Yale Daily News

Contrary to its intentions, race-based affirmative action neglects those who are in need of academic support and opportunity, according to Sheryll Cashin, a professor of law at Georgetown University.

March 24, 2015

For the third year in a row, representatives of social justice nonprofits in Connecticut have gone to Hartford to advocate for clearer school disciplinary policies.

February 26, 2015

Five domestic workers from Connecticut are suing their employer in a federal wage theft lawsuit, claiming that they were denied the few legal rights that protect domestic workers.

February 25, 2015

Award-winning student poets, local musicians and social justice activists gathered in the New Haven People’s Center yesterday afternoon to discuss what some are calling the “New Civil Rights Movement.”

February 23, 2015

Student arrests, expulsions and suspensions in Connecticut have dropped significantly between 2008 and 2013, according to a report released Thursday by Connecticut Voices for Children.

February 17, 2015

Prosecutors denied on Friday that there are grounds for a retrial of John Rowland, a three-term Connecticut ex-governor who was found guilty in a corruption scandal.

February 10, 2015

During a pre-trial hearing yesterday, a New Haven Superior Court judge granted Yale’s motion to quash a subpoena submitted by the man accused of murdering a Yale-New Haven Hospital postgraduate fellow in 2010.

February 5, 2015

Two state legislators introduced bills last week that look to amend the current laws about youth being shackled in juvenile court.

February 3, 2015

A criminal justice report published this month indicates that Connecticut’s prison population has reached its lowest point since 1999, with the greatest reductions in the number of juvenile offenders aged 16 to 17 years old.

January 22, 2015

The man accused of a 2010 homicide filed a legal motion last month that would require Yale to release the records of the victim, who previously worked for the University. Yale is opposing the motion.

January 14, 2015

After securing a $500,000 state grant to prevent youth violence for the second consecutive year, the Elm City will use the funding to expand 23 existing youth programs.

December 2, 2014