Mayor Toni Harp offers updates on hot-button issues in town.
Pundit Friday | July 7, 2017 Babz
Babz Rawls-Ivy, Markeshia Ricks, Norma Rodriguez-Reyes, Joe Ugly and Harry Droz look behind the latest headlines about the city's police department.
Dateline New Haven | Politics & Police
WNHH resident policing expert John Velleca weighs in on current police department controversies, from lieutenant promotions to the transfer of an East Shore district manager amid racism allegations.
Dateline New Haven | Schoolteachers Speak Out
Public schoolteachers Leslie Blatteau, Jenna McDermit, and Nataliya Braginsky of the new Haven Educators Collective talk about why they love teaching in New Haven -- and changes they'd like to see in the system under the next superintendent.
Dateline New Haven | The Quest To Save Medicaid
Sheldon Toubman of New Haven Legal Assistance Association, Sheryl McNamee of Clifford Beers Clinic, Derek Thomas of Connecticut Voices for Children, Bonnie Muller of the Friends Center for Children, and Christine Geraci, whose daughter has a rare genetic disorder, discuss their efforts to protect Medicaid from both state and federal cutbacks.
Chai Haven | David & Noah Chevan
L'dor va'dor: Afro-Semitic Experience co-founder David Chevan jams with son noah Chevan as they explore the roots of their emerging music, the connection between father and son, the role of Judaism in their work, and where they're headed next.
Dateline New Haven | Coral Ortiz
Coral Ortiz, who just finished two years as an elected student member of the New haven Board of Education, refletcs on what the experience taught her about politics, adults, and getting stuff done.
Dateline New Haven | The Democratic Message Challenge
Democratic State Chairman Nick Balletto examines the challenges facing both the Connecticut and national party in the Trump era.
Pundit Friday | June 23, 2017
Pundits Markeshia Ricks, Babz Rawls-Ivy and Harry Droz zero in on the latest bike lane, English Station, and police news in town.
Dateline New Haven | Mary Lou Aleskie & Peter Webster Say Good - Bye
The outgoing director of the International Festival of Arts & Ideas and the Wooster Square-based community activist discuss their 11 years of making a difference in New Haven, how they met, and their next mission as they move north to New Hampshire.
Chai Haven | Ezra Academy's Melanie Waynik
The principal of Greater New Haven's Conservative K-8 Jewish day school speaks about innovative approaches to learning at the school, including how to teach kindergarteners about science, literature, religious values, and art -- all at once, with ladybugs.
Mayor Monday | June 19, 2017
Mayor Toni Harp discusses the future of the Armory and the "escape," new efforts to address domestic violence in New Haven, and the future of Gateway Community College under new leadership.
Pundit Friday | June 16, 2017
Puerto Rico's disaster -- is it New Haven's opportunity? Or just an opportunity for exploitation? Pundits Babz Rawls-Ivy, Markeshia Ricks, Norma Rodriguez-Reyes, and Harry Dorz debate that question, public input at Board of Education meetings, and gender and racial childhood tradtions.
Dateline New Haven | Summer Fun In The City
City arts chief Andrew Wolf lays out all the fun free-of-charge stuff happening in New Haven this summer.
Chai Haven | A Return Journey
Rabbi Jon-Jay Tilsen of Westville's Congregation Beth El Keser Israel describes his trip to a restored cemetery in North Dakota where three of his relatives are buried amid other Jewish homesteaders from the early 1900s -- and the lessons he brought home for those of us today seeking to make a better life.
Dateline New Haven | Advice For The New Chief
Former New Haven top cop John Velleca, WNHH's resident policing expert, offers his advice to New Haven's new police chief and weighs in on the shooting death of a man he once tried to lck up for murder.
Mayor Monday | June 12, 2017
Mayor Toni Harp weighs in on taxes, crime, the state budget, and the search for the next schools superintendent.
Pundit Friday | June 9, 2017
Outsider versus insider politics, the last-minute rush in the state legislative session, and the future of daily print journalism in New Haven provide the fodder for pundits Babz Rawls-Ivy, Joe Ugly, Markeshia Ricks and Harry Droz.
Wait ... Wait ... Don't Ticket Me!
Contestants vie for free parking by guessing how the city of New Haven ruled on real-life appeals to parking tickets.
Chai Haven | Jews In New Haven Volume X
David Fischer talks about putting together the latest edition of the jewish History Society's series of books on the history of the local Jewish community -- including his detective work in nailing down the history of ritual baths.