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Rubber Check: AIDS Group Passes Out Condoms in Syracuse

Syracuse New Times | November 10, 2004

When staff and volunteers for the abstinence-based AIDS Community Resources go into neighborhoods to offer people condoms, the response they hear most often is "Yeah, I need a lot."

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Tags: abstinence, safe sex, drug use, AIDS/HIV

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Capitol Hill Talks about Reinstating the Draftnew

The prospect of nearly 67 million Americans--25 percent of the population--having conscription foisted upon them is curiously flying under the national radar. And this time around, the draft might include women.

Syracuse New Times | Erica S. Brath, Walt Shepperd and Nathan Turk | 08-07-2004 | War

Tags: Selective Service, American Friends Service Committee, H.R.163, Peace Council, Rep. Charles Rangel (D.-Harlem), the Universal National Service Act of 2003, war & peace

Haudenosaunee Friendship Festival Celebrates Roots of Democracynew

The Aug. 7 festival in central New York State will celebrate the friendship of the six nations of the Iroquois Confederacy.

Syracuse New Times | Walt Shepperd | 08-06-2004 | Travel

Tags: travel, Oneida, Mohawk and Cayuga, Onondaga, Onondaga Community College, reservation, Seneca, Tuscarora

Black Democrats Revive Benjamin Banneker Clubnew

The club, named after an African-American intellectual and astronomer who died in 1806, sees its mission as encouraging minority-citizen participation in the Democratic Party process as well as identifying and promoting minority candidates for public office in New York State's Onondaga County.

Syracuse New Times | Walt Shepperd | 06-15-2004 | Politics

Tags: Detroit, crime, families, poverty, unemployment, black mayors

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Palin Dronenew

John McCain's odd choice proves the scary power of the Republican religious right.

Syracuse New Times | Ed Griffin-Nolan | 09-17-2008 | Commentary

Tags: 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama, conservatives, John McCain, religious right, Sarah Palin, vice presidential nominees

'The Heinz Tomato Ketchup Cookbook' Proves the Condiment's Uses are Almost Infinitenew

The Heinz Tomato Ketchup Cookbook by Paul Hartley celebrates the Pittsburgh king of the condiment, with nifty historic advertisements, interesting factoids and a surprising number of recipes using Heinz Ketchup.

Syracuse New Times | Molly English-Bowers | 09-17-2008 | Food+Drink

Tags: Cookbooks, condiments, ketchup, Paul Hartley, The Heinz Tomato Ketchup Cookbook

Happy Feet: Personality Traits Revealed Through Dancenew

When they step onto the dance floor, many people display an "awakening," in which body, mind and spirit all seem to blend into a harmonious, lively oneness.

Syracuse New Times | Sam Graceffo, M.D. | 09-08-2004 | Performance

Tags: dance, Mark, Twain