Connecticut has taken steps to make roads safer, but it needs to do more to combat the danger of distracted driving.
Opinion
‘Big Bro’ likes your driving, so auto insurance costs less
Our phones know a lot about us, so good drivers can cash in on that with a smartphone app.
North Haven’s proposed ‘Eco Park’ is really ‘Toxic Dump Park’
The waste reclamation facility proposed for North Haven is a threat to air and water quality of its surrounding towns.
For progress, put Connecticut lawmakers and researchers in the same room
CT lawmakers heard 15 policy presentations from academic researchers Tuesday in a first-of-its-kind event. The takeaway: We need more.
CT disregarded literacy screening requirements during Right to Read initiative
The Right to Read legislation and district wishes do not supplant CT’s requirement for districts to use K-3 reading screening measures.
Here’s a good way for Connecticut to stop ‘street takeovers’
Here’s an effective strategy for deterring more street takeovers in the future.
A modest proposal for ensuring the rights of ‘unborn human beings’
Since the Supreme Court ruled that the state can legally intrude into a woman’s most intimate and private parts to control her body, her privacy, and her free will, then certainly the state can also legally make lesser intrusions to achieve the same end.
CT needs an election law like Colorado’s
Colorado has a law empowering its secretary of state to remove ‘unqualified’ candidates from presidential primary ballots. CT needs one too.
We should celebrate our heritage as a nation of immigrants
Recent rhetoric about immigrants has been ugly and disturbing; we would do better to remember how common the immigrant experience is.
Are EVs running out of gas?
Converting our driving to all-EV is an admirable aspiration, but won’t be without its challenges… or costs.
The CT Public Transportation Council: Your transit advocacy voice
With a regular forum and audience with CDOT and service providers, the CT Public Transportation Council is ready to advocate for CT riders.
For Palestinians, heaven is closer than Sinai
Israel’s strategy, in which the Biden Administration and Congress remain complicit, will only lead to more death, destruction, and insecurity.
The 2024 election puts the future of American democracy in our hands
We have a choice in 2024. Do you think everyone should be equal under the law? Or do you want to give power to one small group to decide what is right and wrong?
How I use storytelling to help improve health care for people leaving prison
We spoke data through storytelling to communities that were often blind to the legislative assault waged against Black and Brown communities.
Close disparities in hospital billing through FAIR and SITE Acts
Congress must pass reforms now to ensure everyone, regardless of income or background, can access and afford the health care they need.



