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LA28 Olympic Games: Sen. Smallwood-Cuevas Hosts Symposium

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By Kaleef Starks The City of Los Angeles is two years away from hosting one of the biggest events for sports in the world, the LA 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. On Jan. 15, Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Angeles) hosted the LA28 Games Workforce & Procurement Symposium. Held at Exposition Park, the event served as a pathway to discuss various ways...

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Transitional Housing Program Perseveres Thru Zoning Ambiguity

Inner City News - January 29, 2026

by Laura Glesby The New Haven independent Prosperity Counseling LLC is one step closer to building a bridge between intensive addiction treatment and sober homes, now that the Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) has approved the company’s proposal for transitional housing at 190 Winthrop Ave. The process of getting that approval,...

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The Class Of ’65, Then & Now

Inner City News - January 29, 2026

by Staff Jeff Alpert contributed this write-up. Members of the James Hillhouse High School Class of 1965 returned to campus on Saturday, November 11, for a special celebration marking their 60th high school reunion. Organized by classmate Jeffrey Alpert, former science educator at the New Haven Sound School. The visit was arranged with...

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School Bus Cameras Start Friday; $250 Fines Start In March

Inner City News - January 29, 2026

by Thomas Breen The New Haven independent Watch out! Starting Friday, drivers who blow by a school bus when its red lights are flashing and its stop-arm is out will receive a warning notice from the city. Starting March 2, they’ll receive a $250 fine. Mayor Justin Elicker, city transportation director Sandeep Aysola,...

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Republican Alder-Hopeful To Run As Write-In

Inner City News - January 29, 2026

by Dereen Shirnekhi The New Haven independent Republican alder candidate Kyle Ross failed to submit the petition signatures necessary to appear on the ballot for an upcoming special election for Ward 7 alder, leaving him to run as a write-in against Democratic candidate Christine Kim. Ross, a financial advisor and Republican...

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Hartford Vigil For Alex Pretti Set For Saturday

Inner City News - January 29, 2026

by Staff Report The New Haven independent HARTFORD, CT — CT Nurses United is organizing a vigil Saturday outside the Capitol to honor and remember an ICU nurse killed in Minneapolis last weekend. The vigil for Alex Pretti, who was shot and killed by federal Border Patrol Agents on Jan. 24,...

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DeLauro “Stands Tall,” Reads Aloud With 2nd Graders

Inner City News - January 29, 2026

by Allan Appel The New Haven independent U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro stopped by a second-grade classroom in Westville Thursday to talk about friendship, grandmas, chocolate, birthdays, and what it means to be a hero. In a follow-up stop at an eighth-grade social studies class, she then invoked her late mother Louisa...

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COMMENTARY: The Politics of Trump’s Continuing Disdain for MLK Day

Inner City News - January 29, 2026 0

By Professor David L. Horne, founder and executive director of PAPPEI, the Pan African Public Policy and Ethical Institute The regular celebration of MLK Day...

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LA28 Olympic Games: Sen. Smallwood-Cuevas Hosts Symposium

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By Kaleef Starks The City of Los Angeles is two years away from hosting one of the biggest events for sports in the world, the...

A Tattoo Called “Prophet”

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By Dr. Roderick Ferguson, ICN Contributing Public Intellectual I was driving sometime in late March of 2025 when I heard the news. ICE was racially...

Quit Playin’

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Journalism and The Innocent! By Vincent L. Hall If you don’t believe that journalism matters, consider the recent exoneration of Tommy Lee Walker. Mary Mapes, an...

OP-ED: Stop Corporate Consolidation Silencing Local Media Voices

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NNPA NEWSWIRE — The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and other local print and television news media organizations take an urgent exception to the...

My Truth

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You’re a critic, but not a politician? By Cheryl Smith That’s right. You’ve heard folks profess that they aren’t politicians and they don’t like politics. Now,...

PRESS ROOM: Blue Leadership Collaborative Relaunches, Establishes New PAC, to Reshape Democratic Talent Pipeline

National News Inner City News - January 28, 2026 0

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Longtime Executive Director Justin Myers and major donors helped BLC launch as a standalone organization. The move marks a major expansion...

