Old Criticisms, New Threats Professors are often lightning rods, but many see a new menace to academic freedom in recent physical threats against faculty members who speak out on race and other issues. Colleen Flaherty–June 26, 2017 — Inside Higher…
Agents of Inequality: How Wealth Managers to the Super-Rich Undermine Society and What We Can Do About It An expert on their secretive world explains how these shadowy practitioners of financial trickery help facilitate widespread tax evasion—and undermine democratic government….
Dozens Of East Haven Youth Lose Jobs Due To State Budget Woes The program was scheduled to begin in early July. Statewide more than 5,000 youths are put to work through the program. By Brian McCready (Patch National Staff) –…
Connecticut’s millionaire migration myth Ellen Shemitz and Derek Thomas–Connecticut Voices for Children — in CT Mirror Viewpoints As the legislature toils to come to consensus on this year’s budget, we urge them to make decisions grounded in facts, research, and…
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As the U.S. Senate deliberates on the proposed GOP health care bill, which is just as threatening to U.S. citizens as the House of Representative’s (Un)American Health Care Act, a group of CT residents have come together to remind elected officials: lives…
$25 million and counting for political lobbying in Connecticut By Christine Stewart, CTNewsJunkie Lobbyists spent $25 million this year trying to push their issues over the legislative finish line, according to reports filed with the Office of State Ethics. While…
Kevin Lembo: Time for the public option in health care Via CTPost.com The late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart famously said this of obscenity: “I know it when I see it.” It’s too late to ask Justice Stewart whether…
Why are so many women dropping out of the workforce? By Natalie Kitroeff — Los Angeles Times — May 28, 2017 Mari Villaluna never wanted to be a stay-at-home mom. The 36-year-old spent a decade building up a resume as a…
Homelessness fell 24% in three years. How did Connecticut do it? By Kyle Constable, CT Mirror After years of stagnation, Connecticut has significantly decreased its homeless population for three consecutive years, outpacing most other states during that time. It also…