Perhaps at no better time in recent history does the Ken State shootings teach us a lesson. When some think the division in our country has opened a chasm too deep to heal, it’s worth remembering what happened when such… Read More ›
Politics
Paul Wieland: ‘A precursor to a new breed of imperialism’
The killings at Kent State reflected the usual lack of leadership by politicians. The country was already heavy breathing about the Vietnam War and needed cooler heads, not the ones running the state of Ohio at the time. Instead the… Read More ›
Barry Gan: ‘Awakening mainstream America’
The killing of four unarmed students at Kent State on May 4, 1970 is not the only time our government has fired upon unarmed civilians. It happened 11 days later, again, at Jackson State, when police opened fire on unarmed… Read More ›
Today’s America reflects on the Kent State shootings
Reflections from activists, academics and others on the Kent State shootings
PolitiFact NY posts first article by Bona students
The first fact-checking article produced by St. Bonaventure University journalism students in a special workshop was posted by PolitiFact New York on April 23. Michael Hogan and Sean Mickey authored the article, which examined a comment Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren… Read More ›
Andrew Cuomo may have a place in Washington, but it is not the Oval Office
By Richard Lee Andrew Cuomo’s leadership throughout the coronavirus crisis has earned the New York governor a place in the national spotlight. At one time, #PresidentCuomo was trending on Twitter. He has been mentioned as a possible running mate — and… Read More ›
COVID-19 pandemic illustrates New York’s upstate/downstate split
By Samantha Burgio At schools in New York full of students from different parts of the state and different states altogether, conversations and debates of “upstate New York vs. downstate New York” are never scarce. People who do not know… Read More ›
How Super Tuesday Part III ended the Democratic primary contest
By Joe Ceraulo For the third straight week, a Tuesday filled with primary elections came up big for former Vice President Joe Biden. Three states (Arizona, Florida and Illinois) held primary elections on Tuesday, March 17, after Ohio opted to… Read More ›
COVID-19 pandemic didn’t diminish voter turnout in March 17 primaries
By Julia Schneider Online school, take-out only restaurants, no sports, yet somehow the primaries in three states still prevailed. Following the precedent set by the flu pandemic of 1918 and World War II, voters in Illinois, Florida and Arizona defied… Read More ›
Coronavirus still is wrongly labeled a China problem
While it is abundantly clear that the novel coronavirus is a global epidemic requiring the collaboration of health departments across the world to contain, one group, Asians, seems to be taking all the blame. A combination of misinformation and the… Read More ›
