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Developer, loan fund working together to bring grocery store to Hartford to serve downtown, city’s northern neighborhoods By KENNETH R. GOSSELINHARTFORD COURANT| JAN 10, 2020 |5:21 PM| HARTFORD “Parcel B” would be the second phase of the Downtown North development and could include a grocery store. (RMS Cos.) A developer and a community revitalization loan fund which have separate […]
Can’t get to DC? Watch these videos from the Library of Congress from the 2019 National Book Festival here. Changemakers: Andrea Barnet discussed “Visionary Women: How Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Jane Goodall and Alice Waters Changed Our World,” David W. Blight discussed “Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom” and Andrew Roberts discussed “Churchill: Walking with Destiny” […]
THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL & MUSEUM The mission of the African American Civil War Museum is to correct a great wrong in history that largely ignored the enormous contributions of the 209,145 members of the United States Colored Troops. It tells the stories and preserves for posterity the historic roles these brave men […]
by Lisa Backus @ ctnewsjunkie.com The Connecticut NAACP and state officials are hoping to find 10,000 jobs for formerly incarcerated individuals in the next three years. Connecticut is a pilot state for the NAACP’s national “Million Jobs” campaign to get major businesses on board with hiring former inmates who will receive training that actually leads to a […]
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Kiley Reid’s Novel Is About Race and Class and Other People’s Children “Such a Fun Age” explores the toll of emotional labor on a black babysitter. “I like the idea of all of these people freaking out,” she says. By Concepción de León Dec. 28, 2019, 5:00 a.m. ET For six years in her 20s, Kiley Reid spent […]
How Careful Are You When Online? When you are reading your email, do you click on attachments from people you don’t know? Do you click on attachments from people you do know without verifying that they sent you something? What about free things, like games, you can download – how careful are you? Do you […]
Why do people who eat more whole grains, like oatmeal, gain less weight than those who fill up on refined grains, like white rice? Whole grains keep food in your stomach longer, so you’re less likely to fill up on junk foods. But a slender shape isn’t the only reason to eat whole grains. Their […]
According to Dr Christine Northrup, “There is a HUGE difference between chronological age (the age on your driver’s license) and biological age (the age of your tissues).” She continues, “Believe it or not, our cultural programming about what to “expect” at a certain age is more powerful than our genes when it comes to how […]
30 Days of Apples: Our Favorite Recipes for Everything from Homemade Applesauce to All Kinds of Pies By Frances Kim From MarthaStewart.com Fall means apple season is here. Whether you get apples from a grand picking expedition, a jaunt to the farmers’ market, or a visit to the store, be sure to explore the unusual types […]
‘If Those Were Pictures of You, You Would Understand’ Two sisters talk candidly about their lives after being sexually abused as children. It has been 10 years, but online photos and videos continue to haunt them. By Michael H. Keller and Gabriel J.X. Dance Two sisters from the Midwest are among the untold number of survivors of child […]
At Gallaudet University, deaf culture and faith mix to create something new A woman walks through the Gallaudet University campus in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019. Gallaudet University is an institution of learning, teaching and research for deaf and hard-of-hearing students. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) WASHINGTON (RNS) — When a student stood to read from […]
SALT LAKE CITY — The share of Americans who cohabit has been rising and most adults say that’s acceptable, whether a cohabiting couple intends to marry or not. And married couples are more satisfied with their relationship and have more trust in their partner than do those who cohabit. Just over half of American adults […]
Church uses crop duster plane to spray holy water upon Louisiana faithful Following a Mass at St. Anne’s Church on Saturday morning, parishioners traveled to a nearby airstrip to load water onto the crop duster. The agricultural aircraft was flushed of pesticides before it took off on its trip around the neighborhood, The Guardian reports. […]