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Thu27Mar2008

Taxi! Do Drivers of Color Get Less Tips?

I rarely use yellow taxi cabs. I can't find any in my hood and when I'm in the city, they don't want to drive me to my hood. A study of 1,000 taxicab rides in one city, New Haven, Conn.,... Read more »

Thursday, March 27 2008 | 13:52 H

Fri29Feb2008

Machetero Arraigned In Connecticut

Avelino Gonzalez Claudio plead not guilty yesterday to federal charges related to a $7 million robbery of the Wells Fargo armored car depot in 1983. The charges were robbery by force of a federally insured bank, conspiracy to interfere with... Read more »

Friday, February 29 2008 | 08:06 H

Tue12Feb2008

Arrested Machetero Fighting Extradition and Tortured

Avelino González Claudio, arrested last week in connection with a 1983 robbery of a Connecticut armored car depot, is fighting an extradition order that would send him to Connecticut to face trial. Gonzales Claudio considers himself a political prisoner and... Read more »

Tuesday, February 12 2008 | 13:29 H

Thu17Jan2008

ICE in Danbury, Connecticut

Well it's winter, of course there is ice in Connecticut but that's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking Immigration and Customs Enforcement, who have just been given the green light to train Danbury police.A Common Council committee of the... Read more »

Thursday, January 17 2008 | 10:25 H

Fri27Jul2007

I.D. cards are a reality in New Haven

As some cities try to write discrimination into their local laws (and then find that these laws are illegal), one East Coast community is making immigrants' lives easier. Last month Maegan told us about the plan approved in New Haven... Read more »

Friday, July 27 2007 | 11:37 H

Wed06Jun2007

New Haven, Connecticut Immigrant Friendly

Officials of New Haven have just made their city a little more user friendly for immigrants regardless of status. They approved a plan to offer immigrants identification cards that would let them access services that many take for granted like... Read more »

Wednesday, June 06 2007 | 11:57 H

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