Paul Bass

New Haven stands for justice in one federal court case — then retraumatizes police abuse victims and sets back the city by standing by a crooked cop in another: the latest vlog news summary from the Independent assignment desk (er, #compost heap). youtube.com/watch?v=NlY1iN…

Humans figure out how to drive and park in two directions, cops figure out how to track down hit-and-run drivers, developers figure out how to fleece the tax man: latest vlog news summary from the New Haven Independent assignment desk — er, compost heap. youtube.com/watch?v=HZ0Qr8…

How a slumlord, a sued pol, a social justice fighter, three candidates, and the Pope all earned congratulations this week: the latest opinionated vlog news summary from the New Haven Independent assignment desk — er, compost heap. youtube.com/watch?v=_e9iC1…

#99, good buddy: how codes are changing, or being enforced, or being neglected for #firefighters, #slumlords, and #speculators: The latest opinionated #vlog news summary from the New Haven Independent assignment desk — er, #compost heap. youtube.com/watch?v=jLCvqJ…

What a stack of Post-It notes found in the New Haven Independent assignment desk — er, compost heap — reveals about local politics, local media, and micro-mobility. (Happy Passover, Easter, ecumenical/secular search for liberation!) youtube.com/watch?v=4QxS3y…

Walk the beat. Rank the vote. Feed the kids -- the latest opinionated imperative-propelled vlog news summary from the New Haven Independent assignment desk ... er, #compost heap youtube.com/watch?v=a6g-_c…

Grown-ups playing games with #eminent domain and slumlording — what could go wrong? The latest opinionated vlog news summary from the New Haven Independent assignment desk … er, compost heap. youtube.com/watch?v=g12y1k…

17 versus 800K displaced, plus 13 years of age versus 56 percent of untaxed land, minus $63M for zero batteries … News by the numbers tallied in the latest opinionated vlog local news summary from the NH Independent assignment desk — er, compost heap youtube.com/watch?v=NAhKRO…

U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro told me on air that she sees the Iran War as a Wag the Dog sequel youtube.com/shorts/PyFX126…

Framed, inflamed, gamed, and well-aimed: fires at slumlord-owned properties to Yale tax breaks and more in the latest edition of the opinionated New Haven Independent vlog news summary direct from our assignment desk — er, compost heap. youtube.com/watch?v=yM9mMb…

Odds are New Haven could clear out bus stops better after storms with an NYC-style paid citizen shoveling brigade. Not so sure about odds for AFSCME local elections: Latest vlog news summary from the NHI compost heap. youtube.com/watch?v=gkzNAj…

The city used a national consultant called PERF to mask failures in police oversight. Could PERF help us out with our snow-clearing failures, too? The latest opinionated vlog news summary from the New Haven Independent assignment desk -- er, compost heap. youtube.com/watch?v=_gYyko…

Bus politics, bus apartheid, Glock recycling, broken government policy: The latest vlog news summary direct from the New Haven Independent assignment desk — er, compost heap. youtube.com/watch?v=R3KJ5x…

The “GOING BIG & BEING BOLD!”™ edition of the New Haven Independent vlog news summary direct from our assignment desk — er, compost heap. youtu.be/8ytOFARmF-s

Unplowed, unshoveled streets, unattended eyesore buildings, unwritten performance evaluations … the latest edition of the opinionated New Haven Independent vlog news summary direct from our assignment desk — er, compost heap. youtube.com/watch?v=WW9OfV…

Brrr! Hypothermia kills #homeless man on Green, furnace ran out of oil on Dixwell, #ice coward bursts through courthouse security, wrongfully identified man gets dragged through icy snowbank: Latest vlog from the Indy assignment desk -- er, #compost heap. youtube.com/watch?v=ytTRYa…

Shut out, zoned out: From bus kiosks and platforms to a would-be athletic facility on vacant land, New Haven had a fitful week of underwhelming government decision-making. The latest news summary from the Independent assignment desk — er, compost heap youtube.com/watch?v=hQJhyr…

@DFANewHaven Funnest concert I ever went to

Still believed to be Dylan's longest concert ever, in which he played 50 songs over 4.5 hours

A Google AI chatbot tried to convince she wasn't trying to take away my job and all journalists' jobs. That made me more nervous. newhavenindependent.org/2026/01/16/ai-…

A scandal and a teen double-tragedy remind us how people’s lives aren’t measured solely by their worst moments: The latest opinionated vlog news summary from the Independent assignment desk, er, compost heap. youtube.com/watch?v=gJGDyH…