Catherine Knight Steele presented on marginalized digital communities. The rise of new technologies, like artificial intelligence, poses new dangers to these communities, like Black women. Read more »
Jalen Law’s “Unveiled Echoes” revives the story of Dug’s Dive, a bar on the Erie Canal in Buffalo, NY. By utilizing an app, each work’s characters begin to move on each person’s mobile and sounds echo devices. Read more »
But it’s easy to get caught in a false sense of progress if we stay too long; and therefore crucial for us to continue the fight for real, active change by being wary and critical of brands like Mattel in the real world. Read more »
Running from issues regarding race does not make discrimination disappear. Only when you teach students history and strive to cultivate classrooms that urge critical thinking can we take steps toward equity. Read more »
Education on neurodiverse topics will help people identify the problematic ways entertainment media portrays neurodivergent people, and help normalize these communities’ existence in society. Read more »
While banning books based on their mentioning of race is not a new phenomenon, it has become an increasingly controversial issue in recent years. Read more »
Local galleries are using art to bring attention to cultural issues ranging from immigration to rights and inclusion for people with disabilities. Read more »
Roughly one-fifth of all confirmed cases in Onondaga County have no categorized race or ethnicity data and have instead been labeled as “unknown.”
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The five candidates running for Syracuse mayor — two Democrats, two Republicans and the independent incumbent Mayor Ben Walsh —share their campaign platforms. Read more »
Katko filed a lawsuit on Thursday asking a judge to oversee the count of nearly 70,000 absentee ballots in his congressional race against Democratic challenger Dana Balter. Read more »
SUNY-ESF officials are investigating the incident as an instance of bias targeting individuals based on race. No one at the school is quarantined, officials said.
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