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College/Community Partnership for Racial Justice Reform Offers Fourth Webinar
“Understanding the Use of Force”
Clinton, N.Y. - The College/Community Partnership for Racial Justice Reform is offering its fourth free online and broadcast webinar program...
CHL October Editorial: Where is that Goal Post?
Black Folks Can Never Score
By Cassandra Harris-Lockwood
A stream of racially explicit initiatives have been recently announced by the Community Foundation, hereafter the CF. It...
Understanding the Movement in Utica
Local activist groups and what they stand for
By Sarah Watkins, Peter Coney, and Eamon Handzel
The Utica area has seen a rise in public demonstrations...
The Heat Beat: Remembering “Big B”
By Jess Szabo
On September 24, 2019, Phoenix Media lost Bryson Collins, known professionally as”Big B.” Although “B” is no longer with us here on...
Book Review: Hoax: Donald Trump,Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion on Truth
By Richard Chambers
Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion on Truth
Brian Stelter One Signal Publishers / Atria affiliated with Simon and...
College Community Partnership for Racial Justice Reform Launch
By Cassandra Harris-Lockwood
Utica- On Wednesday, Sept. 16, 12 noon in the MWPAI Auditorium The College/Community Partnership for Racial Justice Reform announced its multi-pronged program...
Legal Myths and Reality with Judge Shkane
By Judge Joan Shkane
This is a continuing discussion of Legal Myths and Reality, because those informed are always the most successful.
MYTH: If a child...
Trump Calls Soldiers Losers and Suckers
Every Political Candidate Must Condemn His Insults to the Military
By Doug George Kanentiio Akwasane Mohawk
My brother is S/Sgt Daniel William George, a retired US...
Voices of Polonia: Kazimierz Czarnecki and Mary Jackson
Kazimierz Czarnecki and Mary Jackson—Worked Together on the Space Program at NASA
By Ted Rajchel
Background
Kazimierz Czarnecki (engineer) was born in Poland in 1916. He was...
Big B: Radio Don’t Stop
Utica’s Black Music scene will miss Phoenix Radio DJ
By Cassandra Harris-Lockwood
Though I didn’t know Bryson for very long I sure knew who he was,...
