Susan Campbell

2 weeks ago | cbc.ca | Susan Campbell

Montreal·NewLouis Lafleur, a Quebec plywood supplier who imports all his raw materials from the U.S., says businesses like his are the ones paying the price for Canada's counter-tariffs. Plywood supplier who imports raw materials from U.S. has been paying 25% levy since March 4Susan Campbell · CBC News · Posted: Apr 10, 2025 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 6 minutes agoLouis Lafleur's company, Les Boisés Lafleur, produces wood veneers.

2 weeks ago | ctinsider.com | Susan Campbell

On Saturday, people took to the streets to say no. At least in Connecticut, the weather was not protest-friendly, and as my granddaughter and I stood at the back of a 3,000-plus crowd in Hartford, my "No Kings" sign wilted. Article continues below this ad I admit it. It was a lame sign but there's not enough cardboard for me to list my grievances with Trump 2.0. Should I focus on the government-sponsored human trafficking as committed by ICE?

3 weeks ago | ctinsider.com | Susan Campbell

The graduate student was on her way to meet friends in Sommerville, Mass., to break her Ramadan fast, when she was surrounded by six masked ICE agents and hauled off in a sleek black SUV. Never mind that Rumeysa Ozturk has a valid F-1 student visa. Article continues below this ad We're told she's being held in a Louisiana detention center, 1,500 miles away, and her defenders, among them the ACLU, are pushing for her release.

1 month ago | ctinsider.com | Susan Campbell

Bills that would help protect libraries from the book-banning crowd - SB 1271 and HB 7014 - are winding their way through the Connecticut legislature this session. Typing that sentence makes me sad. That Connecticut legislators feel they need to make sure we understand that banning books is a bad idea is more than a little disheartening but then, Connecticut is a blue state with a thick vein of theocracy running through it.

1 month ago | darientimes.com | Susan Campbell

Last week, 10 Democratic senators (neither of Connecticut’s, by the way) voted to move along a terrifically bad stopgap funding bill that will keep the government running for six months. A few hours later, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that seeks to take another big bite out of that government. The order — he will have signed 100 of them shortly — will affect minority-owned businesses, libraries and people who are homeless, among others.