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OP-ED | Spitting In The Face Of Facts

Guest opinion writer Jason Courtmanche says that when E.O. Smith High School had a bomb threat Wednesday, the students showed courage. But when it comes to keeping students safe from school shootings, he says Republicans at the state and congressional level are failing that test.

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OP-ED | Dumbing America Down, Digitally

Opinion writer Tom Purcell says IQs have dropped for the first time in the American history, and the experts aren’t quite sure why. It’s a drastic reversal of the “Flynn effect,” a phenomenon in which “IQ scores have substantially increased from 1932 through the 20th century, with differences ranging from three to five IQ points per decade.”

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OP-ED | Re-Entry Conversation Forgets One Community

We have spent the last several years reckoning with the racial disparities inherent in our criminal legal system. In recognition that most people convicted of a crime eventually return to our communities, we have rightly focused on the importance of re-entry and reducing some of the collateral consequences of a criminal conviction so that people who have served their time are able to rebuild their…

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Connecticut Bill Would Raise Bar For Permitting Facilities In Already Polluted Areas

A bill backed by the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection would give the agency, as well as the Connecticut Siting Council, the authority to deny or place conditions on a permit for polluting facilities in environmental justice communities if the cumulative environmental and health impacts there exceed a threshold higher than impacts borne…

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The Personal And Political Fallout Of A Tik Tok Ban

TikTok is the fastest-growing app on the planet with more than 150 million monthly users in the U.S. alone. But that popularity does not extend to Capitol Hill where its defenders are in the minority. Laura Barrón-López looks into the potential personal, political, and international fallout should the government outlaw the platform.

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OP-ED | Making It Expensive For Racism To Exist

Opinion writer Susan Campbell says the court decision to broaden the definition of racism to include certain speech – such as “all lives matter” as a counterpoint to Black lives mattering in the context of a white woman who spat on a Black woman during a Hartford protest – may help set a precedent for a new age.

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Lamont Nominates 20 To The Bench

Gov. Ned Lamont forwarded 20 judicial nominations to the legislature Wednesday. The list of judicial nominees includes three former lawmakers: Dan Fox of Stamford, Jason Welch of Bristol and Paul Doyle of Wethersfield.  “Our court system works best when it reflects the diversity, experience, and understanding of the people it serves,” Lamons said. “These individuals I am nominating have the qualifications that meet the high…

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The US Surpasses 125 Mass Shootings In 2023—Here’s Every Event Mapped

The Nashville Covenant School shooting, which claimed the lives of three 9-year-olds and three adults on March 27, marked the country’s 130th mass shooting of 2023. The tragedy underscores another troubling trend in the U.S.—firearms are the leading cause of death in children between ages 1 and 19, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation data.

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