Each Wednesday about 20 families pick up childcare items from the Sankofa Reproductive Health and Healing Center.
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In NY Attorney General probes of fatal police car crashes, officers almost never face blame
The New York Attorney General investigates fatal crashes involving police officers. But two officers have even been charged, and many face no blame.
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Salt City Coffee becomes the 1st locally owned coffee shop to have organized labor
The recognition caps a monthlong public campaign by workers.
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Local advocacy organizations rally for Syracuse tenants’ rights (photo of the week)
About 75 people gathered in Clinton Square and marched through the city for the rally.
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Pro-Palestinian protesters at Syracuse University end encampment
Syracuse University ultimately rejected the protesters’ demands from the encampment.
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Syracuse University issues order for encampment in solidarity with Palestinians to move; protesters refuse
Syracuse University officials issued a demand Wednesday to Gaza Solidarity Encampment members who have been camping at the heart of the university’s campus since late April: relocate for commencement ceremonies running from Thursday to the end of the week or face consequences under the student code of conduct. The group of protesters — a mix […]
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Salt City Coffee employees call for owners to recognize union
The workers held a rally Monday in front of the coffee shop’s University Avenue location.
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Syracuse police officer accused of slapping child, pushing face near ‘soiled sheets,’ court records say
Jacob Ternosky, 33, was arrested and charged with endangering the welfare of a child. Ternosky has worked for the police department since 2019.
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Salt City Coffee employees try to become 1st at locally owned coffee shop to unionize
Workers say the company fired its head roaster because of the unionization effort.
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Syracuse University students raise encampment in solidarity with Palestinians during ongoing war in Gaza
The encampment is one of dozens at university and college campuses across the United States.
