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A shared vision for Rochester education
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s thinking on the value of learning is a guidepost for the Rochester Education Fellowship’s effort to transform the city’s schools.
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A remembrance of Desmond Tutu
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Reflections on the lasting influence of a 2015 meeting with the archbishop and South Africa’s struggle for racial justice.
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How financial institutions can address Greater Rochester’s wealth gap
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Collective action can start removing the barriers that contribute to economic inequality.
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The crypto cloud over Seneca Lake
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The Greenidge Generating Station on the lake’s western shore is using enormous amounts of energy to mine cryptocurrency. The environmental stakes are high.
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Why the workforce shortage is more complex than you think
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A lack of child care is the number one reason non-retired women are not working.
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It’s time to fix RCSD’s structural racism
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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.
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Trees on the Erie Canal are at risk again
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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.
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Reflections on a golden anniversary
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On Aug. 15, 1971, President Richard Nixon ended the convertibility of U.S. dollars to gold. When the gold standard departed, inflation took over.
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COVID vaccine mandates clear key legal hurdle
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The Department of Justice this week issued an opinion stating that emergency use authorization is not sufficient to prohibit employers from requiring workers to get vaccinated.
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Missing the women distorts history and role models
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Why is it that when we think of the top, successful business leaders, Martha Matilda Harper does not pop into all Rochesterians’ minds?