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Austin Steward Plaza: A Call to Action Against Modern Slavery
As the City of Rochester recently named a riverside park in downtown after Austin Steward, a prominent figure in the fight for abolition...
Oct 1, 20243 min read
Is Misleading Different from Lying?
I’ve always thought there might be a difference in misleading and lying, but JD Vance has acknowledged that he was lying about Haitian...
Sep 24, 20243 min read
A Plea for votes
Tuesday, September 17, 2024, was National Voter Registration Day. In honor of National Voter Registration Day, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority,...
Sep 24, 20242 min read
Entertainment Icons James Earl Jones and Tito Jackson Helped Shift Perception of Black Culture and History
"I look at it this way: anybody can carry a picket sign, but I think you should be able to articulate what that sign means … Don’t get me...
Sep 23, 20242 min read
Saving the World as a Path to Prosperity
“Made in the USA” is a tagline that should apply to every major piece of the clean energy economy. It is within our grasp. But we need to...
Sep 20, 20244 min read
Who Told The Better Lies During the Presidential Debate?
Howard Eagle is a longtime educator and local anti-racism advocate, known for his campaigns for the Rochester school board and prolific...
Sep 14, 20242 min read
School Shootings and Parental Accountability
This time it occurred in Winder, Georgia. Another school shooting with an assault-style rifle, more “thoughts and prayers” and another...
Sep 11, 20244 min read
Trump Falls Apart
I rarely think of Irish poets, but I could not help thinking of William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) as I watched the 45th president unravel...
Sep 11, 20243 min read
Republican Party Attempts to Strike 225,000 Voters from North Carolina Election Rolls
A group of civil rights organizations announced Sept. 5 they are challenging a lawsuit by the Republican Party, which seeks to deem...
Sep 9, 20243 min read
The Disenfranchised Voter
My name is Lydia Alston-Murphy, and I am a political editorial writer for the Minority Reporter. I will be writing thought provoking...
Sep 5, 20242 min read
Abandoned Babies and the Mothers Emotional Health
Crack babies sometimes became border babies abandoned at the hospital by parents who could not care for them. For months, hospital...
Sep 3, 20244 min read
Kamala Harris’s Chicago Convention and Illinois’ Unique Place in Civil Rights History
The modern civil rights movement hit a new peak last week in Illinois. It marked the movement coming full circle, in a way, back to the...
Aug 30, 20244 min read
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