Connections: A Rochester small business success story - The Arnett Cafe
It's a small business success story -- an African-American-owned restaurant that has become a quiet magnet in the city of Rochester. The Arnett Cafe relies on word of mouth, and four years after...
View ArticleConnections: Examining the state's school funding plan
Students in the wealthiest school districts in New York State enjoy the highest per-pupil funding -- sometimes as high as $70,000 per pupil. Poorer districts can operate with roughly $15,000 per pupil....
View ArticleConnections: The Regional Economic Development Council's goals and progress
Bob Duffy recently called the state to make permanent its economic development council framework. "It works," Duffy wrote in the D&C. He says states have to adopt some business principles, like...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Wednesday, February 22nd
First hour: D&C reporters explain how they cracked the story of Bill Nojay's scandal Second hour: Ending the R-word
View ArticleConnections: D&C reporters explain how they cracked the story of Bill Nojay's...
The story of what the late Assemblyman Bill Nojay did -- his scams, his lies, his theft -- is only known because of the work of reporters Steve Orr and Gary Craig . They pushed to have records...
View ArticleConnections: Ending the R-word
The annual push to "End the R-Word" is back on. Is it working? Last year, a comedian in a Showtime special delivered a deeply insulting rant about people with mental disabilities. The term still comes...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Thursday, February 23rd
First hour: Debating how to handle the heroin epidemic Second hour: Defining what a CSA is -- and is not
View ArticleConnections: Debating how to handle the heroin epidemic
Heroin has exploded as a problem in the United States, and it doesn't discriminate: rural communities, city neighborhoods. WROC-TV's Adam Chodak recently reported on several aspects of the problem in...
View ArticleConnections: Defining what a CSA is -- and is not
What is a real CSA? Some local farmers feel that once the local food movement became popular, a lot of businesses have started calling themselves a CSA without really following the original ideas,...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Friday, February 24th
First hour: Cellist Rufus Cappadocia Second hour: Previewing the Oscars
View ArticleConnections: Cellist Rufus Cappadocia
Rufus Cappadocia began playing the cello when he was three-years-old. 14 years later, he added a fifth string to his instrument, and was thinking about music through a global and historical context. We...
View ArticleConnections: Previewing the Oscars
We preview this Sunday's Academy Awards. Our guests give their predictions for who will win, who should win, and we discuss how this year's Oscar nominations have ended the diversity drought. Our...
View ArticleWeekend Connections: Week of February 20th
Weekend Connections is a collection of some of the most noteworthy moments from the week on Connections with Evan Dawson. This episode includes conversations about: Music, history, and culture, with...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Monday, February 27th
First hour: Understanding our electric grid Second hour: Brian Alexander, author of Glass House
View ArticleConnections: Understanding our electric grid
Quick question: how much power in New York State comes from carbon sources? How much comes from wind? How much from nuclear? And how vulnerable is our grid? There are massive questions about how to...
View ArticleConnections: Brian Alexander, author of Glass House
Brian Alexander set out to write a book about how modern corporate culture destroyed his hometown of Lancaster, Ohio. What he ended up finding was a town reeling from corporate raiders, but still proud...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Tuesday, February 28th
First hour: Exploring the lack of ideological diversity on college campuses Second hour: Previewing the March for Education Justice
View ArticleConnections: Exploring the lack of ideological diversity on college campuses
Where's the ideological diversity on college campuses? As reported in Reason and elsewhere, some campuses see more than 95% of their professors (who donate) give to Democrats. Conservative professors...
View ArticleConnections: Previewing the March for Education Justice
School leaders argue that New York State has shortchanged them. Last week, we heard from suburban districts. Now, we hear from students and parents in the Rochester City School District, who argue that...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Wednesday, March 1st
First hour: Urban agriculture Second hour: A new musical explores our racial divide through humor
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