The Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities report links zoning segregation with the deadly impact of COVID on minority communities.
CT’s civil rights enforcement agency: segregation has ‘particularly deadly effect’ amid pandemic
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Getting a Degree: A Right of Passage for Some and An Elusive Dream for Others
Ensuring access to education that leads to family sustaining wages must be a top priority to increase equitable economic mobility.
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House lawmakers, expand children’s outpatient mental healthcare access now
The children’s mental health crisis isn’t going anywhere. Suicide has emerged as the second leading cause of death among adolescents and young adults, and despite 80% of chronic mental health disorders beginning in childhood, only 20% of afflicted children receive care from specialized providers, with even fewer receiving follow-up care.
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End arrests of young children in Connecticut
You’re standing in an elementary school hallway. A fourth grader and a fifth grader get into a fight. Nervous to intervene, a school employee calls the police. A cruiser arrives quickly. The children are arrested and led from school in handcuffs. Hard to imagine? It’s allowed, and it’s happening in Connecticut schools today.
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Congress must protect the Charter Schools Program. A generation of kids are depending on it.
I am a mom, an education advocate, and a native of Connecticut. During the pandemic, public schools in my state have struggled mightily to meet the needs of students and families. During this difficult time, I’ve been heartened by the nimbleness of the charter school sector.
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New Britain’s schools deserve equity
Early this spring, I went to where I grew up on Malikowski Circle in New Britain. I knocked on doors to greet residents. They remembered me as Bobby, their trusted voice on the local board of education, as their state representative, as their voice leading the state’s education committee.
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Hundreds of PPP loans went to fake farms in absurd places
A cattle ranch on the New Jersey beach. Orange groves in Minnesota.
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Stark racial disparities persist in vaccinations, state-level CDC data shows
Black Americans’ vaccination rates are still lagging; Hispanics are closing the gap and Native Americans show the highest rates overall.
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Photo essay: As COVID-era restrictions fall, Connecticut residents look for a new normal
Fans head to Dunkin’ Donuts Park to watch the baseball game between Hartford Yard Goats and Somerset Patriots on May 20. Fans head to Dunkin’ Donuts Park to watch the baseball game between Hartford Yard Goats and Somerset Patriots on May 20. Connecticut residents took a few cautious steps into a world once known as […]
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Stamford mourns death of Dudley Williams: ‘A magnificent, shining star of public service’
Dudley Williams, former Stamford Citizen of the Year and co-chair of the CT Mirror’s board, died Friday at age 65.
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For third year in a row, public option bill won’t move forward in Connecticut
Proponents of the public option insurance plan said they pulled the bill because the governor threatened not to sign it.
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New policy aimed at helping underprepared students in community colleges
Housatonic Community College The Connecticut State Colleges and Universities board of regents voted Thursday to approve a program aimed at helping community college students complete courses necessary to their progress in the system. The Alignment and Completion of Math and English model, or ACME, expands support for students who enroll at the state’s community colleges […]
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A labor agenda picks up speed in Connecticut
The labor agenda’s advance is delighting social-justice warriors energized by the tumult of the times — but is rattling conservatives.
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Protecting all children: Promoting health equity by insuring undocumented children
The General Assembly’s Appropriations Committee has favorably voted out S.B. 956, An Act Providing Medical Assistance to Certain Individuals Regardless of Immigration Status.
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The millionaire migration myth
A recent editorial parroted Republican talking points of a supposed ‘millionaire migration’ if the legislature dares demand Connecticut’s highest earners pay their fair share. Republicans have resorted to sound bites because they fall short on alternate solutions, or an actual budget, of which they have failed to propose for three consecutive years.