Rochester Beacon (https://rochesterbeacon.com/2021/08/)
For decades, the city schools have left a very large proportion of its mostly Black and Latinx students undereducated and ill-prepared to rise into the middle class and take their place as fully productive citizens.
In July, the Rochester area outperformed the statewide averages for unemployment and job growth.
Its Sept. 30 event will feature a panel on women and diversity in entrepreneurship along with the Finals 2021 contest.
Mourning the death of Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts.
The president of the United Christian Leadership Ministry is guided by a sense of justice grounded in spirituality. At 75, he is “still fighting for justice, still fighting for liberation, still believing that God is with me.”
During the COVID-19 pandemic, applications to start new businesses have surged in the Rochester region, reflecting a nationwide trend.
Rochesterians Pepin Accilien, a native of Haiti, and Ed Hourihan, a board member of the Haitian Health Foundation, believe the Caribbean island nation can overcome its recent travails and troubled past.
The state Canal Corporation still rejects the values of the natural vegetation as a source of shade, scenic beauty, wildlife habitat, community character, history, and environmental conservation.
Kathy Hochul will soon become the first New York governor in a century from outside the New York City area. Does the Rochester region stand to gain? And what must Hochul do to win in the 2022 election?
