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A rally Wednesday to protest prejudice against those of Muslim faith turned into so much more, with people chanting support for the Black Lives Matter movement and refugees, and some from the LGBT community holding signs protesting Islamophobia. The rally at the corner of State and Federal streets drew more than 50 participants and was one of 25 across the country organized by the national...

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The University of Connecticut will protect its undocumented students amid a coming Donald Trump presidency, campus officials announced Tuesday. Does that make UConn a “sanctuary” campus. First officials said no, then revised their response to, “essentially.” “Although we don’t have the legal ability to designate ourselves with the formal term, UConn is already essentially functioning as a sanctuary campus,” UConn spokeswoman Stephanie Reitz said. UConn...

A large group of children, parents and East Harlem residents of all ages marched in front of Mayor De Blasio's home at Gracie Mansion yesterday chanting “El Barrio is Not For Sale! It is to be loved and defended.” At the protest’s height late yesterday afternoon, over a 100 members of Movement for Justice in El Barrio, all immigrants and people of color, clad in...