The recent update to the AICP Code of Ethics calls for planners to change the way that we do business by performing our work in a manner that addresses social justice and focuses on making equitable decisions for the good of all that we serve.

The pandemic has resulted in rising rates of anxiety and depression among children, particularly among the most vulnerable families, increasing the need for services and exacerbating longstanding strains on the behavioral health system and its workforce.

A bill now being considered in Congress has the potential to disrupt free or low-priced technology services essential for businesses and families to succeed in this increasingly digital and remote world in which we live.

Connecticut once again lags other states in allowing more opportunities to vote. Despite major changes in society, including increased mobility, modern methods of electronic and telegraphic communications, and demographics … the provision for absentee voting remains virtually unchanged from the 1932 amendment.

On June 24, 2022, the U.S. House joined the Senate in voting to pass the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, a gun safety package that addresses the rising rates of gun violence nationwide. It was signed into law on June 25, an important step in the right direction.

Instead of our three-page document detailing the threat climate change poses and specific actionable steps, the town council passed a one-page resolution. We felt immensely let down. If my team was older, the town might have been more honest about the trajectory of our resolution. The town shut their ears to what young people are saying: climate change IS an emergency.

Building transit-oriented development (TOD) along Connecticut’s new and existing transit infrastructure provides an opportunity to structure economic growth around “resilient corridors.” Looking ahead, particularly along the shorelines, is a critical aspect of the process.

The morning of June 24th was an unexpectedly dark day, as the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a constitutional right that has been in place since 1973, almost 50 years.

She long dreamt of buying a “forever home” for herself and her son. When she did, after a long and stressful financing process, it unleashed a torrent of blatant and unrelenting harassment, targeting a Black homeowner in a predominantly white Connecticut neighborhood, even as the state becomes more diverse.

Sex and gender are often conflated under the assumptions that they are mutually determined and do not differ from each other; however, there is a need to reconsider how sex, gender, and the relationship between them are conceptualized across multiple fields of study.