Attack on Rep. Ilhan Omar is Second Assault on a Congressional Black Caucus Member in Five Days

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BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE – Rep. Ilhan Omar was attacked during a Minneapolis town hall on January 27, the second assault on a Congressional Black Caucus...

A Tattoo Called “Prophet”

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NATIVE LAND POD HOSTS LIVE MULTI-PANEL TOWN HALL AT 7PM CT FROM MINNEAPOLIS

National News Inner City News - January 27, 2026 0

Live town hall–style featuring Attorney General Keith Ellison, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, NAACP’s Derrick Johnson and more?! broadcast airs Tuesday, January 27 at 7:00 PM CST...

OP-ED: The Dream Cannot be Realized Without Financial Freedom

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NNPA NEWSWIRE — Dr. King spent the final chapter of his life pushing the country to face economic injustice. The day before he was...

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President Trump is talking about the Insurrection Act; How many other presidents have gone to that extreme By Rita Cook, Correspondent WASHINGTON D.C. – Americans are...

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Transitional Housing Program Perseveres Thru Zoning Ambiguity

Inner City News - January 29, 2026

by Laura Glesby The New Haven independent Prosperity Counseling LLC is one step closer to building a bridge between intensive addiction treatment and sober homes, now that the Board of...

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The Class Of ’65, Then & Now

Inner City News - January 29, 2026

by Staff Jeff Alpert contributed this write-up. Members of the James Hillhouse High School Class of 1965 returned to campus on Saturday, November 11, for a special celebration marking their 60th...

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School Bus Cameras Start Friday; $250 Fines Start In March

Inner City News - January 29, 2026

by Thomas Breen The New Haven independent Watch out! Starting Friday, drivers who blow by a school bus when its red lights are flashing and its stop-arm is out will receive...

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Republican Alder-Hopeful To Run As Write-In

Inner City News - January 29, 2026

by Dereen Shirnekhi The New Haven independent Republican alder candidate Kyle Ross failed to submit the petition signatures necessary to appear on the ballot for an upcoming special election for...

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Hartford Vigil For Alex Pretti Set For Saturday

Inner City News - January 29, 2026

by Staff Report The New Haven independent HARTFORD, CT — CT Nurses United is organizing a vigil Saturday outside the Capitol to honor and remember an ICU nurse killed in...

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CT Joins 21 States Denouncing Justice Dept. ‘Occupation’ Of Minnesota

Inner City News - January 29, 2026

by Donald Eng HARTFORD, CT — Attorney General William Tong has joined a coalition of 21 other attorneys general in denouncing the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) latest attempt to coerce...

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“Freedom Songs” Creates A Sonic Roadmap For The Present

Inner City News - January 29, 2026

By Abiba Biao Music floated through the lower level of 1020 Chapel St, winding its way around low tables and handmade, wooden bins that housed sleeves and sleeves of...

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Eviction Lawsuits Fly At New Affordable Housing Complex

Inner City News - January 29, 2026

by Dereen Shirnekhi The Curtis Cofield II Estates, as viewed from Legion Avenue. Credit: Thomas Breen photos A view from the interior parking lot. One tenant of a brand new West River...

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Possible Futures Nears Day Nine With No Heat

Inner City News - January 29, 2026

Lucy Gellman When Lauren Anderson walked into Possible Futures on Wednesday morning, the Edgewood Avenue storefront was 31 degrees. Big Mama, the monstera plant who has become a beloved part...

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No “Glazing”: Sliwa Skips Ideology, Embraces Independence

Inner City News - January 28, 2026

by Adam Walker YPU President Mór Szepesi, Sliwa and YPU speaker Avi Rao. Credit: Adam Walker Photos Sliwa and YPU’s Party of the Left. “You trust any of that bullshizzle?” “You better not...

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Blumenthal: Democrats To Vote To Deny DHS Funding Without Reform

Inner City News - January 28, 2026

by Donald Eng CTNewsJunkie HARTFORD, CT — The country is at a moral moment, with an out-of-control federal agency using police state tactics and killing American citizens in public, according...