After learning about everything from Africa’s Mali Empire to Black rebellion during Reconstruction to the history of slave codes and slave ships and convict leasing — and with coursework still to come on the Black Panther Party and Black Arts movements...

Michael Massey will get his chance to take on U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro in November, now that he has won the Republican Party’s endorsement against an opponent who is not planning a primary.
GOP delegates voted 95 — 55 to endorse Massey for the 3rd U.S. Congressional seat at a convention held at Milford City Hall Monday night. The district includes New Haven and its suburbs....

Alders paved a road for the city to fine speeding drivers and red light runners with the help of traffic cameras — though they are poised to fund only half of the city positions the Elicker administration has requested for the rollout of those cameras...

Six decades after leading a grassroots movement for racial, educational, and housing justice in the Hill while battling New Haven’s political leaders, Fred Harris returned to City Hall — to be recognized as a hometown hero.
One by one on Friday afternoon, friends, family, and community figures gave speeches celebrating Harris’s work at the formal opening of a community history exhibit titled ​“Voices of Resilience: Fred Harris, the Hill Parents Association, and the Power...