The National Museum of African American History and Culture says a timber piece of the slave ship, the São José-Paquete de Africa, on display in its “Slavery and Freedom” exhibit, will soon be prepared for a trip back to its home museum in South Africa.
The 33-pound (15-kilogram) timber piece has been prominently displayed — seemingly suspended over a dark...
by Tandy Lau
Prude’s legacy now includes Daniel’s Law, a bill encouraging local governments across the state to develop civilian response teams to replace police on mental health calls unless the incident poses a public safety risk. The legislation used Prude’s name with his brother’s permission when State Sen. Samra...
by DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press
John Wrory Ficklin was 7 when he learned that his father, the son of a slave, was important.
It was 1963, and the nation was mourning President John F. Kennedy. Wrory Ficklin was sitting with his mother and brother, watching funeral coverage on TV in...
by Christina Greer, Ph.D.
It might be late March, but Women’s History Month is not over yet! We still have a few more days to celebrate and think of the women in our lives who are doing amazing work, the women who have come before us and laid a...
by Mona Mahadevan
U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro: “Women have not been represented in the trades in the way they should be.”
For two years, Jasmine Villaneuva suffered from abdominal pain she could not afford to treat. When her gallbladder ruptured and sent her into emergency surgery, she began searching for a...
by Jisu Sheen
Orange chicken, a solid classic.
The Ugly Dumpling soup dumpling sampler, flavors like pork and truffle, chicken, and pork and crab.
My favorites: the barbecue pork steamed dumplings.
Brown sugar boba. Don’t be fooled by the name, it’s actually not too sweet (the highest Asian compliment).
Haolun Hu heated up a...
by Allan Appel
Rona Rohbar came to the U.S. with her family at age 17, a refugee from a war-torn Afghanistan and speaking not a word of English — and never even having gone to any school (thanks to the Taliban) until age 15, and that in a refugee camp...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Pedestrian fatalities increased in 24 states, decreased in 23 states and D.C, and remained the same in three states for January-June...
JACKSONVILLE FREE PRESS — A proposal sponsored by Tom Leek, a Republican from Ormond Beach, has now passed the Senate in back-to-back legislative sessions....
NEW YORK CARIB NEWS — While Havana confirmed last week that talks with Washington are underway, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has struck an increasingly defiant...
by Mona Mahadevan
U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro: “Women have not been represented in the trades in the way they should be.”
For two years, Jasmine Villaneuva suffered from abdominal pain she...
by Jisu Sheen
Orange chicken, a solid classic.
The Ugly Dumpling soup dumpling sampler, flavors like pork and truffle, chicken, and pork and crab.
My favorites: the barbecue pork steamed dumplings.
Brown sugar...
by Allan Appel
Rona Rohbar came to the U.S. with her family at age 17, a refugee from a war-torn Afghanistan and speaking not a word of English — and...
by Karla Ciaglo Bluesky CTNewsJunkie
HARTFORD, CT — Connecticut municipalities could soon receive a direct cut of the state’s restaurant meals tax under legislation advancing in the General Assembly, a...
by Donald Eng
Homeowners could be in line for a but of income tax relief under a plan legislative Republicans unveiled Monday morning at a media briefing in Hartford.
Under the...
by Staff Report
Teenaged United States citizens, parents and others told Congress of their treatment at the hands of Department of Homeland Security officials last week, according to U.S. Sen....
by Paul Bass The New Haven independent
Top choice: Having candidates to vote for rather than against.
Choice #2: Having more candidates to choose among.
Choice #3: Being able to vote for...
by Lisa Reisman
Lady Stout, aka Denise Renee, doing her thing.
Doo-bee-doo-wop-doo-wop, Lady Stout sang.
Doo-bee-doo-wop-doo-wop-wop-wop, Penelope Klark Stewart, a 10-year-old fifth-grader at Worthington Hooker School, rejoined.
The occasion for this rapid exchange...
by Jamil Ragland Bluesky
HARTFORD, CT — Thousands of people braved unseasonably cold weather Saturday morning to deliver a message to President Donald Trump about their opposition to everything from...
By Lucy Gellman
We'll be back Monday with a full article about the role of artmaking (which there was so much of!) at Saturday's No Kings New Haven rally...
NEW HAVEN — After a two-week trial, a federal jury on Friday took a little less than three hours to convict Dennis Bradley, a Bridgeport attorney and former state...
by Paul Bass The New Haven independent
One hundred cranes are expected to descend on the New Haven Green Saturday to shift America’s political winds in a new direction.
The flock...
The National Museum of African American History and Culture says a timber piece of the slave ship, the São José-Paquete de Africa, on display in its “Slavery and Freedom”...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Pedestrian fatalities increased in 24 states, decreased in 23 states and D.C, and remained the same in three states for January-June...
JACKSONVILLE FREE PRESS — A proposal sponsored by Tom Leek, a Republican from Ormond Beach, has now passed the Senate in back-to-back legislative sessions....
NEW YORK CARIB NEWS — While Havana confirmed last week that talks with Washington are underway, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has struck an increasingly defiant...
NEW YORK CARIB NEWS — Tamara McCaw, whose career spans arts administration, philanthropy, and international cultural development, becomes one of the few Caribbean-born leaders...
