RTN News Apr 9 "Hugely Liberating": Rajesh Barnabas On the History of Rochester Indymedia and Anti-Corporate News Rajesh Barnabas talks about the history of Rochester Indymedia and the importance of instant publishing and collaborative news collectives.
RTN News Mar 17 Say His Name: Alvin Simmons Died One Year Ago; We Still Don't Have Racial Data on Local COVID Cases Monroe County reported its first COVID death one year ago today. We still don't know the extent of racial disparities in COVID rates.
RTN News Mar 16 Opinion | Social Work is a White Supremacist Organization Too In a new op-ed Angela Tona writes "I worry about the assumption that social workers are inherently equipped to support people in crises."
RTN News Feb 24 Opinion | Daniel Prude Case the Latest in OAG's Dismal Track Record of Prosecuting Police Who Kill The AG said Tuesday her office "presented the strongest case possible" to a grand jury in Daniel Prude's case.
RTN News Feb 19 Rochester Releases Police Disciplinary Records, But Questions Remain About Completeness of Database Rochester is touting its new RPD database as proof of its commitment to transparency. But is there more where that came from?
RTN News Oct 27, 2020 Amidst GOP Outrage, Advocates Say There's Nothing Controversial About Restoring the Vote to Parolees The allegations read like a greatest hits of GOP fear-mongering tactics. But in some other states, Muntaqim would have been able to vote.
RTN News Oct 26, 2020 Think Before You Share: Resources for Reading News Critically Feeling provoked by your newsfeed? Want tips for identifying media bias or doing a reverse image search? Mary Lawrence shares
RTN News Sep 25, 2020 “Make Him a Suspect”: Documents Show How RPD Villainized Daniel Prude From Day One Documents suggest a concerted effort to depict Prude as a danger to officers while downplaying the RPD's role in his suffocation death.
RTN News Sep 13, 2020 Opinion | RCSD On Life Support: Tax the Ultra-Wealthy to Fund Public Education The RCSD stands to lose 30% of its budget in a single calendar year. Do elected leaders have the courage to do something about it?
RTN News Jul 19, 2020 RCSD Educators Are Split On Reopening, But Share Some Common Values and Concerns, RORE Survey Shows Preliminary survey results show educators share some common concerns, values with respect to reopening schools.