Opinion

Many people have been talking about the great things that CTFastrak, Connecticut’s commuter busway, will bring to local communities when it’s up and running in early 2015.   Better commutes, less reliance on cars, fast and convenient transportation is all great news for our community.  But for many, CTFastrak will open up a much more important and […]

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 […]

Society can benefit from a trauma-informed ministry that brings to bear upon those suffering from trauma the wisdom, insights and resources of their religious faith and uses these cultural attributes for the sufferer’s benefit.

May is “National Mental Health Awareness Month.” Across the country organizations will work to raise awareness in an effort to reduce stigma.

Pediatric mental health services are about to undergo a much needed transformation in Connecticut. Because of a recent bill, PA 13-178, the delivery of mental health services for children in Connecticut are being reviewed and redesigned.  The bill was passed last July to develop a “comprehensive” plan to improve child and adolescent mental health care […]

Many Connecticut residents, particularly those who identify as racial or ethnic minorities or who live in historically-disadvantaged neighborhoods, face astonishingly high unemployment rates. In New Haven, unemployment ranges from 3 percent in high-income neighborhoods such as Westville and East Rock, to 20 percent in low- income neighborhoods such as Dixwell, Newhallville, and the Hill — and “underemployment” rates are often twice these figures.

With CTFastrak, Connecticut’s dedicated busway between Hartford and New Britain, the state has a chance to re-invent itself and its future by building communities that support, encourage and use non-auto methods of transport.