It’s Sunday morning at Atonement Lutheran on Syracuse’s South Side – just two days before the 2016 presidential election – and Beth DuBois is nervous. Usually, elections don’t trouble her. But as she looks at the 15 people gathered in the church’s small chapel, she knows there is a lot at stake this time around. […]
Author: Joseph Marion
Women’s March on Washington: Day by Day
… … (Note: some entries have been edited for brevity or clarity) January 20 2:35 p.m. A crew of fellow reporters and I were headed to Rochester, NY. There, we planned to pick up an artist who started a group called Politits: Art Coalition. Earlier that day, I left a note on my kitchen table […]
Moments Abroad
The following feature appears in the Fall 2016 issue of Medley Magazine. International Photos from Syracuse University Students
250 Square Feet
The following feature appears in the Fall 2016 issue of Medley Magazine. Dolphus Johnson was one of about 800 homeless people in Syracuse. His thin build, emphasized by his baggy polo and jeans, hints to all the meals he has skipped. The lines etched in the 40-year-old’s face suggest years of stress over where to […]
Passing
The following feature appears in the Fall 2016 issue of Medley Magazine. Three biracial children sat on the sidelines of the gymnasium during recess, watching all the other kids play basketball. Although similar in ethnicity, two of them had noticeably darker complexions. In the middle of talking and watching the game, one of the children […]
Letter from the Editor // Fall 2016
The following feature appears in the Fall 2016 issue of Medley Magazine. Dear Reader, The morning after the election, I canceled the editorial meeting that was scheduled for 7:30 p.m. I spent most of the day scrolling through Twitter and reading people’s reactions. Somewhere along the line, I retweeted a jarring image. It placed […]
Ladyfest + Ladyparts
The following feature appears in the Fall 2016 issue of Medley Magazine. From a coveted wooden bench, I counted seven pixie cuts and four pairs of Doc Martens. No more than 15 people stood in the room, but they all managed to mingle, forming small groups around common threads of conversation. In an effort to […]
A Woman’s Words
The following feature appears in the Fall 2016 issue of Medley Magazine. White walls pinned with proofs and past articles closed in as tensions rose; the blare of laptop screens reflected onto widening eyes heavy with fatigue; and hands reached up for hair to grip in frustration. Welcome to a newsroom deep in the bowels of election […]
Collins Corner
The following feature appears in the Fall 2016 issue of Medley Magazine. When Quintal “Q” Stitt moved back to his hometown of Syracuse, N.Y. to work at the SU College of Law, he knew he would have to find a barbershop. His brother-in-law told him about a spot near campus that was open later than […]