These centers give people experiencing a mental health crisis access to others around the same age who have gone through something similar.
Opinion
Posted inStudent Voice
CT must prioritize the safety of home care workers
Recent tragic events have shown us that home care workers are still vulnerable; Connecticut can do more to protect them.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Connecticut must stop cheaping out on its education and teachers
Withholding funds that would allow our education system and the CT residents served by our schools to thrive is a move in the wrong direction.
Posted inStudent Voice
Building equity: the path to affordable housing in CT
Affordable housing is not just an economic policy issue in Connecticut; it is a vital necessity for social justice and community well-being.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
With improvements, proposed CT energy bill could be good for CT
SB 385 would ensure that CT’s Millstone Nuclear Power Plant remain operational. The bill has some ideas that are worth further discussion.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
CT needs to ditch dirty oil for clean heat pumps
Fear not, Connecticut can absolutely generate enough electricity to meet our heating needs with clean technologies like heat pumps.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
CT traffic stop reform bill would increase -public safety — and equity
With a goal to reform traffic laws to increase equity and public safety, the bill would benefit police officers, drivers and communities as a whole.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Why CT should provide Medicaid coverage for infertility treatment
By extending Medicaid to cover infertility treatments, Connecticut can demonstrate its commitment to health care equality.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Beyoncé, motherhood and Black mental health
For Black mothers, the journey to motherhood is fraught with barriers and institutional neglect, and we must acknowledge Black mental health.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Don’t let hasty AI regulation cripple CT’s small businesses
Rather than passing SB 2, CT legislators should promote the state as an economic and innovation hub by advocating for federal AI regulation.
Posted inStudent Voice
To tackle ‘deaths of despair,’ CT must fund more mental health centers
As a state, Connecticut needs to do more to protect its citizens from the ongoing mental health crisis by funding urgent care centers.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Connecticut, ditch the edTPA teacher certification requirement
CT is one of only three states that still use the edTPA, and the test has made it more difficult to become a certified public school teacher in Connecticut.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Deaf social services aren’t just for the deaf
Social services are crucial to ensuring that those who are deaf, hard-of-hearing, or deafblind have the support they need, but also to ensure that families of deaf adults are relieved of some of the stressors of caring for a family member with hearing differences.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Will CT seize its opportunity to lead in responsible AI?
SB 2 stands as a meticulously crafted response to the complexities of AI regulation, and is a testament to the power of inclusive policymaking.
Posted inTalking Transportation
Is CT doing enough to keep unsafe trucks off our highways?
As the CT State Police investigates the Norwalk crash, we should be asking ‘is the state doing enough to keep unsafe trucks off our highways?’