Women’s History Month: “We Don’t Hire Girls” — Becoming the First Female Construction Worker...
By C. Harris-Lockwood | Photos by the late Anne LaBastille
The year was 1971. I was 19 years old and between my freshman and sophomore years of Kirkland College. I was looking for a job.
At...
When they come for one of us: Central New York rallies for the Transgender...
Transgender Day of Visibility celebrates transgender people and their contributions to society while raising awareness of the prejudice and discrimination many in the community still face. In Central New York, the day was observed...
Our New Neighbors: Exploring the Cultural and Historical Context of a Racist Conspiracy Theory...
“Mi familia, mis amigos, mi casa.”
That is what Lourdes Matheus, age 35, had to leave behind in Venezuela; her family, her friends, and her home.
Matheus was a Social Studies teacher and a social worker...
Utica’s Hunger Games; Will indifference, incompetence, or inattention cost Cornhill its community garden?
How Utica's inner city minority community is fighting to save its decades-old neighborhood green space from an out-of-town developer who surreptitiously acquired the land from the county
by Ron Klopfanstein
On September 7th, 2022, Cassandra Harris...
Central New York celebrates Pride 2023
By Ron Klopfanstein
Celebrating and supporting the LGBTQ Community is more important than ever this year, there are many ways to do that right here in the Mohawk Valley
In 1969, Woodstock took place, and man...
These Good and Crazy People: Utica University’s “Pioneer Players” present Stephen Sondheim’s “Company”
by Ron Klopfanstein
Last Tuesday, I finished teaching my English 102 class and headed to Strebel Auditorium to watch while Utica University Theatre Department’s “Pioneer Players” practiced the opening scene of Stephen Sondheim’s Tony Award-winning...
The Good Mother
How Abby McArthur found the courage to fight for Transgender youth in a town without pity
By Ron Klopfanstein
General Nicholas Herkimer stands guard at both ends of Myers Park in the Village of Herkimer. One...
Feature Story: The Band ‘Foreigner’ Boosts Shriners Children’s Hospital Through CD Sales at NY...
Photos by Tom Loughlin Jr. | Story by Tom Loughlin Jr. and Mark Alvarado
Syracuse NY, Aug 28 2022—When the Loughlin Lenses (and I) rolled into Chevy Court on my rented “Scootaround” mobility scooter, I was surprised and...
Haudenosaunee Iroquois: We Don’t Want an Apology; We Want Justice
By Doug George-Kanentiio
Native American children sitting outside the steps of the Mohawk Institute. (Photo submitted by Doug George Kanentiio).
There is a reason why the Six Nations-Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) were not invited to Rome to meet...
Feature: Kim ‘Badass’ Bass — Growing Up Young, Gifted & Black in Upstate NY
Born in 1956 in Utica NY to mother Juanita Holmes Bass and father Clarence Bass, Jr., Kim is the eldest son and younger brother to twin sisters Janice and Joyce Bass and older brother...