“We the People.” That’s the big kickoff, right? The Constitution starts out sounding all grand and democratic, but honestly, for a lot of working people, especially anyone just starting out in the real world, those words ring kinda empty. Especially when tax season rolls around. Look, most of us aren’t out here raging against taxes. We get it: schools, roads, hospitals, the whole deal.
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Vote blue no matter… hold on
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In Rochester, poverty and despair are creeping in at the edges from all directions. New government is needed.
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There’s help for first-time homebuyers
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Though affordable housing is a challenge locally, Rochester has many resources to help first-time homebuyers.
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The solution to Rochester’s failed anti-poverty initiatives
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There is one way, and only one way, to break the poverty cycle. The answer is education.
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Speak Up for Palestine speaks out
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Many hundreds of days have now passed since the cycle of violence between the Israelis and Palestinians—nearly quotidian after so many decades of hostility—resumed with a brutality that has dwarfed all that came before. Collectively, America seems to be watching these events with more curiosity than concern, as though Israel, our nation’s pariah-client, were only a troubled child burning ants with a magnifying glass. Americans rarely rebuke a war sold to them under false pretenses even when they are the ones dying in it, and less so when they are only being asked to foot the cost. Then we are as indifferent as when we’re asked to round up our grocery bill for Foodlink. Against this cynicism stands a small but persistent national movement of Palestine sympathizers that began their mission shortly after October 7th, 2023.
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Tenney is abdicating her responsibilities
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Congresswoman Claudia Tenney and her Republicans colleagues are choosing to turn a strong economy into a recession by failing to a check and balance on the executive branch.
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The case for eliminating New York’s Board of Regents
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By eliminating the Board, universities and school districts would have greater flexibility, improved efficiency, and the ability to make decisions based on academic expertise rather than political or financial motivations.
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New York’s 340B hospitals are profiting off patients like me
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We need greater transparency, accountability, and affordability, not a system that allows hospitals and out-of-state corporate middlemen to profit off programs meant for patient care.
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Climate funding schemes defy reality
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A close look at the Climate Leadership & Community Protection Act cap and invest policy and NY HEAT Act reveals wishful thinking and magical solutions.
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The criminal justice system needs accountability
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Recent events involving the Monroe County Jail, the Rochester Police Department and NYS correctional institutions highlight the need for substantial systemic change.
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The empire’s last stand: jobs, crime, and a plan to fight back
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New York was the Empire State once; it can be again if we bring back manufacturing jobs.