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Hill Voters Hit The Polls In Another Contentious Pittman-Hubbard Race

by Dereen Shirnekhi The New Haven independent Ronald Douglas outside of Career: Voting for Pittman. Credit: Dereen Shirnekhi photos Tonya White, voting for Hubbard because of her community presence. Lee Moore stopped by Hill Regional Career High School on Tuesday afternoon, still weighing who to vote for in a contested Democratic co-chair race. In the end, she decided on Sandra Pittman. Pittman is...

Ground Broken On City’s Lots-To-Housing Plan

by Thomas Breen The New Haven independent One of the lots slated to be built up on Starr St. The Elicker administration took another step towards bringing 19 new units of housing to a handful of vacant lots on Starr Street Tuesday morning with a groundbreaking ceremony celebrating a $7.6 million...

Co-Chair Candidates Celebrate Civic Duty

by Laura Glesby The New Haven independent Moderator Maya Gant: “It’s been a good turnout.” On one side of the curtain in the Beecher School gymnasium, kids practiced teamwork while playing basketball in phys ed. On the other side of the curtain, voters streamed in and out to vote in a ward...

Lamont Vetoes Earmarks From Controversial Bill Passed Under Emergency Certification

by Donald Eng HARTFORD, CT — Gov. Ned Lamont has signed a controversial bill that passed the General Assembly under emergency certification, with a few key line-item vetos. Senate Bill 298 is a wide-ranging omnibus bill that addresses education, warehouse working conditions, police training, firefighter cancer funds, and more. But included...

CT Comptroller Projects $77.3M Budget Surplus, Touts Quantum Tech As Key To State’s Future Economy

by Kenneth Reed HARTFORD, CT — Can Connecticut become the Silicon Valley of quantum tech? Comptroller Sean Scanlon thinks it’s at least a possibility. Scanlon delivered an update on the state’s financial situation Monday, but the online briefing focused on quantum technology and its role in Connecticut’s future. Quantum technology is...

Lean On!

by Jisu Sheen The Balancing Act: Creating Healthy Dependency and Connection Without Losing YourselfBy Nedra Glover TawwabTarcherPenguin Random HouseFeb. 10, 2026 In 2021, givers of the world took a stand. Therapist and social media video creator Nedra Glover Tawwab had just published Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself....

Wrigley Field to host first Chicago HBCU Baseball Classic this spring

By Courtesy of HBCUNEWS.com The Chicago Cubs announced Tuesday that the first-ever Chicago HBCU Baseball Classic will be hosted at Wrigley Field later this spring. The game will feature Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU’s) Prairie View A&M University and Alabama A&M University, who will play after a Cubs game in early...

U.S. tells Americans to ‘DEPART NOW’ from Middle East as Iran conflict escalates 

by Kofi Oppong Kyekyeku, Face2FaceAfrica.com The United States has urged its citizens to leave more than a dozen Middle Eastern countries immediately due to escalating military strikes involving...

March is Women’s History Month: Arrested 13 times by age 11 – How Joanne Bland made history fighting for civil rights as a child. 

by Mildred Taylor Europa, Face2FaceAfrica.com By the time Joanne Bland was 11 years old, she had been arrested “at least 13 documented times,” she once wrote....

Boston man finds ancestor’s freedom papers while cleaning out mom’s home: ‘a real treasure’ 

by Mildred Europa Taylor, Face2FaceAfrica.com While cleaning out his mom’s room during the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020 in Maryland, Aaron Haynes found a strange piece of...

Settlement Reached Over Use Of Henrietta Lacks’ ‘Stolen’ Cells

By Black Information Network Black Information Network is the first and only 24/7 national and local all-news audio service dedicated to providing an objective, accurate...

Iran Invasion: Senator Raphael Warnock Speaks Out

By Atlanta Daily World Atlanta Daily World stands as the first Black daily publication in America. Started in 1927 by Morehouse College graduate W.A. Scott....

From Exploitation to Equity: Rewriting the Story of Black Maternal Health 

By Vern Anthony, BSN, MPH, Guest Columnist  Black History Month calls us not only to remember the past, but to confront how that past continues...

