People Of Color

With baby formula increasingly hard to find on store shelves, concerns are growing for Black and Hispanic parents and low-income families who have less access to the products — and in some cases, greater need — than their white counterparts.

The report found that New Yorkers who are Black, Indigenous and people of color were disproportionately harmed by the COVID-19 pandemic due to an unequal ability to access affordable health care.

Vanessa Avery is a graduate of Yale and Georgetown University. She became an assistant U.S. Attorney for Connecticut in 2014, and an associate attorney general for the state in 2019.

For some military families who get orders to relocate to a new base, concern about racism can upend family life and careers.

The average income of a Black Connecticut resident is about two thirds of what white residents make. But data shows the gap is much narrower among state employees.

UConn junior Shazeda Khatun and senior Zena Saleh said they were walking to their dorm Monday night when a man screamed racial slurs at them, including the N-word.

A Firebirds Society representative said the city's current recruitment drive allows only a short time for applicants to prepare for the Candidate Physical Ability Test.

Darien’s school board voted last week to reject its participation in the Open Choice program for the 2022-2023 school year. Now, state and local officials want them to reverse the decision.

Nassau County Police officials recently blamed people from outside the county to explain racial disparities in policing. But a data analysis by WSHU and WNYC/Gothamist found those disparities persisted independent of where people came from.

With a large wave of retirements expected throughout Connecticut state government next year, discussions are underway about how to ensure many of those soon-to-be vacant positions will be filled with more diverse workers, in addition to making sure the state can continue to adequately provide services.