It’s every college student’s daily routine: put on a mask, walk to class and hope to get an education without contracting COVID-19. For Alyssa Murphy, a student pursuing her MBA at Quinnipiac University, this everyday pattern hasn’t been so simple. “I’m just so overwhelmed,” she said. After a year and six months full of fear, isolation…
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AAPI groups come together for community support, advocacy and education
Cheshire High School senior Andre Nguyen strolled onto the school’s campus shirtless. Pink body paint was smeared across his torso, arms and face. His mullet was caked with pink spray paint, although you could faintly make out the shade of faded blonde underneath it. Though far from the societal definition of “tall,” his demeanor and…
A lack of services and representation of poverty and financial insecurity in Hamden contribute to the long-term struggles of its community members
Sandra Lindsay, a critical care nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New York, was the first person in the United States to be vaccinated against COVID-19 nearly a year after the pandemic began. In December, Lindsay received her first dose of the Pfizer vaccine. She said that she was the first to take…
These three small businesses in the Greater New Haven Area learned how to make it out on the other side of COVID-19 lockdown with businesses heading back to normal.
Connecticut’s leaders are some of the latest in the United States to become infatuated with commercializing cannabis as a way to generate tax revenue. States have been more open to legalizing cannabis for adult use after seeing the public demand that could raise millions in taxes. The average amount of tax revenue the eight states…
What are the problems and what to expect: How New Haven plans to change the narrative of climate change threatening impoverished communities
Marissa Dionne Mead moved to Hamden’s Spring Glen neighborhood five years ago after spending the first part of her life living in cities like New Haven. The suburbs were new to her, but now that she had kids, it seemed like the right place to settle down. When George Floyd was murdered by police in…
Connecticut social and environmental activists talk about what they’re doing to combat the disproportionate impact of climate change on BIPOC and working class communities.