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Politics, Politics

There’s 1 Black Woman In The Senate, But These Candidates Want to Make Sure There Are More

“Everybody is talking about, there are no Black women in the Senate, now there’s one, but there needs to be 2,3,4,5 more,” says Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester.

By

Jessica Washington

Published

October 7, 2023
News

Oh Hell Naw: Rochester Fire Captain Took Team To A Racist Party, Black Firefighter Says

The gathering featured Donald Trump cardboard cutouts and a Juneteenth fried chicken display.

By

Candace McDuffie

Published

August 12, 2022
News, Race Matters

New York Students Stage School Walkout in Protest of District’s Response to Racist Incidents

The incidents include racist social media posts, text message exchanges and a video of a student with an airsoft gun that he says he carries to “Kill N-words.”

By

Rachel Pilgrim

Published

September 30, 2021
Criminal Justice, News, Social Justice

Rochester, NY, Protesters Shut Down Wegmans on the Anniversary of Daniel Prude's Deadly Encounter With Police. Here's Why

Tuesday marked one year since Daniel Prude was detained by police in Rochester, N.Y., while suffering what his family has called a mental health crisis that involved him walking naked through the streets—an encounter that led to him dying after being taken off of life support a week later. Despite the belief held by many…

By

Zack Linly

Published

March 24, 2021
News

Mother of 9-Year-Old Who Was Pepper Sprayed by Cop Says She Will Sue; Rochester Mayor Announces Police Reform Proposals

Mayor Lovely Warren of Rochester, N.Y., is recommending that the city be allowed to fire police officers for cause, along with several other proposals to reform policing in a community that has made headlines for the brutality of its law enforcement. Body-camera footage released earlier this week showed officers from the Rochester Police Department pepper-spraying…

By

Ishena Robinson

Published

February 5, 2021