Beloved Connecticut Pastor Killed By Stamford Police Car While Crossing The StreetSharelle BurtAugust 2, 2023August 2, 2023 by Sharelle BurtAugust 2, 2023August 2, 20231580 Sending prayers and love to the Jackson family!... Read more
News Vandal Arrested For Ruining Black Lives Matter MuralIman MilnerJune 16, 2023June 16, 2023 by Iman MilnerJune 16, 2023June 16, 2023355 A man accused of vandalizing a Black Lives Matter mural in Hartford, Connecticut, appeared before a judge on Thursday and is being held on $150,000... Read more
Finance News State Governments Use COVID-19 Relief Funds to Assist Residents’ Growing Medical DebtSharelle BurtFebruary 16, 2023February 16, 2023 by Sharelle BurtFebruary 16, 2023February 16, 2023314 As Americans move deeper in the medical debt hole, state representatives plan to use COVID relief funds to assist.... Read more
Food News CT Meltdown: Mexican Immigrant Sparks Controversy After Naming New Breakfast Cafe ‘Woke’Stacy JacksonFebruary 1, 2023February 1, 2023 by Stacy JacksonFebruary 1, 2023February 1, 2023382 It's Carmen vs. Karen in this Connecticut neighborhood.... Read more
General News Uncategorized 5 Connecticut Officers Charged After Black Man Paralyzed In Police VanEric MoodyNovember 29, 2022November 29, 2022 by Eric MoodyNovember 29, 2022November 29, 20221785 One of the five officers charged allegedly mocked the man and accused him of faking his injuries.... Read more
Business Entrepreneurship Nationwide Black Business Month More Black-Owned Businesses Are Calling New Haven Home Through Yale University’s Community Investment ProgramAtiya JordanAugust 16, 2022August 4, 2023 by Atiya JordanAugust 16, 2022August 4, 20232724 Two Black-owned business owners will soon celebrate grand openings thanks to the support of Yale University Properties. Find out who!... Read more
News Activists Demand Hate Crime Charges Against White Man Seen Pushing Biracial Child Off BikeJeroslyn JoVonnJuly 8, 2022July 8, 2022 by Jeroslyn JoVonnJuly 8, 2022July 8, 20221077 Community activists in Deep River, Connecticut, demand a white man seen pushing an 11-year-old biracial child off his bike face hate crime charges.... Read more
News Connecticut to Name Street After First Black Woman Physician in StamfordAtiya JordanJune 1, 2022May 31, 2022 by Atiya JordanJune 1, 2022May 31, 20221222 Joyce Yerwood, Stamford, Connecticut's first Black woman doctor in the 1940s, will have a street renamed in her honor upon pending resolution approval.... Read more
Education Connecticut Is The First State To Require Black And Latinx Studies Be Included In High School CurriculumsDana GivensDecember 11, 2020December 12, 2020 by Dana GivensDecember 11, 2020December 12, 20201799 The state of Connecticut announced that all high schools must include Black and Latinx Studies within the curriculum by Fall 2022.... Read more
Education Don’t Know Much About African History: A Connecticut School Board Seeks to Change ThatRobin White GoodeApril 22, 2018April 20, 2018 by Robin White GoodeApril 22, 2018April 20, 2018520 This professor thinks that African American history courses should not start with slavery but with the richness of African history.... Read more