Letter to Mark E. Ojakian

Mark E. Ojakian, President Connecticut State Colleges and Universities 61 Woodland Street Hartford, CT 06105 April 11, 2017 Dear President Ojakian, News reports regarding the Board’s plan to centrally consolidate the administrative and operational structures of the system’s state colleges, including the community colleges, raise troublesome questions: Those persons who spoke or wanted to speak…

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Citizen-Mayor Gayle Roars through Richmond California

By Ralph Nader April 25, 2018 Richmond, California—a city of 110,000 people, most of whom are minorities— is located on beautiful bays and coves next to San Francisco. Hovering over Richmond is the giant Chevron oil refinery. For decades, the city’s residents had to breathe air polluted by Chevron, endure the costs of Chevron’s careless…

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