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By Todd Szoka owner of: Sunshine Cycle and Run, Colchester — CT Mirror ViewPoint — As the owner of a small business in Colchester, I support paid family and medical leave as a critical safety net that will support workers…
Let’s eliminate the pharmaceutical ‘gag order’ that costs patients money Shaina Smith, U.S. Pain Foundation – in CT Mirror The U.S. Pain Foundation was founded back in 2003, and while we have grown to become the leading patient advocacy organization with…
The Risks of U.S. Inaction on Climate Change Via NYTimes To the Editor: Re “Fighting Trump on Climate, California Becomes a Global Force” (“Runaway State” series, front page, May 25): Climate change is not an us-versus-them issue; it affects all…
Closing Connecticut Community Colleges Wrongheaded CSCU President Mark Ojakian at a town hall meeting in Middletown on proposed cuts and reorganization to the state colleges and universities system. (Cloe Poisson / Hartford Courant) By ELIZABETH KEIFER — opinion in Hartford…
Inequality University FREDDIE DEBOER Jacobin Ivy League universities fuel social inequality at the same time public colleges are cut to the bone. They deserve to be dismantled. Yale University in August 1997. Kent Kanouse / Flickr Today,…
Editorial Hartford Courant — May 21, 2017 Unions Please Help Unions, please be reasonable. The state is at stake. The Capitol is depending on concessions from you to help it out of its financial crisis. The city of Hartford is…
Attempting to succeed in business without really trying Serafín Méndez-Mendez Central Connecticut State University Professor of Communication By all accounts Mark Ojakian, the President of the Connecticut State University System, is a great man. I fondly remember the evening I was…
Dan Haar: A Scary Look At The State’s 4,200 Threatened Layoffs Dan Haar, Hartford Courant, May 17, 2017 What would 4,200 state employee layoffs look like? It’s scary, and not just for targeted workers and the people who depend on…
Keep Connecticut’s Bottle Deposit Editorial Hartford Courant May 17, 2017 A bill that would eliminate the refundable 5-cent deposit on bottles and replace it with a 4-cent per bottle tax is bad policy that will hurt the environment, the consumer and…
By DAMARIS WHITTAKER and STEVE THORNTON Symbols have a power that can be used for good or evil. Some shame us and leave a stain on our collective conscience. The best symbols help us remember our past and nurture us…