Essay
August 29, 2026
I’ve been told that encampment sweeps have gotten better. That the HOT Team is now in charge instead of RPD. That outreach happens before sweeps. That coordination between outreach workers and the HOT Team makes the process more compassionate. These are lies. First, the Mayor still refuses to acknowledge that sweeps happen at all. This
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136- April 25, 2026
Help community healer participate in her college graduation. After overcoming childhood homelessness, and serious illness to earn her bachelors, Melanie Funchess deserves to walk the stage. By Erica Bryant ~ (on Substack: @ericalikesalligators) Go Fund Me: Help Mama Mel Achieve Her Educational Dreams Melanie “Mama Mel” Funchess completed much of her college coursework from a
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If the City is serious about compassion, dignity, and community wellbeing, it must stop encampment sweeps and focus on safe, voluntary alternatives and place-housing first public health strategies at the center of its response.
Read More686 - February 9, 2026
This Is Not a Shooting Gallery On February 6th I spent thirteen hours on a bus for about a two-hour tour. And I’d do it again tomorrow. Because when you’re trying to solve something that’s killing your neighbors, you don’t get to build your opinion from headlines and vibes. You have to go look. You
Read More587 - November 28, 2025
By Gary Harding I know on the surface it can look like things are moving in the right direction.The “mayor on the block” walks.The ribbon cuttings.The smiling photos with neighbors and business owners.The press releases about new initiatives and “investments in community.”I get why that feels hopeful. I really do.But here’s what it looks like
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Our new County Attorney is a career prosecutor who is registered with the Conservative Party, which opposes everything Democrats stand for. Matthew Schwartz is registered as a member of the Conservative Party — a party whose platform couldn’t be more at
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By Robert Sandgrund, LCSW
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Rochester’s top Democrats have nothing to say while immigrants are detained, deported, and disappeared. Mayor Malik Evans would rather talk about anything else. At a recent press conference, Evans awkwardly confirmed that Rochester police officers helped Border Patrol detain undocumented immigrants—violating the
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by Gregory Lebens-Higgins Did Donald Trump stage an attempted assassination to score political points? Did McDonald’s help track down Luigi Mangione using AI-powered facial recognition technology? What if
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By Marc James Léger Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are currently on a tour of the United States that is focused on those swing states that switched from Democrat to Republican in the last election.1 Titled ‘Fighting Oligarchy,’ the tour is hailed by the
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