The Heat Beat: July is a Month of Firsts in Music History
By Jess Szabo | Arts Writer
July is a month of firsts for the music of Phoenix Radio and beyond. Here are just a few of the notable events that marked the first time something...
Column: ‘When the Serpents Devour Themselves’
By Doug George-Kanentiio | Columnist
Six years ago I wrote a column in response to the plans by an oil pipeline company to build across the sacred territory of the Lakota people at Standing Rock....
Book Signing Turns into Book Sales for Local Author
RELEASE—Dave Roberts, from Whitesboro, New York, co-authored his first book with Reverend Patty Furino. Published last year, “When The Psychology Professor Met The Minister” describes in part, the spiritually transformative experience guided by Reverend...
Legal Myths vs. Reality – July 2022
By Judge Joan Shkane | Columnist
This is a continuing discussion of Legal Myths and Reality, because those informed are always the most successful. Please note: this is a reprint from July, 2021. It now...
Voices of Polonia: Pee Wee King, Country Music Artist
By Ted Rajchel | Columnist
Julius Frank Anthony Kuczynski, (February 18, 1914—March 7, 2000), known professionally as Pee Wee King, was an American country music songwriter and recording artist best known for co-writing “The Tennessee...
Feature Story: Remembering Dickie Frank and ‘Birdland’
By Cassandra Harris-Lockwood
Richard Frank was born in August 1931 to Marion Moorehand-Frank and Paul Frank in Utica, NY. Dickie Frank was Utica’s first Black celebrity and success story as a star athlete, Utica’s 2nd...
Environment: Ecological Disasters Part 4-Examining Fast Fashion
By Sage Lively | Hamilton College Intern
Let’s talk about Fast Fashion. Fast Fashion was introduced in the ‘80s as an approach to design, create, and market clothes to make them cheaper and quicker to...
Feature: Are We Overly Social?
Aristotle once said, “Man is by nature a social animal; an unsocial individual naturally and not accidentally is beneath our notice or more than human.”
In the prior years of American sociology, socialization is associated...
The Heat Beat: Being an Effective Ally to Musicians (and More) in the LGBTQ...
June is Pride Month for the LGBTQ community. Each year, the month is dedicated to commemorating the Stonewall Riots that were the birth of the modern gay rights movement, with events across the country.
This...
Vote ‘22 – Why a Republican Win in Midterms Would Be Disastrous
By Roger Chambers
While many Republicans continue to support him, reaffirming Donald Trump’s right-wing populism in mid-term elections of 2022 or the national election of 2024 would hasten authoritarianism. Constant lies continue, amplified by Fox...