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April 4, 2024News
NYS Reparations and Holocaust Fund Set the Stage for Reparations
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Monumental Steps Toward Justice & Repair This past Winter, New York State took a historic step toward reparative justice by creating a commission to consider reparations to address the consequences of slavery in the state. This comes on the heels of New York’s recent announcement that over $183 million has been secured for victims of
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April 1, 2024News
[LEAKED] New Definitions of Antisemitism Proposed
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March 28, 2024News
BID Battle: Community Prevails Over Big Developers
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In a recent turn of events, the Rochester Downtown Development Corporation (RDDC) which also refers to itself The Partnership For Downtown Rochester (PDR) has officially called off its campaign to establish a Business Improvement District (BID) in downtown Rochester. This decision comes amidst significant community pushback, highlighting a triumph of grassroots activism over corporate interests.
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March 18, 2024Events
Who Can Be Defended? The Emancipatory Power of the Palestinian Revolution – a lecture by Jodi Dean
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Theme: flight, the taking to the skies and the exhilaration of transcendence Jodi Dean is an American political theorist and professor in the Political Science department at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in New York state. The lecture was given at Morey Hall at the University of Rochester on March 4, 2024. The event was sponsored by Rochester Students for Justice
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March 18, 2024Essay
Rochester Journalists Need More Support to Tell Important Community Stories: How Trauma Influences the Local Newscape
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More than 80 percent of journalists are exposed to work-related trauma, according to a 2017 research paper in the National Library of Medicine and Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma. And experts say that number has likely increased due to the pandemic, covering protests and police-involved shootings and mass shootings and violence in the community.
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March 11, 2024Reviews
Doug Noble’s art reaches children around the world
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Doug Noble, a long-time anti-war activist, draws portraits of children in tough situations across the globe. His work is part of the larger Memory Project started by Ben Schumaker, that promotes intercultural understanding and kindness between children around the world. It has reached 320,000 youth in 57 countries since 2004. “Doug is one of our
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March 7, 2024Cartoon
Aid Packages to Israel
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cartoon by @14south
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March 2, 2024Reviews
Is Being a Full-Time Artist Still Possible?
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by Brian Geldin of Mañón Media Management Making a living solely on your art can be incredibly difficult and with inflation, rising costs and the advent of AI, many are wondering if it’s even possible today? In pondering the answer to this existential question, I did a Q&A with two acclaimed artists, Erica Bryant and Samson
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February 29, 2024Reviews
Q&A with Amy Fights Monsters comic creator Rich Johnson
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February 22, 2024Reviews
Meet Samson Tonton, the Artist Behind “The Mask”
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by Brian Geldin of Mañón Media Management Samson Tonton is a Haitian-American artist and elementary school art teacher based in Connecticut. His exhibit, “The Soul Cries Out” opened last fall at La Grua Center in Stonington, Conn. (which was highlighted on Ebony) with a collection of his awe-inspiring works that push the conventional thinker to
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