50 years later, discrimination persists
July 2 marked the 50th anniversary of the day President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which, Marc Morial writes for Other Words, “outlawed discrimination and segregation based...
View ArticleIgnorance of history, and its price
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” George Santayana famously wrote. As Gary Hart points out in his Huffington Post article, “cannot” is a failure of ability. Does this...
View ArticleImmigrants deserve opportunity in U.S.
The inscription at the bottom of the Statue of Liberty comes from a poem from Emma Lazarus: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your...
View ArticleBreaking poverty’s grip
Holding up a mirror may sometimes reveal a reality we don’t want to face. In a report last week that pulls no punches when assessing the opportunities available to African American children, the...
View ArticleGun-packing populace idea offers opportunity
That Ulster County sheriff who urged licensed gun owners to pack heat is onto something, but he didn’t go far enough. What we need is a compulsory carry law. All citizens should be required to be armed...
View ArticleGive Wilkins job, 3-year contract
Emily Leckman Westin’s letter indicated Albany School Superintendent Marguerite Vanden Wyngaard should have been provided more time (“Superintendent needed more time,” Feb. 2). Given that is not the...
View ArticleSanders may be on to something
How often have you heard people say “throw them all out!” or “nothing gets done in Washington?” We finally have a chance to do something about this, and I fear that, if we miss it, another opportunity...
View ArticleOpportunity centers have helped change lives
Bethany Bump’s article “Given a shot, they achieve,” July 10, accurately portrays the benefits of SUNY’s Educational Opportunity Centers and their ability to open the doors to a brighter future for...
View ArticleSUNY Poly grads help change world
SUNY Polytechnic Institute’s Colleges of Nanoscale Science and Engineering is a remarkable place to go to school. Here, the culture is research and innovation, which opens doors for us, the students,...
View ArticleNY fails to invest in a cleaner future
The $8 billion bailout of New York’s aging, uncompetitive nuclear plants promoted by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and proposed by the state Public Service Commission could readily rise to more than $10 billion...
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