Hudson Mohawk Magazine

HMM Roaming Labor Correspondent, Willie Terry, started a new segment entitled "The Struggle Continues." He defined it as a roundtable discussion on topics that impact the freedom struggles. The subject of the May 2021 talk was "Policing the Black Community: Help or Social Control." The panelists are David Walker, Leon VanDyke, Carlo Dufflar, and Angel Martinez. This segment is part 2.

In this episode of Collegiate Perspectives, RPI student Frank DiTommaso interviews Richard Drum. Richard is a fourth year Computer Science major and second year captain of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's baseball team. They dive deep into the struggles seniors and juniors have faced due to the COVID-19 outbreak and how this pandemic has effected Richard's sports season.

Tune in to hear how two young girls in the Capital Region are excited to be able to learn S.T.E.M. while having fun. HMM Correspondent Dulcinia Diggs covered their Girls Ink event and hears what the girls had to say about Girls Inc. Girls Inc is an organization that focuses on the showing young girls the importance of S.T.E.M.

HMM Roaming Labor Correspondent, Willie Terry, started a new segment entitled "The Struggle Continues." He defined it as a roundtable discussion on topics that impact the freedom struggles. The subject of the May 2021 debate was "Policing the Black Community: Help or Social Control." The panelists are David Walker, Leon VanDyke, Carlo Dufflar, and Angel Martinez. This segment is part 1.

Eric Weltman of Food and Water Watch reviews pending climate legislation before the NYS Legislature, which is due to adjourn on June 10. He talks about the need to halt new fossil fuel infrastructure, including the Danskammer plant near Kingson, as well as public power. By Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Radio Network.

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine,

We begin with a recap of Troy’s decision to hire 6 additional police officers from last week’s meeting.

Then, Wille Terry brings us a virtual press briefing on Police reform in Aging prison populations.

Later on, Dulcinia Diggs continues her conversation with Comedian Tiffani Barber “Tbarb”

After that, Anna Steltenkamp talks with Lyla June for the Indigenous voices series

Finally, David Rothenberg takes actual songs of humpback whales and translates them into musical notation and speaks with Moses Nagel

We have covered the opposition to hiring six more police officers over the last few weeks. To recap, there has been a town hall, press conference, a petition and testimony before the finance meeting and the general city council meeting speaking out against hiring more police. Today we air a recap of the decision making process that took place before the vote to increase the police budget produced by Elizabeth Press.

Artist Tony Cokes spoke with HMM producer Sina Basila Hickey about how he uses sound to contradict cultural associations, his process to create art, and the importance of artists in changing cultural perception.

David Rothenberg is a musician, writer, scientist and professor living in the Hudson valley. His specialty is the music and culture of animals and how they relate to the music of humans. In the latest issue of National Geographic he has authored a pull out section that takes actual songs of humpback whales and translates them into musical notation. Moses Nagel spoke to him about the research and art behind this story and the other projects he has pursued during the pandemic.

On May 6, 2021, the Hudson Mohawk Magazine Network Roaming Labor Correspondent Willie Terry attended the "Virtual Press Briefing On Parole Reform." The Release Aging People in Prison Campaign, better Known as RAPP, sponsored the press conference. In this labor segment, you hear Willie recorded presentations of Josie Saldana, Director of the Release Aging People in Prison Campaign/RAPP, who served 38 years in prison, and Teana Taylor, Policy and Communications Associate for RAPP, and the daughter of an elderly inmate. They will be speaking on legislated priorities in support of parole reform for the aging prison population.