In the Midst of an Upstate Winter, ICE Moves In

On Friday, January 23rd, New York’s Capitol Building was met with over a hundred protesters. In the freezing weather, Upstate residents gathered to collectively denounce the growing presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the Capital Region and across the nation.

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Careful! You Might Get Cancelled–Or Worse: Censored!

Since the dawn of civilization, the freethinker’s greatest threat has always been censorship. Whether it be Socrates’s execution, the Alien and Sedition Acts, Parental Advisory labels (though that can be easily debated), or book bans, censorship is both a common and controversial topic. 

Today, more than before, censorship is affecting Americans, as well as individuals…

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Social Media Killed the Newspaper Star

Video once killed the radio star. Today, video is gradually killing off another art: print news. 

Since the early 2000s, newspapers have been steadily disappearing. Recently, there has been a surge in the newspaper shutdowns. Among the recently shut-down print newspapers is The Jersey Journal.

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