🗞 This Week in The Hartford Times: Art is power. Sports are diplomacy. And community is the thread that ties it all together. From creative spaces and affordable housing to caregiving and education — this week’s stories remind us that progress starts where people connect. 🎨 How to Use Art Spaces to Build Civic and Political Power — when art becomes advocacy, communities find their voice. ⚽️ How New England Could Score Big During FIFA World Cup 26™ — millions expected to bring new energy and economic opportunity to the region. 👩‍⚕️ State Strategies to Support Working Caregivers — how states and employers are teaming up to make caregiving sustainable. 🏘 Four Myths About Affordable Housing, Debunked — creative partnerships are essential to building affordable, inclusive communities. 🎓 UConn Hartford and Partners Relaunch Consortium — expanding access, opportunity, and collaboration across Greater Hartford’s colleges. Read the full stories: hartfordtimes.org #HartfordTimes #Hartford #CommunityWealth #CivicEngagement #AffordableHousing #Education #Connecticut #Culture #Caregivers #WorldCup26

🗞 This Week in The Hartford Times From growing food insecurity to bold steps toward equity and sustainability. This week’s stories reveal how leadership and community can help rebuild what’s been broken. 🥫 An American Hunger Crisis Is Coming — policies slashing food aid are putting millions at risk. 🤝 CT Legislators and United Way Unite — tackling food insecurity as winter drives up hardship. 💪 Four Ways Philanthropy Can Help — rebuilding justice through a Third Reconstruction. ⚖️ Are You an Inclusive Leader? — how shared power drives true health equity. 🌿 UConn Among the World’s Greenest — ranked 8th globally for sustainability. Read the full stories: hartfordtimes.org #HartfordTimes #CommunityWealth #HealthEquity #Environment #Leadership #Connecticut

🗞 This Week in The Hartford Times From rising solidarity movements to Connecticut’s growing quantum ambitions — this week’s stories look at how communities, campuses, and voters are redefining power and possibility. ✊ Only Solidarity Can Defeat Division — cross-racial and cross-movement unity as the work of our time. 🏠 Housing Tops the List for CT Voters — affordability concerns unite residents across political lines. 💰 The Rich Are Not Like Us — the nation’s poorest workers are pushing back and reshaping the system. 📉 The Conservative Movement’s Intellectual Collapse — how Trumpism deepened the decline of ideas on the right. ⚛️ Connecticut’s Quantum Leap — UConn and Yale drive the state’s next innovation frontier. 🏙️ BUILD Hartford — UConn students turn classrooms into community change. Read the full stories: hartfordtimes.org #HartfordTimes #Democracy #CommunityWealth #Education #Connecticut

🗞 This Week in The Hartford Times America’s conscience, classrooms, and communities are all at a breaking point. This week’s stories dig deep into the tensions shaping our democracy and daily lives. 🇺🇸 How Donald Trump Broke the American Mind — examining the mental toll of Trumpism on democracy. 🥫 What’s Happening With SNAP — the human cost of political neglect. ⚖️ Staying Committed to Social Justice — advocacy under attack. 🎓 UConn’s Crossroads — anti-racism course delayed as AI literacy rises. 🚸 AARP Connecticut’s Safety Push — bringing safer streets to Hartford neighborhoods. Stay informed. Stay engaged. Read the full stories → hartfordtimes.org #HartfordTimes #CommunityWealth #Democracy #Education #Connecticut