Haddiyah Ali’s thoughtful Viewpoint 07.02.2021, raised crucial social justice concerns in connection with recent events in Israel/Palestine and the State of Connecticut’s investment exposure in Israel, presently $47.3 million. Mark Fishman and Alan Stein disagree.
Time to reconsider U.S.’s unconditional support for Israel
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New incentive programs for EV Buyers, but Connecticut’s goal still a long way off
Connecticut’s target is to have more than 125,000 electric vehicles on its roads by 2025.
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COVID cases grow as Delta variant takes hold in CT
There were 409 new reported COVID cases Monday, as the Delta variant’s foothold in the state grows stronger.
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CT launches elder justice hotline to combat abuse and neglect
The hotline will link elderly residents to resources to reduce different kinds of abuse, including abandonment and financial exploitation.
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Legalization of recreational marijuana brings worries about risks of child poisoning
Expert: “Keep these products away from children, just like we keep cleaning products away from children.”
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Hospitals are COVID hypocrites
It has taken over 606,000 dead Americans, 8,279 dead state residents, and the passage of almost eight months since the release in the U.S. of the first COVID vaccines, to convince Connecticut’s hospitals that it might be a good idea to require their own workers get vaccinated against COVID-19.
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Our history of racism has not been magically erased
In his June 30 opinion piece, “Connecting the dots: Critical race theory and Gramsci Marxism,” Don Pesci appears to ignore the effect of 400 years of slavery and institutionalized racism.
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Getting back to the river: A tale of two Connecticut cities
One postwar planning mistake was situating highways so they blocked cities from their waterfronts, as happened in Hartford and Middletown.
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A surge in pandemic Fs raises old concerns about credit recovery. Here’s how schools could make it better.
A startling rise in failing grades during the pandemic was one of the most worrying signs that students were struggling.
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Photos: Skateboarding in the summer heat
The break in the weather was good news for local skateboarders at the South Windsor Skate Park on Wednesday.
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PODCAST: Would shrinking the Supreme Court help build consensus?
In part two of our conversation, Linda Greenhouse considers whether a smaller, even-numbered future Court might help build more consensus.
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They came to America for protection. Now they want to stay.
Jose Villegas lives in Hartford, safe from the dangers of El Salvador but without the peace of a permanent resident.
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Time, like our freedoms, should not be wasted
There seems to be something like consensus within the international scientific community that time began almost 14,000 billion years ago when they believe the Big Bang occurred. That is an almost completely incomprehensible number for a human being to digest. Think about it! Our standard measurement for ONE year is how long it takes for […]
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Solutions to the rapid increase in crime
After a contentious 2020 election, we have hundreds, if not thousands of Black Americans getting killed in our inner cities without anyone finding out who killed them and no one seeming to care.
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Hospitals hope mandates will boost workers’ stagnant vaccination rates
Most hospitals will require workers to be vaccinated against COVID by Sept. 30, even though workers’ vaccination rates have slowed.