This winter has made one thing unmistakably clear: our region’s energy security can no longer be taken for granted.
Opinion
It’s not complicated: Homelessness is a housing problem
While households wait for subsidies and struggle with unaffordable rents, even a temporary financial shock can push them into homelessness.
Stable housing is pivotal to ending child poverty
Expanding just-cause eviction protections to include working families and strengthening rental assistance are stabilizing policies.
More work to do in ending racism and hate
Hate still exists and is allowed to live and thrive in our environment.
A gift at the pump in an election year
As one seasoned Connecticut legislator once told me: “Sometimes good politics is also good policy.”
Why civics education matters for CT students
The Civics Seal moves the focus away from national culture wars and toward the practical work of being a “good neighbor” and community member.
CT knows how to prevent homelessness. Why not do it?
As housing costs rise and financial precarity becomes more common, prevention programs remain underfunded, fragmented, or reactive.
For CT moms, paid leave is a step forward, but…
On National Working Moms Day March 12 we must address the unjust disparities in access to maternity leave and understand the value of expanding paid leave.
Look beyond ownership to protect patient care
SB196 provides a justified response to the actions of a few bad actors who have contributed to hospital bankruptcies.
Recidivism is a failure of systems that ignore trauma
Most people don’t end up in prison because they’re dangerous. They end up there because they’re unhealed, unsupported, and trying to survive.
Hunger should never be a weapon
In present-day conflicts from Gaza to Yemen, gaining access to food is still restricted as a weapon of war.
Lawmakers must consider the per pupil pension subsidy
There is a $1.7 billion annual education expense that should not be left out of lawmakers’ considerations: teacher retirement benefits.
A better conversation about CT homeschooling
Most families would appreciate having opportunities to combine home education with access to programs and resources that help their children thrive.
Work with providers to grow safe, secure housing
As CT’s sweeping new housing law takes effect, lawmakers should evaluate any new proposal this session with this lens: Will it support—and grow—safe, secure housing?
The CT economy in a ‘strait’ jacket?
Think of the Strait of Hormuz as the Merritt Parkway of global oil traffic: too narrow, over‑capacity, and one bad move from a miles‑long backup.

