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,...
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 in the past few years coming from many political sides....
Police Arrest Three Protesters Outside Rome PD Station
Thursday evening at Guyer Park in Rome, Rome PD responded to an incident of several youths fighting at a football game. The police detained several youths and ended the fight. This was recorded on...
Local Leaders Call for Apology from Claudia Tenney
On September 25th, 2020, Councilman Delvin Moody and 12 other community leaders signed a statement calling for an apology from Claudia Tenney. An ad from Tenney's office describes Anthony Brinidisi (at a Black Lives...
Activists Hold Three Day Long Protests
By Phoenix Staff
A local Black Rights activist, Kim Jones, hosted a march on UPD Station Saturday the 12th that would lead to another two days of protests. Kim Jones collaborated with a local activist...
The College-Community Partnership for Criminal Justice Reform
Hearing the People’s Voice on Criminal Justice Reform
By Professor Frank Anechiarico, Maynard-Knox Professor of Government and Law
In the last few months, racial injustice and murderous misconduct by police officers have become an unavoidable...
Black Lives Matter
Story and Photos by Eamon Handzel
Utica, NY - On August 7th, Utica locals of all races and ethnicities rallied together at Oneida Square in the city center to show their solidarity with the Black...
AG James Continues Fight to Preserve DACA and Protect DREAMers
Coalition of 17 AGs led by AG James Files Brief in Supreme Court in DACA Lawsuit
NEW YORK – Attorney General Letitia James leading a coalition of 17 attorneys general, filed a brief in the United States...
Land Returned to Oneida Women Divided by International Borders and Colonization
Oneida women from the three communities located in New York, Canada, and Wisconsin, announced receiving a gift of nearly 30 acres of land from a Quaker ally within their traditional homelands in Clinton, N.Y....
Racial Inequality
By Kristina Andreotta
Inequality didn’t happen by chance. Since the beginning of our country, two ideas--racism and free-market capitalism--have worked together to shape how our society works. Racism and capitalism are such a large part...