Political requests in obituaries reflect our divided nation and they themselves can be divisive. Instead, why not suggest worthy causes for donation that everyone can be glad to support?
Letter from Washington
From Pittsford to Politico
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A former Rochester newsboy who cofounded of one of the country’s most-visited news sites, John Harris has earned an international reputation as a news innovator and astute political reporter.
Letter from Washington
From Brighton High to the heights of U.S. politics
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Blackstone Group executive Wayne Berman has built a highly successful career as a lobbyist and Republican political operative. But the Rochester native’s hometown remains one of his favorite conversation topics.
Letter from Washington
A father’s story of redemption
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Former drug addict and prison inmate Halbert Sullivan turned his life around. Sullivan, who grew up in Rochester, founded the Fathers’ Support Center in St. Louis to help break the cycle of poverty. Could his successful program work here?
Letter from Washington
Rochester objects at the Smithsonian help make history real
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The second half of our “Made in Rochester” tour of the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., includes a movable school chair, three Kodak cameras, a “candlestick” telephone and a very special red silk shawl.
Letter from Washington
Made in Rochester, displayed in Washington
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Visitors to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., can see a number of items—often both beautiful and important—whose roots can be traced to Rochester.
Letter from Washington
What is the meaning of this bullet?
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An artifact of the Lincoln assassination illustrates the powerful way real objects can connect us to the history that shapes our lives.
Letter from Washington
Could a charter boarding school help Rochester’s most at-risk kids?
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Monument Academy Public Charter School in northeast D.C., one of just a tiny handful of urban charter boarding schools in the country, is still relatively new. The results are impressive, however.
Letter from Washington
The roots of a young conservative in D.C.
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At 35, Rachel Bovard—who grew up in Dansville—has become a leading strategist and voice on the right in America. In a conversation, she reflects on her Rochester-area roots and what life is like in 2019 for a young conservative woman in the nation’s capital.
Letter from Washington
A new way to age
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The Village movement’s mutual support nonprofits are designed to help seniors live independently while combatting isolation and loneliness. Nationwide, there are 250 Villages, but none in Rochester—yet.
Letter from Washington
Rochester’s ‘impossible’ connection
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Creators of the “Impossible Burger” have a Brighton native on staff. Dr. David J. Lipman, whose father founded Lipman’s Kosher Market, is its chief science officer.