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Jaylen Scott of NHCS is going to Bucknell
When the Neighborhood House Charter School (NHCS) valedictorian, Jaylen Scott, leaves in August for Pennsylvania’s Bucknell University, it will mark one of the first times in years that the Centre Street resident won’t be living at home and attending school on the...
read moreCity, AMR reach out to Spanish-speakers to hire as first responders who can speak people’s languages
NEW HAVEN — For Veronica Jofre and her brother, Enzo, who grew up in a home on Howard Avenue in the city's Hill section where Spanish was the first language, one key motivation to become first responders was something quite personal. If anything ever happened to...
read moreChristopher Tapp: The Legislature must override the veto of S.6 to protect the innocent
I spent nearly half my life in prison for a rape and murder I did not commit. That’s 20 years and 53 days in prison while the real rapist and murderer walked free. This year, the Vermont Legislature decided to learn from stories like mine by passing S.6 to protect...
read moreKIPP Massachusetts offers free English classes for adults
LYNN — KIPP Massachusetts concluded its year-round English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) classes for adults. With 30 students completing their ESOL classes successfully on May 30, Julielys Ortiz-Leger, the family and community engagement manager for KIPP...
read moreHealey announces a new green bank to fund climate-friendly affordable housing
A new bank established by the state will provide loans to make affordable housing more climate-friendly, Governor Maura Healey announced Tuesday. The new Massachusetts Community Climate Bank will be the nation’s first green bank dedicated to affordable housing,...
read moreWildlands, the natural answer to climate change
NEW ENGLAND is not immune to the global ecological crises of climate change and biodiversity loss, which both threaten human health and safety. With little time to act, we are racing to make up for decades of inaction and are leaning heavily on technology and...
read moreOpinion: CT criminal justice system fails those with mental health conditions
Our criminal justice system continues to fail people living with mental health conditions. Just last week, Time profiled Michael Ledford, an autistic man who was accused of setting fire to his own home in October 1999, which resulted in the death of his 1-year-old son...
read moreGuest Post: ESG isn’t “Woke Capitalism,” … its Capitalism
Conservative dogma has long held that the government should not meddle in the business of private companies. But for many months now a crusade to stop investors and companies from considering ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) factors in their decision-making has...
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