News Media Highlights

Choose from the menu below to select local, state and national union-related news media clips by division. Opinion pieces, regardless of the relevant membership constituency, are listed separately. 

PreK-12 & PSRP News

Public Employees & Higher Education News

Healthcare News

Opinion

PreK-12 & PSRP News

July 14, 2026
Forbes Magazine: Anthropic Launches AI For Teachers

July 6, 2026
The Courant: Tensions erupt as CT town’s school administrator union alleges ‘climate of intimidation’

June 30, 2026
The Courant: Officials know education in CT is segregated. The real question is whether it will be changed.

June 29, 2026
The Hill: Democratic Project 2029 calls for child social media ban, strict kids safety rules on tech

June 26, 2026
New Haven Independent: Union Alleges Retaliation Over Proposal To End VP’s “Release” From Teaching

June 22, 2026
The CT Mirror: John Larson steps up attacks on Luke Bronin on labor, fundraising

June 18, 2026
The Courant: Screens have become common in classrooms. Now, CT lawmakers and educators are reconsidering
The Bristol Edition: Bristol Public Schools marks Pride month with flag display, staff resources

June 17, 2026
Bloomberg Law: Labor Unions Divided Over Data Center Construction, AI Use
Payday Report: Feds Indict Minnesota Strike Organizers — Haitian Immigrant Death Ruled Homicide — POLL: Trump Losing Blue Collar White Voters

June 16, 2026
States Newsroom: Special ed, civil rights to be shifted out of Trump’s shrinking Department of Education

Public Employees & Higher Education News

July 14, 2026
Yale Daily News: McInnis to meet with undergraduate, graduate student government leaders
Daily Kos – The 19th: The fight over teaching race and gender in college classrooms is escalating

July 12, 2026
MS Now – Connect with Jacob Soboroff (video): ‘Whiff of Jim Crow:’ Yale students and faculty fight to stop deal with Trump’s DOJ

July 10, 2026
Yale Daily News: Yale offers Trump administration second proposal after first is rejected
New Haven Independent: Blumenthal, Elicker Join Yalies In Rejecting Potential Trump Deal

July 10, 2026
The Courant: CT college faculty, alumni, lawmakers plead for Justice Department fight. ‘It’s legacy defining’
Inside Higher Ed: Faculty and Students Demand Yale Not ‘Cave’ to Trump

July 9, 2026
New Haven, CT Patch: ‘Yale, Don’t Fold:’ Blumenthal, Yale Students, Faculty Address Reported Yale-Trump Administration Settlement
The CT Mirror: Yale students, faculty and alumni mobilize against potential DOJ settlement
The Chronicle of Higher Education: Yale Professors Vow to Fight Trump if the University President Won’t
WLRN Public Media (with audio): Next in Florida’s war on ‘woke’: Becoming its own higher ed watchdog

July 8, 2026
Yale Daily News: McInnis emails YCC heads as reported Trump talks face backlash
CT Insider: Some Yale professors threaten legal action if university settles admissions complaint with DOJ
CT Public (with audio): Students, alumni and faculty urge Yale not to reach deal with Trump administration
Higher Ed Dive: Faculty groups question DOJ’s Yale admissions claims, balk at potential deal
The Connecticut Law Tribune: Amid Pressure to Make a Deal With the DOJ, Yale Law Community Urges University Leadership to ‘Defend Its Autonomy’

July 6, 2026
The New Republic: How Unions Can Save Higher Education—and Democracy

July 2, 2026
The Courant: Questions raised about process of independent investigation into CSCU’s response to scandal

June 30, 2026
Yale Daily News: Blumenthal among alumni urging Yale to resist amid reported Trump talks
Inside Higher Ed: Faculty Unions Slam 3-Year Degrees

June 26, 2026
Laramie Boomerang: Turley and Wolfson debate role of universities in a polarized political climate

June 25, 2026
Stateline: Public universities face escalating involvement from state lawmakers

Healthcare News

July 8, 2026
The CT Mirror: Yale health system ousted CEO Chris O’Connor following financial woes, failed hospital deal

July 6, 2026
Nurse.org: Nurse Strikes Have Nearly Quadrupled Since 2017. Here’s Why It Keeps Growing

June 25, 2026
New Haven Independent: Shhh!! Lamont, Elliott Address Closed-Door Labor Convention

June 18, 2026
CT Viewpoints – Opinion: Why teachers need a seat at the table on school safety

Opinion

July 13, 2026
Inside Higher Ed – Opinion: The Uses and Abuses on Campus of the Freedom of Information Act

June 17, 2026
LPE Project Blog: Dispatches from the ALPE Convention Floor

June 16, 2026
CT Viewpoints – Opinion: Why CT must anchor the future of research