by Masai Andrews/Medium “On January 30th, 2016, three Black University at Albany students boarded a city bus heading to the UAlbany campus. The bus was crowded with intoxicated white students. Words were exchanged between the sober Black women and the drunken white passengers. A racially charged discussion ensued, […]
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 Industrial Workers of the World/Press Release Workers at the Honest Weight Food Co-operative in Albany have been engaged in an effort to unionize the store for almost two years. Yet many concerns have been ignored by the management of the Co-op, which, ironically, prides itself on its […]
by Black Lives Matter, Upstate NY/Guest Today (April 11), organizers from the Black Lives Matter chapter of Upstate NY had a private meeting with Presidential hopeful, Bernie Sanders. The meeting occurred shortly before the Senator addressed an over-capacity crowd at The Washington Avenue Armory in Albany. We were […]