We must be careful of the slippery slope of blaming fiery words as the cause of horrific actions and attitudes. The easy grab, history shows, is authority-driven retaliation.
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Protect Bridgeport’s past – and our right to shape its future
The Connecticut Siting Council has a choice: side with a utility that dismissed alternatives, or stand with a community fighting for its heritage.
New Haven shows how NOT to solve homelessness
Homelessness is not a crime. It is the predictable outcome of decades of failed housing policy.
Third Act CT to Stephen Miller: We’re not ‘going home’
We in Third Act CT are CT elders who stand irrefutably against the oligarchic autocracy now under construction.
Wethersfield school renovations would benefit student health
There are statistically significant improvements in student outcomes that go beyond the financial variable.
The Bizarro presidency
Trump’s Bizarro-like idea of meritocracy amounts to a patronage system of blatant incompetency.
Connecticut should resist the push for a fossil fuel future
The attempt to shut down Revolution Wind shows that Trump is hell-bent on replacing renewable energy projects with price-volatile gas.
Half-staff flag for Kirk a baffling gesture
Connecticut residents should demand that our symbols of honor reflect the best of who we are —not the worst of what we’ve allowed.
Vaccines are crucial to maintaining public health
Vaccines have saved millions upon millions of lives and publicly challenging their efficacy could result in disastrous cases.
Levity, yes. Lewdness, no.
There is a growing movement across the United States and in Connecticut that’s broadly defined as “clean comedy.”
Stop the undermining of higher education
Before the public trust in universities erodes, we must recommit to free inquiry and resist censorship pressures.
Enablers of the new American autocracy
A soft coup is insidious and diabolical. It is the choice of recent new autocrats. We are at stage three of four, in my opinion,
Don’t let immigration status decide who gets care in CT
Connecticut should expand Medicaid to all teens and young adults regardless of immigration status.
The hidden health crisis: medical debt
Medical debt has become a full-blown public health emergency; delaying care, worsening illness, deepening inequality, and destroying hope.
EPA’s reconsideration of the asbestos ban compromises CT veterans
One truth impossible to ignore: unless asbestos exposure is eliminated once and for all, the human cost —especially among veterans— will only escalate.



