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Category: Economic Justice

Travelers stand between to trains waiting to board in New Haven, Connecticut.
Posted inOpinion

OP-ED | Maintain 100% Service on the New Haven Line

Avatar photo by Ed Valente May 23, 2023, 4:45 amMay 22, 2023, 11:20 pm

Guest opinion writer Ed Valente, a New Haven Line conductor and labor leader, urges the governor and members of the General Assembly to maintain 100% funding for the New Haven Line, where commuters say ridership is surging as companies call back their workers to NYC.

Gold Star Memorial Bridge and the Thames River Bridge from the New London side in December 2018
Posted inTransportation

OP-ED | No Gold Stars for Bridge Emergency Response

Avatar photo by Kerri Ana Provost May 22, 2023, 4:45 amMay 22, 2023, 12:02 am
Posted inCriminal Justice

House Approves Reducing Prison Sentences For Cannabis Possession

Avatar photo by Mike Savino May 19, 2023, 1:00 pmMay 19, 2023, 2:16 pm
Posted inEconomic Justice

Connecticut Cannabis Workers Unionize for the First Time at Advanced Grow Labs

Avatar photo by Christine Stuart May 16, 2023, 11:59 amMay 16, 2023, 12:41 pm
"Financial literacy" written on a notebook with a colorful chart on the front. Other papers with charts and numbers behind it.
Posted inEducation

State Senate Passes Financial Literacy Bill

Avatar photo by Julie Martin Banks May 11, 2023, 10:00 amMay 11, 2023, 12:31 am
Bank statement showing a highlighted payment of $6,200.
Posted inSCOTUS

Clarence Thomas Had a Child in Private School. Harlan Crow Paid the Tuition.

ProPublica logo by Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski, ProPublica May 4, 2023, 4:31 pmMay 4, 2023, 4:35 pm
Opinion
Posted inOpinion

OP-ED | Heroes No More

Barry Simon by Barry Simon April 25, 2023, 4:35 amApril 24, 2023, 10:34 pm
Posted inEconomic Justice

Lawsuit Over Incarceration Fees Moves Forward

Avatar photo by Hugh McQuaid April 24, 2023, 5:00 amApril 23, 2023, 10:50 pm
Woman speaks to reporter about cannabis advocacy
Posted inEconomic Justice

On 4/20, Cannabis Advocates Rally Outside Capitol

Avatar photo by Staff Report April 20, 2023, 9:59 pmApril 20, 2023, 10:34 pm
Posted inState Taxes

How State Taxes Make Inequality Worse

Avatar photo by Melissa Hellmann, Maya Srikrishnan, Ashley Clarke and Joe Yerardi for Public Integrity April 18, 2023, 12:30 pmApril 18, 2023, 3:46 pm

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