By Black Information Network Five Black women district attorneys in Atlanta, Georgia, will be forced to run in nonpartisan elections under a new Georgia law that two of the prosecutors are now challenging in court. House Bill 369, signed by Gov. Brian Kemp in May, according to The Atlanta-Journal Constitution (AJC), requires district attorneys in Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton and Gwinnett counties to run in nonpartisan elections beginning...

by Dereen Shirnekhi A last-minute “tentative” deal between the Teamsters union and a private transit operator means that roughly 70 Yale and Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU) shuttle bus drivers...

by Brandon Cortes ULA founding member John Jairo Lugo (center) leads Wednesday’s event. In response to a recent statewide surge in federal immigration enforcement, roughly 70 people rallied outside City Hall...

by Thomas Breen, New Haven Independent The Elicker administration has installed seven red-light and speed cameras across the city, and plans to turn them on later this month — despite...

Samir Iydroose “One, two, three! En-ergy ba-by. Whoo! Yeah. Leap. We go up, we go down,” shouted Jayden Carty, a senior counselor at Leadership, Athletics, and Education in Partnership (LEAP)...

By Zahara Gazzola Raizine Bruton didn’t grow up going to the movies. Instead, at around five years old, she started watching old black-and-white movies with her stepdad on Turner Classic Movies...

by Dereen Shirnekhi NHPD Asst. Chief Manmeet Bhagtana: “A vehicle can become a deadly weapon within seconds.” A task force of police from New Haven and nearby towns arrested 11 people...

by Donald Eng HARTFORD, CT — Connecticut has about 300,000 people of Puerto Rican descent, and many more state residents visit the island for its sunny weather and sandy beaches....

NIANTIC, CT — People incarcerated at Connecticut’s only women’s prison could soon have expanded academic support toward earning their college degrees. Connecticut State Community College has been awarded a $100,000...

by Donald Eng HARTFORD, CT — Connecticut is among the leaders of a 22-state coalition suing the Trump administration over its attempt to prohibit states from using federal Medicaid funds...

by Staff Report Citing fear and panic in the community, U.S. Sen. Richard is requesting a meeting with Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin and Acting ICE Director David Venturella over...

by Maya McFadden Governance Committee Chair Abie Benitez. Credit: Maya McFaddnen file photo The Board of Education has adopted a whistleblower-protection policy designed to prevent retaliation against employees who speak out...

by Adele Haeg Yale College Council President Alex Chen introduced Professor David Blight at Tuesday’s teach-in: “We must ask ourselves, when will the university actually defend itself?” Around 250 Yale professors,...