By Gemeem Davis, Calabria Gale Heilmann
It’s hard to believe that we are here. Again. But as they say, those who refuse to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
On May 25, 2020, Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on George Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes, while Mr. Floyd was handcuffed, lying face down in the street,...
HAMDEN — On a late August day that felt like the final, triumphant exhale of summer, a massive DATTCO bus idled on the pavement, its doors open to a group of young people and families ready for a day of escape. But for the organizers at Fixing Fathers Inc.,...
by Brandon Cortes
At Manjares’ 10-year celebration in 2019. Maya McFadden Photo Credit: Maya McFadden file photo
Manjares, the Latin American restaurant and café that has anchored Westville Village’s corner of West Rock and Whalley avenues in Westville since 2009, has been told it must vacate its space by Sept. 30...
by Laura Glesby
Which is the best way to respect the history of the New Haven Green: Pedestrianizing the part of Temple Street that runs through the middle or keeping the road open to cars?
The Historic District Commission found itself divided on that question at a Thursday special meeting about...
By Joseph Williams
NABJ called him out over Black women. His response suggests Smith can dish it out but can’t take it.
Stephen A. Smith says NABJ’s Thumbs Down Award was “Christmas arriving early.” But his furious reaction to criticism from an organization he once embraced reveals something more interesting about...
by MATT BROWN Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of protesters are expected on the National Mall on Friday for a rally in support of voting rights and racial justice ahead of the midterm elections, following a wave of changes to voting laws and redistricting that civil rights groups have...
Source: BlackPressUSA Newswire
By Dominic Boston
As a young Black man, this topic is personal to me.
When people discuss mental health, they usually don’t picture someone who looks like me. Instead, Black men are often seen as strong, tough, or able to handle anything life throws at us.
Growing up, I was...
Source: BlackPressUSA Newswire
By Dominic Boston
As a young Black man, this topic is personal to me.
When people discuss mental health, they usually don’t picture someone...
By Tn Tribune
Source: Black Press USA Wire
NASHVILLE, Tennessee – During Gospel Music Heritage Month, the Spruce Street Baptist Church Music Department will present “Songspiration,”...
By Mayor Eric L. Johnson
Source: Black Press USA Wire
Dallas is building its next budget on a strong foundation focused on public safety and government...
By Alexandria Green-Jones
Source: BlackPressUSA Newswire
Before some of us knew Dolly Parton as the Queen of Country Music, we knew her as the woman behind...
by Willy Blackmore Word in Black
The pattern is becoming a little too familiar: The artificial intelligence boom is fueling an unprecedented demand for data...
by Tandy Lau
In 2015, then-NYC Public Advocate Letitia James personally represented a tenth grader whom she identified only as “Keybi” in immigration court. The...
A new YouGov/Economist projection shows President Donald Trump has negative net job approval in 47 states and Washington, D.C., with only Wyoming, Idaho and...
By Joshua Eaton, Staff Writer
Agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested nearly 100 people across Connecticut this week, according to the immigration rights group Danbury Unites for Immigrants...
HAMDEN — On a late August day that felt like the final, triumphant exhale of summer, a massive DATTCO bus idled on the pavement, its doors open to a...
by Brandon Cortes
At Manjares’ 10-year celebration in 2019. Maya McFadden Photo Credit: Maya McFadden file photo
Manjares, the Latin American restaurant and café that has anchored Westville Village’s corner of...
by Laura Glesby
Which is the best way to respect the history of the New Haven Green: Pedestrianizing the part of Temple Street that runs through the middle or keeping...
by Laura Glesby
Chief of School Operations Paul Whyte goes through the school buildings in need of A/C fixes at Monday’s hearing. Credit: Laura Glesby Photo
Several schools will lack proper...
by Maya McFadden
New Haven’s school board unanimously approved locking in another year of online math programming amid concern over how long students spend on screens all day.
The unanimous vote...
by Laura Glesby
Four early elementary Lincoln-Bassett School classes will start off the school year in Wexler-Grant classrooms, after a burst sprinkler flooded parts of the building earlier this week.
New...
by Paul Bass
Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz returned from Connecticut Ground Zero of the Trump Administration’s renewed deportation campaign with a verdict: The feds are defying decency and the law...
by Dereen Shirnekhi
As the start of the school year nears, the number of drivers caught on camera illegally blowing past school buses has grown to 12,000 — with half...
by Jamil Ragland
HARTFORD, CT — On a day to commemorate women’s suffrage, a bipartisan group of state leaders celebrated the progress women have made over the last 100 years...
by Donald Eng
HARTFORD, CT — Connecticut is part of a 25-state coalition filing a lawsuit against the United States Postal Service (USPS) challenging its new rule that purports to...
By Lucy Gellman
Katro Storm climbed onto a section of bright green scaffolding, the surface glowing in the sun-drenched summer morning. Crouching down, he stopped at a stitch of...
By Joseph Williams
NABJ called him out over Black women. His response suggests Smith can dish it out but can’t take it.
Stephen A. Smith says NABJ’s Thumbs Down Award was...
Source: BlackPressUSA Newswire
By Dominic Boston
As a young Black man, this topic is personal to me.
When people discuss mental health, they usually don’t picture someone...
By Tn Tribune
Source: Black Press USA Wire
NASHVILLE, Tennessee – During Gospel Music Heritage Month, the Spruce Street Baptist Church Music Department will present “Songspiration,”...
By Mayor Eric L. Johnson
Source: Black Press USA Wire
Dallas is building its next budget on a strong foundation focused on public safety and government...
By Alexandria Green-Jones
Source: BlackPressUSA Newswire
Before some of us knew Dolly Parton as the Queen of Country Music, we knew her as the woman behind...
by Willy Blackmore Word in Black
The pattern is becoming a little too familiar: The artificial intelligence boom is fueling an unprecedented demand for data...
by Tandy Lau
In 2015, then-NYC Public Advocate Letitia James personally represented a tenth grader whom she identified only as “Keybi” in immigration court. The...