This July 4 th, we celebrate our nation’s 250 th birthday. So, I have been thinking about patriotism. Everyone I meet tells me they are patriots, and I have no reason to doubt them. Patriotism seems ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... “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, ...

The exact impact of President Donald Trump’s budget reconciliation bill remains uncertain pending a final vote on Capitol Hill, which could come as early as today. But this much is clear: The One Big ...

Citizen Action of New York, a grassroots political organization, has launched an Economic Justice Committee in Rochester focused on addressing systemic poverty and economic inequality. An economic ...

“Though the suburbs don’t have as many households making less than $20,000 a year, they’re cost-burdened at a similar percentage as the city,” Van Dusen notes. “So, all across those income ranges ($20 ...

Restorations will include a new pre-show concessions and gathering area, as well as work on detailed drywall and ceiling, flooring, new paint, and additional cosmetic upgrades. A new rear drop-off ...

In fact, based on that success, Silas-Lee says she wants to incorporate a community schools approach at her new position next year, as principal just up the road at Loretta Johnson Middle School. How ...

Strikingly, the pandemic did not reshape the regional economy. The distribution of jobs across sectors remained essentially as before, with only health care and social assistance (up to 17 percent ...

While COVID-19 infections and deaths are surging in many parts of the country, prompting officials in some places to weigh reinstituting lockdowns, the Rochester region has sharply reduced both cases ...

At age four, Erin Perrine marched with her siblings in a parade in downtown Rochester for their grandfather’s reelection. “We wore homemade T-shirts,” she recalls. “The front said, ‘Send My Grandpa ...

In a Feb. 13, 2019 email, a contrite Andreatta apologized for failing to respond to Bates earlier, explaining that “due to the sensitive nature of your email, your message was forwarded to folks far ...

In addition, no other city in the study rose as fast in the last few years. Since 2019, Rochester’s per-capita homicide rate has climbed from 14th to 10th in 2020 and fifth last year. Of the four ...