Rebecca Karabus
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Pro-choice rally garners local support

Nearly 50 pro-choice advocates rallied in support of Planned Parenthood on Saturday morning in an event that demonstrated broadening support from the New Haven community.

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Alders sue BOE for charter violation

The New Haven Board of Alders filed a lawsuit on Jan. 26 against the city’s Board of Education and BOE member Daisy Gonzalez — widely regarded as the voice of New Haven Public Schools parents — for Gonzalez’s allegedly illegal membership on the BOE.

N.H. inequality fastest growing in U.S.

Income inequality since the 2007 recession has grown faster in the city of New Haven than in any other American city, according to a Jan. […]

ULA protests Thai Taste amid audit

Unidad Latina en Accion, a New Haven-based immigrants’ rights activist group, staged its 11th Thai Taste protest since May on Saturday evening.

BOE elects new vice president

The New Haven Board of Education unanimously elected Alicia Caraballo vice president at a Monday meeting.

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State tallies homeless population

The Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness, a statewide homelessness prevention group, will be counting the number of Connecticut’s homeless Tuesday evening. Columbus House, an independent […]

Pro-life activists march downtown

On the anniversary of the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion nationwide, more than 300 Greater New Haven activists marched through […]

Controversy surrounds BOE membership

When voters approved a set of revisions to the New Haven City Charter in November 2013, they thought it would lead to a Board of Education with the standard seven voting members beginning this year. Instead, it resulted in eight.

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Climate activists call for updated action plan

More than 30 climate change activist organizations from the Greater New Haven area await Mayor Toni Harp’s response to a Wednesday letter calling for updates […]

Harp, ULA oppose immigrant raids

On Wednesday, undocumented immigrants and immigrants’ rights activists released a video filmed primarily in New Haven to respond to a series of nationwide deportation raids targeting undocumented immigrants.

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Connecticut combats student truancy

Last Thursday, the CT Kids Report Card Chronic Absenteeism Strategic Action Group — a 30-member committee that develops initiatives to address chronic absenteeism across the […]