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NYT The Opinion Pages Why Yale Graduate Students Are on a Hunger Strike Jennifer Klein ON CAMPUS MAY 9, 2017 Graduate student teachers at Yale erected a shelter in front of the offices of the president to protest the university’s…
Climate Change Particularly Affects Communities of Color Judith Howell of the SEIU talks about how communities of color are particularly affected by climate change DATE: 2017-05-06 | LENGTH: 03:09 Go to Real News Network
January 18, 2017 Improving our state’s woeful economic climate can’t just be about luring new businesses or identifying more corporate tax breaks — it should also be about ensuring humane workplaces. Nothing defines humanity more than how we treat one…
A media blob has come to Connecticut Ben Bogardus | Quinnipiac University / Hamden Assistant Professor Like it or not, a Connecticut television station is now part of a media conglomerate. The Federal Communications Commission just approved the sale of…
Copyright © 2017, Hartford Courant Editorial: Connecticut Really Does Need Tolls Connecticut has held out for too long against highway tolls. This state’s roads are among the most heavily traveled in the nation. Yet Connecticut stubbornly resists doing what all…
Jean Koeppel | Democracy Awakens CT, Executive Director Join the movement: One person, one vote Reform the Electoral College so the electoral vote reflects the nationwide popular vote for President. Many believe we are a democratic country, maybe even the…
Has regionalism’s time finally come? TOM CONDON | writes about urban and regional issues for the Mirror In one of his recent meetings with residents of Hartford’s suburbs, Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin observed, as many have before, that if Connecticut…
Community college agenda: The endgame is a fair chance society Gena Glickman, Ph.D. | Manchester Community College President The American Association of Community College’s “Community College Agenda for the Trump Administration” is a blueprint for implementation of critical national higher…