by Shernay Williams July 8, 2026 Black women in the U.S. are more than three times more likely than white women to die during childbirth, according to the Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health. As part of Word In Black’s ongoing reporting on maternal health, health correspondent Jennifer Porter Gore will lead a discussion with medical leaders, advocates, and organizers about...

by Donald Eng HARTFORD, CT — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded Connecticut a $52.9 million Farm Recovery and Support Block Grant for eligible farmers in the state who...

By Samir Iydroose   Awilda Candelaria can drive to the library, but recently, she’s had no need to. The New Haven Free Public Library’s (NHFPL) Readmobile has made that unnecessary. The...

By Elodie Lafortune   What does it look like to commemorate—rather than celebrate—a place that has over two and a half centuries of pain woven into its fabric? What was...

By Jordyn Miller   Genesis Cubilette's The Shape of Return. Aiyah Josiah-Faeduwor Photos.   The following citizen contribution comes from Jordyn Miller, communications and media manager at Planned Parenthood at Southern New...

By Jayniel Bermudez & Karina Gonzalez   Attendees at Family Fun Day, in line for ice cream. Karina Gonzalez Photo. Sitting on a wooden fence at Clinton Ave Park, Rosemary...

By Amber Boutellier & Lucy Gellman   Some of the magic she is creating at summer camp. Lucy Gellman Photos. In the basement of Bethel AME Church, lunch had just ended,...

by Chris Randall The fifth annual Beaver Hills Block Party filled Glen Road between Ella T. Grasso Boulevard and Osborn Avenue with music, food and plenty of activity. The beautiful...

by Lisa Reisman Inside the leaded glass windows of a Neo-Gothic building Tuesday morning, Lionel McFadden Jr. approached the podium. “May it please the court,” he began. “Attorney McFadden for...

by Paul Bass He learned to read, and seek justice, behind bars: Bryan "Luv" Jordan at WNHH FM. Credit: Paul Bass Photo Posted inLegal Writes Bryan “Luv” Jordan had proof to...

by Thomas Breen State Rep. Pat Dillon announced two more endorsements for her reelection campaign on Friday — this time from the labor unions SEIU 1199 and 32BJ SEIU. Friday’s endorsements...

By Brandon CortesJuly A week after a tense encounter involving a police officer who refused to provide his name and badge number to a man in Newhallville, the city’s police...

by Thomas Breen New Haven’s public works director plans to resign on Friday before taking on a new job as the director of public works in Woodbridge. Michael Siciliano’s upcoming resignation...