AltWeeklies Wire
New Haven Declares Peace, Finallynew
Nearly five years in, the Board of Alderman finally passed two peace resolutions, one calling for an end to the Iraq war. More than 300 cities beat New Haven to the punch.
New Haven Advocate |
Betsy Yagla |
01-15-2008 |
War
The $65 Questionnew
Who bears the blame for raising public housing rents on Connecticut's poor families?
New Haven Advocate |
Betsy Yagla |
01-08-2008 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Locking up Lauranew
A mentally retarded woman languishes in prison because Connecticut's Department of Disability Services is short on beds.
New Haven Advocate |
Freda Moon |
01-08-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Death of Reasonnew
Lawyers argue the racial bias, and absurdity, of the death penalty in Connecticut.
New Haven Advocate |
Betsy Yagla |
12-26-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Beware of the 'Watchdog'new
The dangers of Dustin Gold, New Haven's anti-illegal immigration zealot.
New Haven Advocate |
Betsy Yagla |
12-26-2007 |
Immigration
Backwater USAnew
Mark Colville got a stiffer punishment for simulating Blackwater USA's slaughter of innocent Iraqi civilians than the mercenaries who actually committed the crime.
New Haven Advocate |
Andy Bromage |
12-18-2007 |
War
Bad Noosenew
The feds want to reassure African-Americans they're investigating nooses found in Connecticut. The NAACP just wants someone arrested.
New Haven Advocate |
Nick Keppler |
12-18-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
One Mother Slipping Through the Cracksnew
A New Haven mother battles illness, homelessness and the slow-moving social service bureaucracy.
New Haven Advocate |
Betsy Yagla |
12-11-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
The Patient Terroristnew
Was American-born Hassan Abujihaad plotting to attack a San Diego military base? A federal judge is deciding that now.
New Haven Advocate |
Betsy Yagla |
12-11-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
While You Pay More for Health Care, Insurers Get Richnew
Nationally, the average corporate CEO earned $14.78 million in total compensation in 2006. That same year, the average New Haven resident paid $11,000 in health care premiums.
New Haven Advocate |
Betsy Yagla |
12-04-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Yale's New Secret Societynew
The Yale University Police Department wants all the power of a regular police force, but none of the accountability.
New Haven Advocate |
Andy Bromage |
12-04-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Parolees Await Hartford's Next Movenew
Since Gov. Jodi Rell imposed a statewide freeze on paroles for violent offenders in August, Connecticut's prison population has reached an all-time high.
New Haven Advocate |
Freda Moon |
12-04-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Who Says There's No Money in Journalism?new
Profit-driven news executives cash in while editors and writers do more with less.
New Haven Advocate |
Andy Bromage |
12-04-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Big Media's Big Giftnew
How the FCC is helping media fat cats get more power over what you know.
New Haven Advocate |
Evan Brown |
11-27-2007 |
Media
New Haven's Public Housing Vacancy Problemnew
Public housing apartments are breaking faster than New Haven can repair them.
New Haven Advocate |
Betsy Yagla |
11-20-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
