Music: Tribute to Burt Bacharach
By C. Harris-Lockwood | Editor-in-Chief
Part of the incredible contribution that Burt Bacharach made to modern American music was his ability to display so many intimate and vulnerable aspects of the human condition with tender...
CHL’s Save the Community Gardens Birthday Bash!
Please share this widely and wildly! My birthday is this Wednesday, September 7th. The Garden, the Study Buddy Club, and For The Good are in peril. Please come to possibly the last Linwood Place...
Japanese Barberry, The Tick Magnet
Japanese Barberry, The Tick Magnet
If you live in the country around here, either you or someone you know has been bitten by a tick, the bad tick, the tiny red and black deer tick....
From the Editors Desk: So Leeenna
Ok. So, I got a call today from one of the female family members from the Riot at Revels. Presumably, she was a rioter as she was determined to tell me why I should...
Becoming a Caricature of Ourselves
Becoming a Caricature of Ourselves
I’m pretty left of center when it comes to the majority of issues, specifically those that are socially engineered. But a recent AP story caught my attention and made me...
Phoenix Editorial Page :The Myths and Truths About White Privilege
Ten Myths and Truths About White Privilege
The term “White privilege” is heard everywhere from the news to social media to in-person conversations today. Everyone knows it has something to do with racism, particularly...
My Father’s Battle with Housing Discrimination in the early 1950’s
By Cassandra Harris Lockwood Photo by Vernon J. Harris, Jr.
Vernon J. Harris, Jr. graduated from Catholic University in...
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 began with an announcement from former board chair, Ron Cucarro,...
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, and that was at the top of Utica’s contemporary Black...
Chamber: Wrong Message at the Wrong Time
Chamber Effort to Derail Bail Reforms Wrong Message at the Wrong Time
The morning of June 19th, as many friends and supporters of For The Good and Phoenix Media were eagerly awaiting the second airing...