Feeling Safe Enough to Use Our Health Insurance
Seeking treatment for reproductive or mental health can be a very private matter. How that information is shared with others [...]
Reclaiming Our CROWN: Legislation to Protect Against Discrimination Based on Race-Based Hairstyles
The sad and infuriating truth is that even in 2021 we are still forced to debate whether the hair [...]
Celebrating Juneteenth In A Year of National Awakening
When did you first hear about the celebration of “Juneteenth”? This is not a trick question or a question intended [...]
Black Women are Dying During Pregnancy and Delivery. Doulas Can Help.
May is National Doula Month D'Ara Nazaryan COVID-19 has laid bare the racial inequities in our health care [...]
Fair Workweek Legislation Will Help Women
PoliticaCT is supporting Fair Workweek Scheduling as one of our top five issues for the 2020 state legislative session. Today’s [...]
Fight the Good Fight: Progressive Lessons from Carrie Saxon Perry, Hartford’s first African-American woman mayor
-- by Jamie Mills, PoliticaCT Board Member Carrie Saxon Perry, Hartford’s mayor from 1987-1993, stood up for everybody. She also [...]
New Study Reveals Paid Family Leave Policies Lead to 20% Fewer Women Leaving the Workforce
As Connecticut prepares to launch new Paid Family & Medical Leave law, research highlights long-term economic benefit of paid family [...]
PoliticaCT Legislators Discuss Progressive Bills Passed in 2019
State Senator Julie Kushner discusses paid family and medical leave: http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pIHgHaZB8E State Representative Robin Comey talks about passing a [...]
PoliticaCT Announces – First Endorsements for 2018 Elections [Press Release]
PoliticaCT will announce its first endorsements in the November 2018 elections on Tuesday, May 29th at 4:30 PM on the [...]
The 2018 Session: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly – An Insider’s View
PoliticaCT was active this legislative session. Members and board members alike worked to push for our policy priorities and influence [...]