Creative Connections: Harrisburg’s leaders of color create community through art, culture
I am privileged to write about a special group—leaders of color, all at the top of their chosen fields. From… Read More
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History, Restored: Gettysburg’s first Black history museum will highlight the area’s vibrant community
Gettysburg and American history go hand in hand, but one group of people often has been left out of the… Read More
Reading, Writing & Representation: Black authors in Harrisburg share their starts, their journeys
The Harrisburg area has many Black authors whose literary talents bring their own important perspectives to fiction and nonfiction alike.… Read More
An Overground Story: Craig Family African American Cemetery brings to light an essential part of local history
Andrew Craig was born into slavery to a family that owned a farm modeled on a southern plantation envisioned by… Read More
Intellect & Independence: Celebrating the bicentennial of activist, abolitionist, educator William Howard Day
True learning, said William Howard Day, is not the “extent” of memorizing lines from textbooks but the “depth” of knowledge.… Read More
Green Dream: Newly formed, the Harrisburg Green Alliance seeks to improve, beautify the city’s public spaces
Back in 2018, National Geographic named Harrisburg one of the “top 10” greenest cities in America. It now may get… Read More
He Lifted Us: Lenwood Sloan was an artist, activist, visionary, friend
Visionaries always have their doubters. When Lenwood Sloan was collecting support for “A Gathering at the Crossroads” sculpture, naysayers sidled… Read More
Veto to Toe: Relations between Harrisburg’s mayor and City Council have soured to the point of litigation. How did we reach this place?
During her final meeting as City Council president in 2021, Wanda Williams cut herself off, mid-goodbye speech, to keep her… Read More
Loss Leaders: A brief history of bad decision-making in Harrisburg
“What brought you to this lowly state?” Over the recent holiday season, I watched “A Christmas Story” for the umpteenth… Read More
February News Digest
Mayor Files Lawsuit Against City Council Harrisburg Mayor Wanda Williams has sued City Council. The suit, which alleges that council… Read More