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Editorials
Howard Eagle
- 5 days ago
- 3 min
Mainstream Media Joins Pack of Racist Supporters of DA Sandra Doorley
We need to pay very, very close attention to the role that the racially insensitive, white-supremacist-based-mainstream-media is playing...
Trice Edney News Wire
- Apr 30
- 3 min
Supreme Court Addresses Homelessness: The issue is key in a Sundown Town, Where Blacks Couldn't Live
The U.S. Supreme Court is taking on the issue of homelessness, which affects large numbers of Black people nationwide because, as a...
Howard Eagle
- Apr 29
- 3 min
Young’uns are Not Automatically Qualified to Lead, Especially When Children’s Lives are At Stake at RCSD
Two young folks in the Rochester City School District (RCSD) who are posing as leaders are literally off the chain. One is Isaiah...
Jim Clingman
- Apr 26
- 4 min
Stupid is as Stupid Does. C'mon People!
In March of 2018, after 25 years of doing so, I submitted my final Blackonomics column to the members of the National Newspaper...
Hamil R. Harris
- Apr 25
- 3 min
Heroines of Democracy Declare “America in Emergency”
Black women leaders of national civil rights and voting rights organizations have gathered at the National Press Club in Washington DC to...
Dr. Anekwe Onwuanyi
- Apr 21
- 2 min
Association of Black Cardiologists’ “We Are The Faces” Campaign Unveils New Videos for Black Maternal Health Week
In celebration of Black Maternal Health Week (April 11-17, 2024) and April’s Minority Health Month, the Association of Black...
David W. Marshall
- Apr 17
- 4 min
The Battle Over Social Security
The Black community as a whole can never afford to lose empathy for one another. One of the core challenges in maintaining social justice...
Black Maternal Health Week: My personal maternal health journey as a Black woman.
One can only imagine the journey we experience as we travel from the protection and covering of the womb; thus, surfacing in this...
Charlene Crowell
- Apr 12
- 3 min
Gallup Finds Black Generational Divide on Affirmative Action
Each spring, many aspiring students and their families begin receiving college acceptance letters and offers of financial aid packages....
Howard Eagle
- Apr 11
- 4 min
Deep-Seated Denial and Ongoing Attempts to Use Our Children as Political Footballs
Minority Reporter published a piece on charter schools on February 26, 2024 by education unions supporter, Dr. Shawgi Tell, professor of...
Howard Eagle
- Apr 1
- 8 min
Rochester City School District Board of Education: The Leadership Crisis Deepens
Rochester City School District Commissioners Cynthia Elliott and Beatriz LeBron should be ashamed of themselves for attempting to...
Receive Your Tax Refund Faster and Check Your Refund Status Online
Ahead of the April 15 income tax filing deadline, the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance wants to remind taxpayers of the...
Dr. Wilmer I. Leon III
- Mar 28
- 6 min
In the Black Community, It’s Not Voter Apathy
NEWS ANALYSIS Public Politics is the negotiating process between interested constituencies regarding the access to and distribution of...
Hamil R. Harris
- Mar 28
- 3 min
Black Pastors Preaching the Message of the Resurrection and the Legacy of Dr. King
the Easter season, and while many pastors are focused on crafting sermons and hosting events, others are equally concerned about King’s...
A. Peter Bailey
- Mar 13
- 2 min
Alvin Ailey's Revelation Still Invokes Deep Feelings
During 2024’s Black History Month, the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC presented a dance concert by the well-known Alvin Ailey American...
Joseph Guyler C. Delva
- Mar 13
- 5 min
Haiti At The Bottom Of The Abyss, Soon to Be Led By Outlaws
Haiti has been struggling to exist since 1804, but historians say it had never reached such a low point during the past two centuries;...
Celebrate Red Cross Month with March Mission Madness
The American Red Cross of Western New York is kicking off its annual Red Cross Month celebration in March to honor contributions made by...
Shawgi Tell
- Feb 26
- 3 min
Charter Schools Are Not Public Schools Or Superior To Them
Minority Reporter published a piece on charter schools on February 6, 2024 by Paul Miller, CEO of Rochester Charter Champions. Like most...
Ben Jealous
- Feb 20
- 3 min
Vice President Harris’s Fight for Reproductive Freedom
It matters deeply that America has a woman as our vice president. That has never been truer than at this moment. Nothing makes this more...
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Juveniles Taken Into Custody After Officer Injured
Five juveniles were taken into custody after a police officer sustained minor injuries during a high-speed chase. According to reports,...
Remembering First Black Educator Dr. Alice Holloway Young: A Pioneer
The community mourns the passing of Dr. Alice Holloway Young, a trailblazing educator and a beloved figure in Rochester's educational...
Crime Report: May 2024
May 2: Pedestrian Struck on Hudson Ave At approximately 11:33 pm Rochester Police Officers responded to Hudson Ave and Helena St for the...
LeBron Responds to Vasquez-Simmons and Staybridge Rejection
Beatriz LeBron, vice president of the Rochester City School Board and executive director of Father Tracy Advocacy Center, strongly...
DA Sandra Doorley Invokes Reactions From Protestors and Government Officials
District Attorney Sandra Doorley has issued an apology video in response to the recent backlash stemming from an incident involving a...
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