The contrast between “Sinners” and “One Battle After Another” shows how Hollywood narratives shape policy, power, and whose lives are valued by Regina Davis Moss The stark contrast between the portrayals of Black women in two leading Best Picture contenders, “One Battle After Another” and “Sinners,” has lit a firestorm in both private and public conversations. We celebrate the recognition of Black...

by Mona Mahadevan The vice president of the Connecticut Tenants Union (CTTU) went to court on Thursday to testify before a judge about his experience fighting a landlord’s alleged retaliatory...

by Maya McFadden Hillhouse students discovered a swastika and hateful messages targeting the Jewish and Black communities in a second-floor bathroom Thursday — leading the principal to reach out to...

by Thomas Breen The city is one key step closer to receiving a $250,000 grant from the state to help with “visioning and planning” for the Elicker administration’s proposed conversion...

by Paul Bass A record number of Rosa DeLauro’s colleagues are fleeing Congress. They say the system has grown too dysfunctional. DeLauro, by contrast, is running hard for a 19th two-year...

by Staff Report CTNewsJunkie NEWINGTON, CT — The time around Saint Patrick’s Day is one of the most dangerous for alcohol-impaired driving, according to the state Department of Transportation. The...

by Mona Mahadevan The Fair Rent Commission (FRC) has turned down both tenants unions that had been vying to represent a 312-unit, low-income apartment complex in Quinnipiac Meadows after finding...

by Thomas Breen A total of 847 citations containing $250 fines apiece are on their way to drivers whose cars were caught on camera illegally passing parked school buses during...

by Staff Report CTNewsJunkie HARTFORD, CT — Deputy Commissioner Sharonda Carlos has been named the interim commissioner of the state Department of Correction, effective May 1 following the pending retirement...

by Karla Ciaglo CT Newsjunkie MIDDLETOWN, CT — Connecticut has automatically erased more than 150,000 criminal records under the state’s Clean Slate law, but many of the people whose convictions...

by Donald Eng CTNewsJunkie HARTFORD, CT — Could this be the year ranked choice voting comes to Connecticut? On the day Senate Bill 386, which would allow municipalities to voluntarily adopt...

by Thomas Breen The New Haven independent Busy busy busy, on Wooster St. The owners of a popular Wooster Street pizzeria are looking to open a new restaurant at the site...

by Mona Mahadevan The New Haven independent Cynthia Chamberlain, a 59-year-old woman from New Haven, was found dead Monday afternoon by children playing in a park in the Hill. City police...