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• David Kassnoff: ‘Any life lost exercising First Amendment rights is one too many’

  By Jandoli Institute on May 1, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  The Kent State protesters demanded government accountability; the government responded not with answers but with violence. The student shootings at Kent State in 1970 signified the moment when the Vietnam War came to U.S. soil. Viewers of network newscasts had… Read More ›

• Mike Jones-Kelley: ‘So now they are going to start killing us’

  By Jandoli Institute on May 1, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  I remember thinking when I heard the news of Kent State, “So now they are going to start killing us.” Because in that era, there was a “they” and there was an “us.” In that time in our country’s history,… Read More ›

• Lee Coppola: ‘Bloodshed over differences of opinion has no place in a democracy’

  By Jandoli Institute on May 1, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  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 ›

• Paul Wieland: ‘A precursor to a new breed of imperialism’

  By Jandoli Institute on May 1, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  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’

  By sbuprof on May 1, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  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

  By Jandoli Institute on May 1, 2020 • ( 4 )

  

  Reflections from activists, academics and others on the Kent State shootings

• Journalists do not make us fear, they make us aware

  By Jandoli Institute on April 30, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  By Pauline W. Hoffmann These last several weeks have put a burden on many sectors of society from hourly workers who will struggle to provide for families to health care workers who battle on the front lines of the pandemic…. Read More ›

• John Prine’s ode to journalism

  By Jandoli Institute on April 27, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  By Richard Lee If I had to find one thing in common about the musical body of work John Prine gave us, it would be the way each one of his songs evoked an emotion. He made us laugh; he… Read More ›

• PolitiFact NY posts first article by Bona students

  By Jandoli Institute on April 25, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  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 Jandoli Institute on April 18, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  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 ›

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