by Karen Juanita Carrillo Currently, both U.S. and Jamaica recognize dual citizenship, meaning you can be a citizen of both countries and hold both passports. (Photo credit: Karen Juanita Carrillo photo) For years, a number of African Americans have felt an unease about remaining in the United States, and for good reason. Many cite concerns about racial safety, a desire for...

The agency regularly fails Black communities. Now the Trump administration wants to make it smaller by Willy Blackmore Word in Black For months, a 13-member council appointed by President Trump has...

by Mona Mahadevan The New Haven independent In the ten days since beginning a new bus safety program, the city has issued 260 warning notices to drivers caught on camera...

by Maya McFadden HARTFORD — Mayor Justin Elicker joined fellow municipal elected officials from across Connecticut in the State Capitol building Tuesday to demand that the state change the Education...

by Paul Bass The New Haven independent Clockwise from far right: Farmer calling out ICE in 2018; pushing for paid leave at the State Capitol with now-opponent Sabin; advocating with...

by Laura Glesby The New Haven independent Running the city’s Transportation, Traffic & Parking (TT&P) Department is a bit like conducting a symphony that never ends. At any given intersection, there...

by Thomas Breen The New Haven independent Bekhrad: She’s “still depending very much on guidance because he’s the alder for this location.” Credit: Alexandra Martinakova file photo A Fair Haven...

by Thomas Breen Ready… set… vote! At City Hall. Credit: Thomas Breen photo Four of 2,887 eligible voters in Ward 7 had cast their ballots by noon Wednesday, on the first...

by Allan Appel If it’s not in the city’s comprehensive plans from the beginning, it might get done but much later, if at all, for people with disabilities. That sobering if...

by Maya McFadden The Yale Teaching Fellowship’s leaders are tweaking how the new program works in order to help deliver on a promise they’ve made from the start: To prepare...

by Mona Mahadevan Police have arrested three people — and are searching for one more — in connection to a New Year’s Eve shootout that injured a bystander. In an interview...

by Mona Mahadevan Due to scheduling roadblocks, long-awaited plans to convert three blocks of Chapel Street to two-way traffic have been delayed to the spring. That new timeline was announced during...

by Donald Eng HARTFORD, CT — Veterans and students could soon find getting around less expensive after Gov. Ned Lamont announced that the state budget proposal he presented to the...