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A series of events were held across the state Saturday as part of Black History Month. They focused on honoring an accomplished judge and politician and the...

More than 300 people packed into the gym area of the Constance Baker Motley Recreation Center in New York City.

A New Haven native is breaking barriers against all odds and changing American society through her legal excellence thanks to her work with NAACP as a federal judge.

A group of attorneys and housing advocates filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the town of Woodbridge alleging its zoning policies violate the state’s Fair Housing Act and portions of the state constitution by restricting the number of multi-family units that can be built.

A coalition of affordable housing advocates filed suit in New Haven Tuesday against the town of Woodbridge over zoning regulations that prevent…

Since earning my first Olympic medal, I’ve made it my life mission to help others learn how to swim, with a focus on diversifying the sport.

1970s Yale was place of expanding diversity. That came to a head with the trial of Black Panthers Ericka Huggins and Bobby Seale.

Woodbridge officials are weighing whether to allow multi-family housing

Yehyun Kim :: ctmirror.org Mansions are lined up along Oenoke Ridge in New Canaan. The area is zoned for a 4-acre, single-family home. On a sunny spring afternoon in 2016, Richard Freedman went on a bike ride through New Canaan. The housing developer was fresh off a disappointment. He had applied to build housing for low-income people in Westport, but his plan had just been rejected. As he rode through the hillsides that afternoon — where mansions with gated entrances were separated from each...