Puerto Rico: It Has Bad Bunny and Beaches, But Not Enough Support
Since 1898, Puerto Rico has been a U.S. Territory. Since 1917, Puerto Ricans have been considered U.S. Citizens, although they are granted fewer rights than Americans on the mainland. Residents of the island do not have the right to vote in general presidential elections, vote for senators, or have representatives in Congress, and they receive…
Kelsey O’Driscoll Achieves Her Paralympic Dreams. There Is Still More She Wants To See.
“I didn’t know what sport I was going to go in, but I knew that I wanted to go to the games so bad,” said Paralympic alpine skier Kelsey O’Driscoll. In March, O’Driscoll competed in the Milano-Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games. She is a registered nurse, working at the Albany Medical Center in Albany, New…
The Passion Project that Became a Mission: Andrea Rudnik’s Story
What started as a simple passion project providing resources for migrant people became a full-fledged mission in 2018. Leading this mission is Andrea Morris-Rudnik, a Doane Stuart School alumna (’78) and Hobart and William Smith College alumna (’82).
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.
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…
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.