By Contributor By Hodari P.T. Brown, Contributor  There is a dangerous assumption we make about talented people: because someone is intelligent, accomplished, educated, gifted or resilient, they must also be okay. We see degrees, promotions, awards, titles and applause. We do not always see the person who goes home after everyone stops clapping. We...

BY REV. DOROTHY S. BOULWARE She grew up poor, one of a dozen children living in a one-room shack in the foothills of Tennessee’s Great Smoky Mountains. She became a country music legend, an A-list Hollywood actor, millionaire businesswoman and pop-culture icon, a star who soared so high and burned so...

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. Currently owned by Real Times Media, ADW is one of the most influential Black newspapers in the nation. Today the Black Mamas Matter Alliance (BMMA, Inc.)...

by Paul Bass Man, is William Tong pissed. And he wants you to know it. Don’t get him started about ICE. Don’t get him started about the Trump administration trying to stop Connecticut from enforcing a law requiring agents to wear masks and stay out of courthouses. Well, do get Tong started. Because...

by Chris Randall The 49th annual Faxon Law New Haven Road Race brought about 6,000 runners onto the streets of New Haven Monday. They came from around the country and, in some cases, around the world. Organizers said it was one of the race’s biggest turnouts in years. The Labor Day...

by Maya McFadden Rodney Williams points out potential electrical concerns with a ceiling leak in a third-floor Hillhouse classroom. The group of parents, teachers, and alders identify a mold spot on the ceiling of the in-school suspension room. Standing next to a trash can filled with water from a leaking ceiling, roughly...