We don't need another conversation about race, says Joy Leary-DeGruy. We don't need another study, and we don't need another sentimental "We Are the World" moment. What we need, she says, is an honest conversation about race and we need to...
City Council to consider red-light cameras
As early as next month, members of City Council will consider legislation to install red-light traffic cameras at city intersections.
CHILD CARE: Lawsuit targets co-pays for subsidized day care
Subsidized child care can be a saving grace for low-income families. The funding lets parents work, and it allows children to get quality care that will help nurture their development. But there's a catch. Each family has to make an...
City Council member Lovely Warren says that she fully supports letting the fire department use vacant houses for training. She just wants to know, she says, that the monument to their training won't be left standing ad infinitum. "I...
Rochester Mayor Bob Duffy confirms what many have long suspected: the city and the county are in talks to possibly merge water systems. "There are a number of issues that I think we have to work out," he says. "Like anything, nothing happens...
NONVIOLENCE: New director for Gandhi Institute
Kit Miller has been named director of the MK Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence. She is the organization's third director, and replaces Arun Gandhi, grandson of Indian spiritual leader Mahatma Gandhi. | Miller was formerly the director of...
My wife Deb and I have this get-out-of-jail free policy for affairs outside the marriage; each...
Local restaurants will square off to see who can stir up the best chili in town at this year's...
What child hasn't dreamed of flying, battling bad guys, and saving the world? Role-playing as...
Thank goodness summer is over. It's not that we're glad to see the sun, the beaches, or the...
OUR MONSTER ISSUE! The results are in! This year THOUSANDS of Rochesterians voted in our annual...
Recent Comments
Mary S. Northington said:
Reference is to the interview with Dr. Joy DeGruy in the November 4-9 edition of City. I am African American and a very senior citizen who had...
in INTERVIEW: The white people stay in the room
David J. Champagne said:
Check out Arizona. I believe they have it and reaped a bundle. Problem was that there were more rear end accidents. Check the timing on the yellow...
in City Council to consider red-light cameras
catherine sue cavalieri said:
IF the city of Rochester gives up their water to the Water Authority ( an enity that does not have to be accountable to ANY taxpayer ) then the...
in WATER: Merger talks under way
Julius N'Sama said:
I think most would be surprised at the percentage of white Americans who are unable to trace any history of slavery within their own family....
in INTERVIEW: The white people stay in the room
M. Jackson said:
If one has read the above comments with a careful discerning eye, we can all see what Ms. Leary-DeGruy was speaking of when she said in her...
in INTERVIEW: The white people stay in the room