This controversy is not just about one football game. It is about equity and how it potentially affects Buffalo student-athletes – and others throughout New York – for the rest of their lives.
The inescapable truth is that to begin to address the original sin of this nation, there must be both the courage to change and the willingness to sacrifice in order to do what is right.
The question posed now by Oshei’s initiative is: Are Western New Yorkers in the 2020s any better than – or even as good as – Americans were in the 1960s?
The results are in and voters prefer to mark their own ballots by hand. So if it ain’t broke, let’s not spend millions of taxpayer money fixing it.Â
Superbugs contributed to nearly 5 million deaths worldwide in 2019. If we stay on this curve, antimicrobial resistance could cause 10 million deaths annually by 2050.
"As we struggle to correct all the other imbalances – in housing, food, health, education and more – evening the score on green infrastructure should be a priority," Licata writes.
Since the shooting at the Tops Markets on May 14, 2022, there has been increased attention to the challenges faced by residents in predominate…
The report's documentation and recommendations are comprehensive enough that – if taken seriously and acted upon – Buffalo will be in much better shape for the next extreme weather event, writes The News' Editorial Board.
We cannot revert to a system where a poor person languishes behind bars while a rich person goes free for the same charge, Matthew Van Houten says.
Half of Buffalo's population has played no part in the city's ongoing revival. This is finally being addressed, on many fronts.
If we really want 2023 to be a racial turning point, we have to attack discriminatory systems at their core in addition to just trying to compensate for them, Watson says.
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