Yesterday I ended my six-week stint as an enumerator with the U.S. Census Bureau, going door-to-door as part of the…
Central New York artist puts dignified face on migrants in limbo
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Women at the wall in Friendship Park, Tijuana, Mexico. Photo © Bill McLaughlin. soy de aquí…
I saw a meme today, oh boy
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By MIKE DONOHUE On November 22nd, 1963, shots rang out in Dallas, Texas, that ended a…
What Can We Do?
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A segment of the Women’s March in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 21, 2017, in front of…
How about showing a little decency?
Note: I call your attention to a website making its debut today, senseofdecency.com, which offers an opportunity for writers, photographers…
Flying the ‘Black Lives Matter’ Flag in a White Neighborhood
In the two weeks since a white Minneapolis police officer — knowing he was being videotaped — took the life…
A view from Minneapolis: ‘If you’re not in it for the long haul, just stay home’
Jamal Johnson has been in Minneapolis, Minn. the past three days during protests over the death of George Floyd, an…
Dollar for dollar, is this worth it?
As much as I want to save the U.S. Postal Service, this isn’t what I had in mind. An envelope…
ICE detainee dies of COVID in Otay Mesa; Batavia has 49 cases
After the first reported death from COVID-19 of a detainee in ICE custody in California, immigration advocates fear there will…
Recalling Kent State, 50 years after
Thirty years ago today, The Post-Standard in Syracuse, NY, published a series of articles I wrote about a Syracuse…