Retired National Weather Service Meteorologist reviews the weather of 2025 with Sean Bernyk and Sina Basila Hickey.

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine,

First, Moses Nagel reports on the emergency press conference in Albany in response to the fatal ICE shooting of a legal observer in Minneapolis.

Then, the woman who was fatally shot by ICE is named Renee Nicole Macklin Good. We will hear her award winning poem and talk about poetry’s role in activism.

Later on, Roaming Labor Correspondent Willie Terry reports from a Kwanzaa event that took place in Troy.

After that, Gaheul Yi reports on Cafe Dolce in Albany.

Finally, we have some adult book suggestions from the Troy Public Library

Thursday morning local officials held a hastily called press conference in front of the federal courthouse in Albany to respond to the shooting by an ICE agent of a 37 year old woman, Renee Nicole Macklin Good, in Minneapolis. Speakers included State Rep. Gabriella Romero, Albany city auditor, Sam Fein and Jahaira Roldan from the New York Immigration Coalition. The first to speak was State Senator, Patricia Fahy.

On Sunday, December 28, 2025, Hudson Mohawk Magazine Roaming Labor Correspondent Willie Terry attended day three, "Ujima," of the Capital Region Kwanzaa Celebration at the Troy Boys and Girls Club, which the Troy NAACP and Team Hero hosted. In this part one labor segment, you will hear a recording of Lady A (Anastasia) of Troy4BlackLives and Jerry Ford, Executive Director of Team Hero and Vice President of the Troy NAACP, explaining some of the Kwanzaa Principles and Celebration.

Climate Can’t Wait, a statewide coalition of over 55 environmental, climate, and community groups, released its second climate report card for Governor Kathy Hochul (D-NY). The final grade was an F based on her track record of backsliding on implementation of critical climate legislation and failing to take actions to achieve the mandates of New York State’s 2019 Climate Law (the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act or CLCPA). An Albany Supreme Court decision last October, Citizen Action of New York vs. DEC, found that the Hochul administration’s failure to issue greenhouse gas reduction regulations as required by the Climate Law was illegal. Bob Cohen reviews the report card with Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine,

First, we hear part 2 of a recent protest of ICE’s kidnapping of members of a Muslim family.

Then, we hear from Medea Benjamin on Venezuela.

Later on, Rosemary Armao discusses sex, AI, and young people.

After that, we discuss the Prairieland Defendants and the Albany benefit to bring awareness to these protesters and their criminal charges.

Finally, we finish with a story about a chili cook off last November and its support for the Columbia County Sanctuary Movement.

Local groups are coming together to bring awareness and support for the Prairieland Defendants, a group of people who have been criminally charged after demonstrating outside an ICE facility in Texas. Local advocates are concerned because the outcome of this case could set framing around the rights of protesters around the country.

Co-organizer Roxanne spoke with Sina Basila Hickey about this group and the event taking place on Saturday January 10 from 2-6pm at the Free School.

Young people in America are having far less sex than than they used to and The U.S. fertility rate is at a historic low. In this week's chapter of Beyond the Brink and Fighting Back, journalist-professor Rosemary Armao talks with UAlbany sophomores about whether they want to have children someday and what the 20-year-olds think is the meaning behind these statistics.

LinkedIn, the new social media platform for students and professionals, listen to Jessica Pugliese and three students about their own experiences and understanding about Linkedin.

This interview features Michelle Polacinski, the host of the monthly Albany Death Café — a welcoming space for honest conversation about life, death, and everything that comes after.