The Connecticut Department of Children and Families should stop and listen to experts within and beyond our borders who are offering the help that Connecticut’s children need.
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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: Connecticut should not be manipulated by the Koch brothers
Should we continue to be manipulated by the oil billionaires, or should we heed the warnings of the climate scientists and get moving on developing less polluting energy sources?
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Op-Ed: CHEER an important step… but Connecticut can do better
The Department of Children and Families’ new CHEER program is an important positive step toward improving outcomes for young people who would otherwise age out of the Connecticut foster care system. But the state can do better.
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Op-Ed: New commuter busway will bring better access to food
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 […]
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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: The need for a trauma-informed ministry
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.
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Op-Ed: Let’s have state-funded pre-school for all Connecticut children
Nicole Desjardins Early childhood education, in the form of a preschool or pre-kindergarten program, is one of the key building blocks for a successful progression for students through the educational system, and developing into successful adults within their chosen career path. While not essential, it does provide many key stepping stones, including often times a […]
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Op-Ed: Interfaith efforts teach tolerance, both global and local
Conscientious people in Connecticut and elsewhere– from the Ahmadiyya to the Anti-Defamation League, from the Latino-Jewish Dialogue to the Jewish-Muslim Community Dialogue and the Interfaith Youth Core — are working to advance understanding and peace. Let’s join them, or launch our own such endeavors – individually and institutionally.
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Op-Ed: Six things you did not know about the federal acknowledgment of Indian tribes
When the next news story you read is that Connecticut is trying to abolish the remaining state Indian reservations so that it can evade the impact of potential changes to the federal tribal acknowledgment regulations, would you kindly think of these six things?
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Op-Ed: Remembering JFK on his birthday, and his gift to us
It’s hard to believe President John F. Kennedy might have turned 97 today. I often wonder how much better America could have been if not for losing his idealism and courage so soon.
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Op-Ed: Mental health and front page news – getting it right
May is “National Mental Health Awareness Month.” Across the country organizations will work to raise awareness in an effort to reduce stigma.
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Op-Ed: Review of children’s mental healthcare is vital
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 […]
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Op-Ed: Connecticut fails to meet deadline on Sandy Hook mental health gun bill
The problem with instituting sweeping, costly and invasive mental health legislation is that there always are unintended consequences.
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Op-Ed: Connecting more people to work in Greater New Haven
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.
