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Poverty
Photo:Eduardo Mueses, Flickr Creative Commons
Published:
May 21, 2013
Poverty is a problem you tend to think of affecting very urban and very rural areas of america. But a new Brookings study shows a shocking fact: that over the last decade, the poor population in the suburbs has grown by about 60 percent. That national trend follows the same path as local metro ar... read more
A Metro North train stuck near the crash site in Bridgeport on Saturday.
Photo:Neena Satija
Published:
May 20, 2013
For many commuters, Friday evening's ride on Metro-North was uneventful at first. “The train was moving along, I guess there was no reason to suspect anything," said Frank Bilotti to the New Haven Register. "Everybody was just daydreaming and passing the time away and all of a sudden, there w... read more
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May 17, 2013
It seems that money and power always get in the way of democracy. Compromise can water down idealism, but no compromise results in gridlock. So, a... read more
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May 17, 2013
As our gadgets move into the future, we’re moving into the past. That email you just received? It was written seconds, minutes or hours ago. The tw... read more
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May 15, 2013
Why is it that Americans are so fiercely individualistic...so protective of their rights to be “different," but yet we all shop at the same few sto... read more
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May 14, 2013
Vegetables that are genetically modified to resist pests have become a part of our daily diet, whether we like it or not. Several states have been... read more
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May 14, 2013
Last year’s congressional race in Connecticut’s 5th District was flipped on its head when former speaker Chris Donovan’s campaign finance director... read more
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May 13, 2013
President Obama said in his second inaugural address that he believes America’s growth rests “upon the broad shoulders of a rising middle class” -... read more
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May 10, 2013
Seventeen days after a garment factory collapsed in Bangladesh, a woman was pulled alive from the rubble. But more than 1,000 people have been conf... read more
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May 9, 2013
  A few weeks ago, the Greater New Haven Branch of the NAACP released a report showing significant health, economic, and educational dispar... read more
Published:
May 9, 2013
  Suicide rates have risen dramatically for middle-aged Americans in the last 10 years - the highest jump is for men aged 50-54. In a repor... read more
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May 8, 2013
Pennsylvania is no stranger to controversy surrounding the teaching of evolution. When the school district in the town of Dover required creationis... read more
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May 7, 2013
Last week, the Connecticut Mirror ran a three part series by Keith Phaneuf on “Connecticut’s budget deficit, and why you should be worried.”  It pa... read more
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May 7, 2013
  The situation in Syria gets more confusing by the day. The Obama Administration is treading very cautiously around conflicting reports of who... read more
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May 6, 2013
Today, Governor Dannel Malloy joins us once again for his monthly visit, and we will, as always, give you a chance to ask questions. We’ll be f... read more
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May 3, 2013
Tomorrow, is the final Connecticut Forum of the season. It’s called Funny, Smart People and it’s being moderated by our very own Colin McEnroe. The... read more
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May 3, 2013
  Advocates for mental health have been expressing concern about the conversation in American following the Newtown shootings.  While we still... read more
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May 3, 2013
As the civil war in Syria continues to wreak havoc on the country, President Barack Obama is facing political pressure to respond. In a news co... read more
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May 2, 2013
  The music, culture and movement of Brazil is evocative of a certain kind of lifestyle to many Americans - like me - who’ve never been there.... read more
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May 2, 2013
A group of parents in Darien have filed a complaint against the school district, alleging that their children with learning disabilities have not b... read more

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