Trump’s MAGA Allies are Creating Executive Order Plan to Steal the 2026 Midterms

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The document that could lead to an executive order proposes using the claim that China interfered with the 2020 elections as...

OP-ED: One Hundred Years of Black Workers Telling the Truth

NNPA NEWSWIRE — … history provides a framework for understanding what happened in Minnesota this January, when Black journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort...

Dress for Success® Worldwide Relaunches Its Signature Women Who Inspire Campaign

NEW YORK, Feb. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Dress for Success® Worldwide, the non-profit leader in advancing women in the workplace globally, proudly announces the launch of its...

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...
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Pittman Beats Hubbard In Hill Co-Chair Race

by Thomas Breen, Laura Glesby and Mona Mahadevan Sandra Pittman and Lisa Velazquez Torres unseated Angel Hubbard and Clarence Cummings as Ward 3 Democratic co-chairs Tuesday after racking up enough...

Hill Voters Hit The Polls In Another Contentious Pittman-Hubbard Race

by Dereen Shirnekhi The New Haven independent Ronald Douglas outside of Career: Voting for Pittman. Credit: Dereen Shirnekhi photos Tonya White, voting for Hubbard because of her community presence. Lee Moore stopped...

Ground Broken On City’s Lots-To-Housing Plan

by Thomas Breen The New Haven independent One of the lots slated to be built up on Starr St. The Elicker administration took another step towards bringing 19 new units of...

Co-Chair Candidates Celebrate Civic Duty

by Laura Glesby The New Haven independent Moderator Maya Gant: “It’s been a good turnout.” On one side of the curtain in the Beecher School gymnasium, kids practiced teamwork while playing...

Lamont Vetoes Earmarks From Controversial Bill Passed Under Emergency Certification

by Donald Eng HARTFORD, CT — Gov. Ned Lamont has signed a controversial bill that passed the General Assembly under emergency certification, with a few key line-item vetos. Senate Bill 298...

CT Comptroller Projects $77.3M Budget Surplus, Touts Quantum Tech As Key To State’s Future Economy

by Kenneth Reed HARTFORD, CT — Can Connecticut become the Silicon Valley of quantum tech? Comptroller Sean Scanlon thinks it’s at least a possibility. Scanlon delivered an update on the state’s...

Lean On!

by Jisu Sheen The Balancing Act: Creating Healthy Dependency and Connection Without Losing YourselfBy Nedra Glover TawwabTarcherPenguin Random HouseFeb. 10, 2026 In 2021, givers of the world took a stand. Therapist...

Mandy Sells Sells Sells 16 Buildings In 2 Months

by Thomas Breen Mandy Management affiliates have sold 16 buildings containing 52 different apartments for more than $7.6 million so far this year — as the local megalandlord continues its...

King/Robinson Counts

by Maya McFadden Teacher Jessica Goodwin (right). Independent reading time in Goodwin’s classroom. Before King/Robinson School first-graders could ski the slopes toward a hot chocolate hut, they first had to tackle a...

Coldest Night Of The Year Raises Funds To Combat Homelessness

by Jamil Ragland HARTFORD, CT — The day began as an uncharacteristically warm one, but by the time nearly 250 volunteers stepped out to begin their charity walk through Hartford...

Anti-War Demonstrators Rally Downtown

by Chris Randall The New Haven independent Holding signs reading “Stop The War On Iran!”, several dozen protesters rallied outside City Hall Sunday afternoon as part of a nationwide day...

PRESS ROOM: NBA Hall of Fame Nominee Terry Cummings Joins 100 Black Men of DeKalb County to Launch Victory & Values Initiative

NNPA NEWSWIRE — NBA Hall of Fame nominee and Basketball Legend Terry Cummings was administered the official member’s oath and ceremonially pinned during a special induction ceremony held on...
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by Kofi Oppong Kyekyeku, Face2FaceAfrica.com The United States has urged its citizens to leave more than a dozen Middle Eastern countries immediately due to escalating military strikes involving the U.S., Israel and Iran. On...

March is Women’s History Month: Arrested 13 times by age 11 – How Joanne Bland made history fighting for civil rights as a child. 

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