It’s that time of year when we turn on the heat, watch our energy bills rise, and wish that there was a way to stay comfortable through the winter without sending money to fossil fuel companies, who are driving climate change and climate denial in the US. But we…
The Community Grid It’s been 10 years since we started talking about replacing the I-81 viaduct. And over 50 years since Syracuse was decimated when the viaduct was first built through the heart of the city. It is time to reverse the high levels of racial and…
Yesterday, I talked to a dear friend who is currently looking for an immigration lawyer that can help her re-enter the States so that she can return to continue her undergraduate studies in Vermont. I was numb after the call; I had never realized that this was going to be…
This is the author’s first book review analysis attempting to understand the root causes of dystopian fiction through the lens of political, social, and economic factors, for the purpose of understanding modern day realities of existence and struggle. World War II expressed Nationalism in all of its glory as a…
As I marched like one drop in a river of 10,000 people during the recent March for a Clean Energy Revolution, the power of the people had never been more clear to me. The energy of the diverse crowd was inspiring and invigorating, and as we gathered across from…
“Give a man a fish he’ll eat for a day , teach man how to fish he’ll eat for the rest of his life” On July 6, 2016 the Syracuse Peace Council kicked off Bikes4Peace pop-up bicycle repair clinics that assist youth in repairing their bicycles promoting cooperative action and…
“Give a man a fish he’ll eat for a day , teach man how to fish he’ll eat for the rest of his life” On July 6, 2016 the Syracuse Peace Council kicked off Bikes4Peace pop-up bicycle repair clinics that assist youth in repairing their bicycles promoting cooperative action and…
“Give a man a fish he’ll eat for a day , teach man how to fish he’ll eat for the rest of his life” On July 6, 2016 the Syracuse Peace Council kicked off Bikes4Peace pop-up bicycle repair clinics that assist youth in repairing their bicycles promoting cooperative action and…
Monday marked CNY Pride Week Day 1 and I had a moment of reprieve in my schedule—or perhaps the overwhelming emotions I am experiencing forced me to take respite—to join the vigil in downtown Syracuse to honor the Orlando Shooting victims, the vast majority of whom were black, Latinx, other…
“Are you crazy?” “Are you out of your mind?” My friends’ concerns were foremost in my mind as I boarded Turkish Air Flight 706 bound for Kabul, Afghanistan. I had recently learned that US Embassy personnel no longer drive the streets of Kabul; they travel by helicopter. As recently as…
