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Senate Republicans Decry Emergency Bills Expected To Pass Senate

by Donald Eng HARTFORD, CT — As the state Senate prepared to vote on a number of bills Wednesday, the Republican caucus decried the emergency certification designation applied to a pair of them. The two bills are Senate bills 298 and 299. One, S.B. 299, makes a series of changes in the state’s bottle redemption laws. Though not particularly controversial, its...

Lamont Directs State Flags To Half-Staff In Honor Of Late Civil Rights Leader

by Staff Report CTNewsJunkie The American flag flies at half-mast at the State Capitol in Hartford, CT on Sept. 11, 2025. Credit: Donald Eng / CTNewsJunkie HARTFORD, CT — Connecticut and U.S. flags should be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Saturday, March 7, 2026, to honor the life...

Hospitals Fighting Measles Confront A Challenge: Few Doctors Have Seen It Before

Andrew Jones, KFF Health News ASHEVILLE, N.C. — At around 2 a.m., 7-year-old twin brothers arrived at Mission Hospital in Asheville. Both had a fever, a cough, a rash, pink eye, and cold symptoms. The boys sat in one waiting room and then another. Two hours and 20 minutes passed before...

CT Joins Lawsuit Against CDC Vaccine Changes

by Staff Report CTNewsJunkie HARTFORD, CT — Attorney General William Tong has joined 15 states in a lawsuit to block the Trump Administration’s overhaul of the nation’s childhood immunization schedule. The complaint names Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Acting Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

Camp Safety Bill Advances Out Of Committee

by Viktoria Sundqvist The Committee on Children on Tuesday voted to advance a bill meant to improve safety at municipal-run youth camps in Connecticut. Senate Bill 157, An Act Concerning Municipal Camp Safety, would require certain employees of municipal youth camps to be trained as mandated reporters – a person legally...

PRESS ROOM: Civil Rights TV Launches in Selma as the World’s First 24/7 Civil Rights Television Network

ARIZONA INFORMANT — Civil Rights TV operates continuously on the Connect To Your City OTT platform powered by Connect2OTT, offering documentaries, news analysis, live discussions, educational programming, global civil rights coverage, and cultural storytelling. The channel functions as both a historical archive and a living platform addressing contemporary civil...

More than a Mission: Paying It Forward for the Future of Education

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — I believe in paying it forward, not just within the walls of my school or community, but across the profession. Over the years, I’ve mentored first-year teachers, student teachers, and National Board Certification candidates nationally. By JoMeka Gray  JoMeka Gray is a self-contained Kindergarten teacher at Kennedy-Powell STEM...

PRESS ROOM: Civil Rights TV Launches in Selma as the World’s First 24/7 Civil Rights Television Network

ARIZONA INFORMANT — Civil Rights TV operates continuously on the Connect To Your City OTT platform powered by Connect2OTT, offering documentaries, news analysis, live...

More than a Mission: Paying It Forward for the Future of Education

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — I believe in paying it forward, not just within the walls of my school or community, but across the profession. Over...

REV. AL SHARPTON MEETS WITH GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM 

Meeting Comes as Trump Administration Continues Systematic Dismantling of Equity Protections, Affirmative Action, and Voting Rights Legislation Won During the Civil Rights Movement  NEW YORK,...

OP-ED: Trump’s Policies Hurt Black America—and Everyone Else

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE—While Black History Month calls us to honor generations of resilience, the Trump administration has spent its first year dismantling the very pathways...

Morehouse College to House Landmark Supercomputer in National Science Foundation’s Groundbreaking $457 Million Research Project

ATLANTA, Feb. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Morehouse College has received a prestigious grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to participate in a $457 million project to...

Ghana Mourns a Son of the African World

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE – A ceremony in Accra honored Reverend Jesse L. Jackson and reflected on the deep ties he built between Ghana, Africa, and...

Shot Got

by Jisu Sheen The Rolling Stone cover. Credit: Aaron Kotowski I’m a visual vampire. Or so I learned from New Haven photographer Aaron Kotowski as he...

Tourette’s campaigner John Davidson shouts N-word as Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo present BAFTA award 

by Francis Akhalbey, Face2faceAfrica.com Tourette Syndrome campaigner John Davidson shouted the N-word as Sinners co-actors Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo took the stage at the BAFTAs on Sunday night...

