“We dragged hip-hop upstate” DJ JMC, on 50 Years of Hip-Hop

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"We dragged hip-hop upstate" DJ JMC, on 50 Years of Hip-Hop By Ron Klopfanstein   Hip-hop began 50 years ago in The Bronx. While it has evolved...

95.5 FM “The Heat’s” DJ J Easy on 50 Years of Hip-Hop

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  95.5 FM "The Heat's" DJ J Easy on 50 Years of Hip-Hop By Ron Klopfanstein   Hip-hop began 50 years ago in The Bronx. While it has...

Honoring the Sacrifices Made at the Bloody Battle of Oriskany by Ron Klopfanstein

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Honoring the Sacrifices Made at the Bloody Battle of Oriskany  By Ron Klopfanstein “I have three ancestors who died here,” Mary Ellen Smith said as she...

Freedom to Read Rally For Education and Equality Draws Enthusiastic Community Support

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Freedom to Read Rally For Education and Equality Draws Enthusiastic Community Support By Ron Klopfanstein Dozens of people braved the wind and rain Saturday afternoon as...

THE THIRD MRS. GALWAY” CHRONICLES THE ANTI-SLAVERY MOVEMENT IN UPSTATE NEW YORK IN RIVETING...

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“THE THIRD MRS. GALWAY” CHRONICLES THE ANTI-SLAVERY MOVEMENT IN UPSTATE NEW YORK IN RIVETING DETAIL --New Historical Novel Brings to Life Events of Anti-slavery Agitation Through...

Utica’s Bosnians Urge People To Never Forget The Genocide

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Yesterday marked the 26th anniversary of one of the worst moments in human history, the genocide that took place at Srebrenica in Bosnia. The Bosnians...

My Father’s Battle with Housing Discrimination in the early 1950’s

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By Cassandra Harris Lockwood                                   Photo by Vernon J....

The History and Hope of the Black Economy

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A Unique Struggle for Black Americans By Eamon Handzel The story of civilization involves the story of the minority. Whether or not that minority succeeds in...

“Whites Only” Deeds in the 1960’s and How They Ended

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By: Stephen Lee Lockwood, Esq. It was the summer of 1966.  I was 22 and between my second and third years at Albany Law School....

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...