Connecticut residents don’t currently have the option to go to a peer respite when experiencing mental health crises. The legislature has the power to change that.
Opinion
Right to counsel for tenants is transformative and economical
In Connecticut, a study found that only 7% of tenants were represented in eviction proceedings.
Stop the export of U.S. energy
Instead of American fuel for Americans, international fossil fuel corporations are selling our energy to the highest bidder around the world.
The risks and realities of being a CT home health care worker
It is long past time that changes were made to protect home healthcare workers and to improve systemic inequities that affect both clinicians and their patients.
The global cost of the Red Sea attacks
The Yemen-based Sunni Islamist Houthis’ attacks on shipping on its way to and from the Suez Canal are affecting your life and pocketbook.
CT’s climate change and housing policy shouldn’t be at odds
The governor’s new climate bill unnecessarily pits climate change mitigation and resiliency against his stated goals of promoting housing affordability.
My boss, Bill Cibes
One of the qualities I most appreciated in Bill was his conviction and skill at protecting the academic side from political intrusiveness.
To solve Connecticut’s housing crisis, start by taking these steps
There are steps Connecticut can take this year to address immediate housing concerns while laying the groundwork for more ambitious proposals.
Childhood doesn’t stop at 16, so CT should expand HUSKY for all immigrant children
The teenage years are when peer pressures, complex body awareness concerns, and academic challenges emerge that require medical care and intervention so that children can thrive.
For youth, CT’s ‘Quiet Corner’ is becoming the ‘Forgotten Corner’
Young people from northeastern CT are more likely to become disconnected from school, work and job training than youth in other parts of CT.
No, Justice Roberts, it’s definitely not textualism
Since the state of Colorado went up against SCOTUS in the matter of the 14th amendment and Donald Trump’s eligibility for office, I am haunted by what didn’t get said.
On aging, maybe America needs to grow up
As two men near 80 compete for the U.S. presidency, we might contemplate our nation’s compulsive negative perceptions of older Americans’ competency, abilities and skills.
What the 6-year-old who integrated schools taught me about teaching
If Bridges learned at school that her skin color was the object of hate, surely playgrounds of the present can be used to teach that difference is the object of love.
Neurodiversity in the workplace is an untapped opportunity
Legislators should provide incentives for employers to hire neurodiverse candidates; it will help business, individuals and the economy.
More lanes bring more traffic, folks, not less
Expanding Connecticut’s highways isn’t the solution to traffic congestion.

