marks a significant incident in Connecticut history. Yet no one celebrates it. (No, I don’t mean Juneteenth, which is the African American community’s commemoration of Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.) June 19, 1879 was the day Hank Morgan got hit with a crowbar by a worker known as Hercules, a powerful blow […]
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Op-Ed: Twain’s novel speaks of democracy and technology today
Steve Thornton Today, June 19, marks a significant incident in Connecticut history. Yet no one celebrates it. (No, I don’t mean Juneteenth, which is the African American community’s commemoration of Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.) June 19, 1879 was the day Hank Morgan got hit with a crowbar by a worker known as Hercules, a powerful blow […]
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Op-ed: Why today, Workers’ Memorial Day, is so important
Workplace injuries and deaths have haunted Connecticut industry since the first factories rose more than 150 years ago.