GUEST OPINION

Centering ourselves

By |

Women of color in the arts and culture sector are leaders. Just because the mainstream arts community has not recognized this reality with jobs, funding, awards and other forms of professional recognition does not mean it isn’t so.

Community

Rochester’s misdirected war on poverty

By |

The only way out of poverty is to get a job and then add enough value to be able to retain that job. To that end, the sole focus must now be to advocate for a city school system that teaches the skills and personal traits needed to advance economically.

GUEST OPINION

Why Rochester struggles to compete

By |

Compared to rapidly growing metros such as Charlotte, N.C., Rochesterians need to be realistic about the community’s advantages and its disadvantages—chiefly the costs of excessive local and state government.

GUEST OPINION

The way to regional economic success

By |

America’s “less-traveled road” has been our collective failure to commercialize our remarkable array of advanced technology innovations. Let’s change the paths we travel and move aggressively to build a new technology entrepreneurship ecosystem in Western New York.

GUEST OPINION

New York City’s Amazon debacle

By |

New York City’s loss of 25,000 well-paying jobs is significant. Not only is this a foregone opportunity for residents, but it tells companies considering future projects that New York’s political leadership is divided.