These five Black surgeons have made history leading Johns Hopkins Hospital’s trauma service 

by Dollita Okine, Face2FaceAfrica n a historic first for Johns Hopkins University and the medical field at large, the trauma and acute care surgery service at the...

What the U.S. withdrawal from the UN means for Black America

by Karen Juanita Carrillo The Trump administration’s withdrawal from 66 international organizations and 31 United Nations agencies, and its promotion of a “putting America first”...
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“Rock” Charts Career Trajectories At Hillhouse

by Abiba Biao Rodney “Rock” Williams paid a visit to his alma mater — with the goal of inspiring the next generation of Hillhouse High School students “to be bosses,”...

Senate Republicans Decry Emergency Bills Expected To Pass Senate

by Donald Eng HARTFORD, CT — As the state Senate prepared to vote on a number of bills Wednesday, the Republican caucus decried the emergency certification designation applied to a...

Lamont Directs State Flags To Half-Staff In Honor Of Late Civil Rights Leader

by Staff Report CTNewsJunkie The American flag flies at half-mast at the State Capitol in Hartford, CT on Sept. 11, 2025. Credit: Donald Eng / CTNewsJunkie HARTFORD, CT — Connecticut and...

CT Joins Lawsuit Against CDC Vaccine Changes

by Staff Report CTNewsJunkie HARTFORD, CT — Attorney General William Tong has joined 15 states in a lawsuit to block the Trump Administration’s overhaul of the nation’s childhood immunization schedule....

Camp Safety Bill Advances Out Of Committee

by Viktoria Sundqvist The Committee on Children on Tuesday voted to advance a bill meant to improve safety at municipal-run youth camps in Connecticut. Senate Bill 157, An Act Concerning Municipal...

Camp Safety Bill Advances Out Of Committee

by Viktoria Sundqvist The Committee on Children on Tuesday voted to advance a bill meant to improve safety at municipal-run youth camps in Connecticut. Senate Bill 157, An Act Concerning Municipal...

The Day After The Blizzard: A “Wet & Heavy” 20 Inches; 242 Cars Towed So Far

by Thomas Breen Up to 20 inches of “really wet and heavy” snow fell on New Haven between Sunday and Monday — leading to three ambulances and several plows getting...

Historic Row Homes’ Rehab Advances

by Dereen Shirnekhi The former University Row Homes on Henry Street. Credit: Thomas Breen file photo The housing authority is moving toward its goal of redeveloping seven apartments at the historic...

HIMpact Message: “The Best Time To Start Is Now”

by Lisa Reisman Asked for a definition of capacity, the man paused. “Limits,” he said. “To hell with that,” said another. “It’s what you have in you to be what...

Foundation Repairs, Ex-Middle School Demolition Draw Near

by Lisa Reisman A Newhall meeting saw neighbors, Hamden town officials, and project consultants come together to define the path forward in the decades-long struggle to address their crumbling home...

Board Me If You Can

by Laura Glesby New Haven Academy senior Glenmy Caba waited for the 215 bus on the corner of Elm and Church. When the bus came, she would have to climb...

Another Snow Day Spells Longer School Year

by Maya McFadden New Haven’s public school district can’t say for sure when the current school year will end — now that a blizzard has canceled classes for two days...
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PRESS ROOM: Civil Rights TV Launches in Selma as the World’s First 24/7 Civil Rights Television Network

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More than a Mission: Paying It Forward for the Future of Education

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — I believe in paying it forward, not just within the walls of my school or community, but across the profession. Over...

REV. AL SHARPTON MEETS WITH GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM 

Meeting Comes as Trump Administration Continues Systematic Dismantling of Equity Protections, Affirmative Action, and Voting Rights Legislation Won During the Civil Rights Movement  NEW YORK,...

OP-ED: Trump’s Policies Hurt Black America—and Everyone Else

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE—While Black History Month calls us to honor generations of resilience, the Trump administration has spent its first year dismantling the very pathways...

Morehouse College to House Landmark Supercomputer in National Science Foundation’s Groundbreaking $457 Million Research Project

ATLANTA, Feb. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Morehouse College has received a prestigious grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to participate in a $457 million project to...

Ghana Mourns a Son of the African World

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE – A ceremony in Accra honored Reverend Jesse L. Jackson and reflected on the deep ties he built between Ghana, Africa, and...

Shot Got

by Jisu Sheen The Rolling Stone cover. Credit: Aaron Kotowski I’m a visual vampire. Or so I learned from New Haven photographer Aaron Kotowski as he...
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