By Jessica Simms, Staff Writer
BRIDGEPORT — The school district’s next superintendent should strengthen support for students with disabilities and multilingual learners — and give...
LOUISIANA WEEKLY — WORD IN BLACK — A maternal health crisis continues to disproportionately impact the Black community, with Black mothers experiencing significantly higher mortality rates during childbirth and their infants facing increased risks of prematurity and death. Data indicates Black moms die at three times the rate of white moms, and Black infants are about twice as likely to die as white infants in some states.
By BlackPressUSA Newswire
By now, there’s little question that a maternal health crisis is rocking the Black community. The data tells the story: Black moms are dying during childbirth at three times the rate...
A coalition led by the NAACP and National Urban League launches a Week of Action Oct. 19-24 to mobilize 100,000 Black men to vote.
By Dawn Montgomery, Culture Critic
A coalition of national civil rights and civic engagement groups is launching a nationwide Week of Action from Oct. 19 to 24. It will build toward the inaugural National Black Man Voter Day on Saturday, Oct. 24, aiming to mobilize 100,000 Black men ahead of this year’s midterm elections.
The nonpartisan effort follows five weeks of national organizing calls. It is co-led by the National Urban League, 100 Black Men of America, Black...
by Maya McFadden
A quarter of New Haven third though eighth grade students have been assessed to be proficient in English Language Arts and science, while less than a fifth of students are proficient in math. Those rates, which school administrators described as “steady progress,” show a small improvement from years past.
Supt. Madeline Negrón and Asst. Supt. Keisha Redd-Hannans presented those 2025-26 school year data points for New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) during Oct. 13’s Board of Education meeting at King Robinson School.
English and math scores were measured by the Smarter Balanced Assessment (SBA). English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency scoring...
The football star called his diagnosis “extremely serious,” revealing that his father died from a similar medical emergency. by Oumou Fofana, REVOLT.tv
Key Takeaways
Jalen Hurts is...
Since 2019, October has been recognized as Hoodoo Heritage Month. We break down what that means and how to celebrate it.
By Kay Wicker, The Griot.com
It...
by NANCY JIANG A
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — Hundreds of residents gathered on Friday for a community-wide rededication of the original First Baptist Church of...
By RTM Newsroom
President Donald Trump is seeking to cancel $810 million in federal funding, including money for minority-owned businesses and organizations serving communities of...
By RTM Newsroom
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson criticized the court’s increasing use of its emergency docket during a speech Thursday night (September 24)...
As America celebrates its 250th birthday, Black Americans remain hopeful about the nation’s future. But younger adults are more skeptical about equality, institutions and...
By RTM Newsroom
Former President Barack Obama defended Rep. Ilhan Omar’s citizenship and criticized the search of her Washington, D.C., home, arguing that the Trump...
by Brandon Cortes
Coalition members: “New Haven is not for sale.”
A coalition of unions, churches, and community groups gathered outside City Hall on Tuesday evening to announce that they’ve collected...
by Brandon Cortes
The Board of Alders voted Monday night to urge Yale not to settle with the Trump administration over the Department of Justice’s investigation into the university’s admission...
By Typhanae Williams
At last Thursday’s ceremony at Union League.
CitySeed Executive Director Sarah Miller at the mic.
The following writeup was submitted by CitySeed Development Manager Typhanae Williams.
A daughter suggested that...
By Jessica Simms, Staff Writer
BRIDGEPORT — The school district’s next superintendent should strengthen support for students with disabilities and multilingual learners — and give staff more reasons to stay,...
by Maya McFadden
A quarter of New Haven third though eighth grade students have been assessed to be proficient in English Language Arts and science, while less than a fifth...
by Staff
It is with deep sadness that our family shares the passing of James A. Thomas on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026.
James (“Jim” to his friends and “Dean Thomas” to...
by Staff Report
HARTFORD, CT — Federal authorities intercepted a suspicious letter addressed to the Connecticut Secretary of the State’s office this week, one of a series of mailings sent...
by Thomas Breen
Officer Evan Kelly, as pictured in 2018, said that he punched a handcuffed arrestee in the head last October because she was trying to grab his pepper...
by Thomas Breen
A Stamford doctor who was tapped by the Elicker administration to provide free walk-up Covid testing during the early months of the pandemic has agreed to pay...
by Brandon Cortes
Signs aplenty at New Haven’s No Kings.
“I feel totally betrayed by the Party,” David Levine said on the Green on Saturday. “I was a Republican because...
by Paul Bass
Redfield Street and Columbus Avenue was always Jerry J. Bell’s corner. In practice.
Now it’s official.
A sign went up this month to tell the world that Redfield and...
The football star called his diagnosis “extremely serious,” revealing that his father died from a similar medical emergency. by Oumou Fofana, REVOLT.tv
Key Takeaways
Jalen Hurts is expected to miss the season...
Since 2019, October has been recognized as Hoodoo Heritage Month. We break down what that means and how to celebrate it.
By Kay Wicker, The Griot.com
It...
by NANCY JIANG A
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — Hundreds of residents gathered on Friday for a community-wide rededication of the original First Baptist Church of...
By RTM Newsroom
President Donald Trump is seeking to cancel $810 million in federal funding, including money for minority-owned businesses and organizations serving communities of...
By RTM Newsroom
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson criticized the court’s increasing use of its emergency docket during a speech Thursday night (September 24)...
