Charles Bronson, An American Award Winning Actor
By Ted Rajchel
Background
According to the Polish-American Encyclopedia, Charles Bronson was born to a Lithuanian-Polish father, who worked in the coal mines of Pennsylvania. Charles Bronson was born on November 3, 1921 in Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania. He...
The Secret Meeting the Changed Rap Music and Destroyed a Generation
By Anonymous
Editor’s Note: Eight years ago I received the following document from Imam Malik Najeeulah who was then a board member of For The Good as well as a friend. The contents were shocking....
At the Movies–“Nacho Libre”
by Mark Ziobro
I was shocked to learn that “Nacho Libre,” the tempered and anticlimactic comedy starring Jack Black was actually loosely based on true events, the tribulations of Sergio Gutiérrez Benítez, a Mexican Catholic...
Downtown Hospital Project to be Built Upon Lies
By Pete Bianco
The tax-paying public was lied to by politicians who said a new hospital could only be built in downtown Utica. MVHS was also told the lie that they would not receive $300 million...
Rome Officer Under Scrutiny for Questionable Action
By Peter Coney
“The Officer in my video earlier gave a lot of information out.”
Last week, in Rome NY, a Black woman suffered the indignity of someone spray-painting racial slurs and swastikas on her moving...
The Curious Case of Rose Grimaldi and Carolann Cardone
By Ron Klopfanstein
Two days after the failed coup attempt in Washington, Patrick Lohmann, a reporter for Syracuse.com broke staggering political news closer to home.
“700 votes were tossed in Oneida County. Officials ignored state law...
Shooting outside Former ‘Dev’ Bar Downtown Last Night
Last night at around 1:30AM, the intersection of Genesee and Devereux St was lit up by the flashing red lights of almost ten squad cars responding to a shooting at the bar formerly known...
August 2020 Mohawk Valley Almanac
By Roger Chambers
August is a month of late summer, the weather is still generally hot at times, in the 80s and occasionally 90s. Towards the end of the month, the days are increasingly short,...
Voices of Polonia: Jadwiga of Poland, Queen and Saint
Jadwiga of Poland, Queen, and Saint
Queen Jadwiga of Poland was the first female monarch of the Kingdom of Poland, reigning from the 16th of October 1384 until her death on the 17th of July...
Voices of Polonia: Polish Female Pilots Serving During World War II
By Ted Rajchel
Background
Polish female pilots played a major role in the resistant movement in occupied Poland. They often put themselves in the front lines of war. Here are short biographies of four determined women...