AltWeeklies Wire
Communities face drone questionsnew
The Honeoye Falls Fire Department's annual Christmas parade was in full swing when a camera-wielding drone descended on it. The parade is a popular community event, and in this past year's, more than 15 area fire departments queued up in the village; that's a whole lot of trucks covered in wreaths, lights, and holiday lawn ornaments...
City Newspaper |
Jeremy Moule |
02-24-2016 |
Policy Issues
The Dirty Fight for Farmland in Latin Americanew
Even though much of the world's food supply still comes from small farmers, those same farmers from Honduras to the Philippines increasingly cannot feed their own families, and they're fighting for survival.
City Newspaper |
Tim Louis Macaluso |
10-02-2015 |
International
N.Y. Schools Are No Haven for Transgender Youthnew
A recent report from the New York Civil Liberties Union says that discrimination against transgender and gender non-conforming youth is pervasive in the state's public schools.
City Newspaper |
Tim Louis Macaluso |
07-01-2015 |
LGBT
Less Water Being Taken From the Great Lakesnew
A US-Canada treaty that greatly restricts large-scale water withdrawals from the Great Lakes is working.
City Newspaper |
Jeremy Moule |
05-21-2015 |
Environment
Rochester Marches for Baltimorenew
Members of several Rochester activist groups are marching through the city this afternoon to show support for people in Baltimore protesting the death of Freddie Gray while in police custody. Marches and other events are taking place nationwide in what is being called the Black Spring movement.
City Newspaper |
Christine Carrie Fien |
05-01-2015 |
Race & Class
The Prison-to-Pension Pipelinenew
The correlation between low student achievement, failing schools, and youth incarceration is clear, especially for black and Latino males in urban public schools.
City Newspaper |
Tim Louis Macaluso |
04-13-2015 |
Education
Rochester's Fighting Chance for a Turnaroundnew
Upstate cities know decline. For decades, they've seen their once-vibrant downtowns fade and their big employers and industries shrink, shut down, or leave. They've all been trying to reinvent themselves.
City Newspaper |
Jeremy Moule |
02-25-2015 |
Economy
Rural Schools See a Financial Cliffnew
New York's public schools are among the most racially and economically segregated in the country.
City Newspaper |
Tim Louis Macaluso |
01-20-2015 |
Education
The Legacy of New York's Fracking Decisionnew
New York's long struggle with fracking is over, except that it isn't.
City Newspaper |
Jeremy Moule |
12-23-2014 |
Energy
What Happened to HIV Prevention?new
In the more than 30 years since it began appearing in gay men in the New York City, San Francisco, and Los Angeles areas, HIV/AIDS has transformed from a death sentence to what is perceived by many as a manageable health condition. Still, AIDS is the second-highest killer of New Yorkers ages 25 to 44.
City Newspaper |
Tim Louis Macaluso |
12-01-2014 |
Health
Obama pushes for aggressive net neutrality policiesnew
President Barack Obama says that he wants broadband Internet service treated just like other utilities, such as land-line telephones and electricity. Yesterday, Obama called on the Federal Communications Commission to reclassify broadband under Title II of the federal Telecommunications Act...
City Newspaper |
Jeremy Moule |
11-11-2014 |
Tech
Some Progress on Indigent Defensenew
New York State has settled a lawsuit that accused it of systematically depriving poor criminal defendants of their right to counsel. And in doing so it has recognized, for the first time, that it is responsible for providing legal representation for those defendants.
City Newspaper |
Jeremy Moule |
10-29-2014 |
Policy Issues
The church inside the Catholic Churchnew
Jamie Manson's efforts to bring about a more inclusive Catholic Church, one that includes women priests and same-sex marriage, have not endeared her to the church's hierarchy. But she said that she remains committed to Catholicism and of what she called Catholics' "sacramental" view of the world...
City Newspaper |
Tim Louis Macaluso |
10-01-2014 |
Religion
World leaders gather at UN summit to talk climatenew
Today, leaders from across the world, as well as leaders from some of the world's top corporations, are gathering in New York City to talk about climate change. The summit is a prelude to talks that'll take place next year in Paris. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon convened today's summit and "has asked these leaders to bring bold announcements and actions to the summit that will reduce emissions, strengthen climate resilience, and mobilize political will for a meaningful legal agreement in 2015," says the event's webpage...
City Newspaper |
Jeremy Moule |
09-23-2014 |
Environment
Making climate a careernew
Susan Spencer, a Rochester Institute of Technology Ph.D. student, wants people to understand that climate change is a serious problem and that workable solutions exist.
City Newspaper |
Jeremy Moule |
09-18-2014 |
Science
