Next, an update on the Thevenin family civil rights lawsuit. On Tuesday, March 9, oral arguments were held at the Second Circuit Court of Appeals as the City of Troy tried to stop the Thevenin suit from moving to a juried trial. Professor Emerita at Albany Law School Laurie Shanks joined Hudson Mohawk Magazine producer Elizabeth Press to explain the significance of this update.

Troy's Appeal of Thevenin Civil Rights Lawsuit Explained by Laurie Shanks

Renée Powell (President of NAACP Troy Chapter) and Starletta Smith (Executive Director of YWCA), members of Troy's Police Reform and Reinvention Collaborative, speak with WOOC producer Elizabeth Press about their thoughts on the PRRC process, the report, and the current process underway to amend it.

Troy PRRC Members Dismayed with PRRC Report

The Climate Change Superfund Act would require fossil fuel companies in NY  to pay a fee based on their individual percentage share of total greenhouse gas emissions released into the atmosphere, and will generate $30 billion in ten years. Anne Rabe of NYPIRG provides an update on the organizing effort, including the upcoming Make Polluters Pay Climate Crisis Caravan Tour. With Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

NYPIRG Update On Climate Change Superfund Act

As our audience probably knows by now, one of our producers Meghan Marohn was reported missing from Lee, Massachusetts on March 29, 2022, This past weekend her body was found. Since today Meg would have turned 43, we decided to collect some memories from her people near and far. Hudson Mohawk Magazine producer Elizabeth Press put together this piece.

A Tribute to Meghan Marohn on her Birthday

Hudson Mohawk Magazine launched on September 11, 2017 with the conscious goal of creating a community radio platform to nurture diverse voices in the Capital Region in response to increasing assaults on our civil liberties. Sina Basila Hickey asked Steve Pierce, co-founder of the Sanctuary for Independent Media about the evolution of this program on its 5th year anniversary.

This photo is from the very first HMM show on 9-11-17

Hudson Mohawk Magazine is 5 Years Old; an Interview with Steve Pierce

According to her bio, "Mary Panza has been a mainstay on the Albany poetry scene since 1988. She has been witness to countless open mics, naked poets, fires, drunks, chapbooks, career changes, organizations (both coming and going), festivals, and great poetry and spoken word. " 

Mary hosted two long-running open mics - 5 years at Borders in the late-90s and the Poets Speak Loud series at the Lark Tavern and then McGeary's for 15 years until the pandemic hit in 2020.

Last December Mary read her poem, "We're Barefoot People," at the first "Year in Review" spoken word event at The Linda.

Talking Local Poetry, Feminism, and Motherhood with Mary Panza

Kevin Pryor, President and Founder of Troy L.O.O.K., was acknowledged at this year's Black Expo. He came onto Hudson Mohawk Magazine to speak with H Bosh Jr for Triple Es about the meaning of L.O.O.K. (Life,  options, opportunities, knowledge), field trips with youth, and what's coming up in Troy L.O.O.K.
Also this years annual Father and Daughter Dance, giving by his Organization JUNE 17TH.

Kevin Pryor of Troy L.O.O.K. on Triple Es

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine,
We begin with  The National Labor relations board finds merit to SEIU unfair chargers on capital roots. 

Then, Niko Nagel-Derby interviews the partner of Bayard Rustin, a gay civil rights leader and a Quaker.  

Later on, Dulicina Diggs talks with Ed fox about opioid overdoses and services to help those with drug addiction. 
  
After that, Emily Ledyard tells us how the washington park farmers is losing the space for half of the planned dates.

Finally, Sina Basila Hickey tells us about the FlagSSS Day (that's flags with three 's's) celebration.

HMM 06 - 16 - 2023

The Hochul administration has cracked the door open to the potential for new nuclear power plants as a way for the state to try to meet its ambitious climate goals. The prospect was once dismissed after former Gov. Andrew Cuomo closed the state’s second-largest nuclear plant, Indian Point in Westchester County, in 2021, though Cuomo also engineered a $7.6 billion bailout of three failing upstate nukes. Investigative reporter Karl Grossman talks about the renewed push for nuclear not only in NY but in California and elsewhere. Karl also published Free Speech TV, "The New Nuclear Push with Kevin Kamps of Beyond Nuclear Part 1" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psPv71EODOE

Karl Grossman On Gov. Hochul's Nuclear Push

PROMETI NO QUERERTE - MARAL DULCINIA LUGO

HMM Producer Elena McGrath talks to Tacos La Capital owner Yair de la Rosa about his new Troy location, the importance of food in building community, his background in Mexico City, and opening a business during a pandemic.

Yair de la Rosa Opens Tacos La Capital

The Hudson Mohawk Magazine is a locally-produced nightly news hour that provides sanctuary for the discussion of a wide range of topics, scaling from the global to the hyper-local. The show is broadcast on WOOC 105.3 FM, The Sanctuary for Independent Media's low-power radio station based in Troy, NY.

With the support of people like you, the Sanctuary uses art and participatory action to promote social and environmental justice and freedom of creative expression.

Karl Grossman On Gov. Hochul's Nuclear Push

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