by Miriam Axel-Lute/MiriamJoy.com There’s this pattern that happens with abusive spouses. They often explain to their victims how to behave so they won’t get beaten up again. All the victim needs to do is give them proper respect, not burn their dinner, remember to leave out their slippers […]
by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage July 6th began with the tragic news of the deadly police shooting of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It ended with another bloody video of Philando Castile, of Falcon Heights, Minnesota, dying in a car as his girlfriend recorded his final moments […]
by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage Waking up to a text message from a close friend that read “I’m sick of the police,” I didn’t respond immediately, instead typing “police shooting” into Google and instantly coming across an article from The Advocate about the shooting of Alton Sterling by […]
by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage UTICA, N.Y. – Reports of an officer-involved shooting following a foot chase in East Utica that began on South Street and ended in a parking lot near Lansing Street and Belmont Ave came in at 8:15 this evening. Authorities at the scene did confirm […]
by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage UTICA, N.Y. – New Forest Cemetery in South Utica got a surprise today when a small group of community members and activists marched on its office to hand deliver a message from the Bosnian community, Muslim community and several community action organizations urging the […]
Photos by Javian Dawson/Contributor UTICA – In advance of World Refugee Day on June 20th, the Mohawk Valley Resource Center for Refugees hosted their World Refugee Day event on Saturday June 18th at Hanna Park located outside of Utica City Hall. Love and Rage is an experiment in crowd-sourced […]
by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage ALBANY – The New York State Senate recently passed a bill that, should it pass in the Assembly and be approved by Governor Cuomo, would become the nation’s first terrorist registry. While news of the bill passing the Senate vote in the wake of […]
Photos by Derek Scarlino and Stephanie Inserra/Love and Rage UTICA – Just days after the tragic attack against LGBTQIA club-goers in Orlando, community members in Utica planned a candle-light vigil for victims of the attack. Several speakers also shared words with a crowd of over a hundred who showed […]
by Joe Pasqualetti/Guest Most currently offered Internet services in Oneida County do not positively distinguish our region and fail to support economic growth. Digital networking is paramount to commerce and communications in this century just as telegrams and telephones were in the last two. We can change our infrastructure and […]
By Justin A. Thompson/Guest For almost 11 years, I have worked for a retail environment. In these 11 years, I have come to understand the culture of corporate America. Everyday I wake up with the grueling uncertainty of how I am going to pay my bills; how much […]
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